BERLIN, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that Germany faced a test of its commitment to protecting its Jewish community as he decried the "horrifying sight" of kindergartens and synagogues protected by bulletproof glass and armed police. Speaking at a
President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" said Monday that Israel needed to act immediately to help war-battered Gaza cope with impending winter, saying measures ahead of deadly floods had been insufficient. "The situation no longer represents simply a threat posed by the
He built his career on unyielding principles, but the Israeli secular nationalist Avigdor Liberman is now preaching compromise in a bid to bring down Benjamin Netanyahu, his former mentor whom he now despises. For three decades, Liberman's steely blue eyes, steadily greying
ANKARA, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A blast at a steel and iron manufacturing plant in western Turkey on Monday killed 16 people, President Tayyip Erdogan said after a cabinet meeting. • An explosion took place at around noon (0900 GMT) at the Habas iron and steel manufacturing plant in
By Steve Holland and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Both Russia and Ukraine are showing some flexibility privately on the possible exchange of territory ahead of US-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi this week as President Donald Trump ramps up efforts to resolve the
PARIS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - France said on Monday it had launched a new G7-backed network linking major ports, customs services and international organisations in an effort to improve intelligence sharing and coordination against global drug trafficking routes. • France formally
Footage from the scene showed a huge plume of thick smoke spreading into the sky as flames engulfed a tall structure within the plant.
France on Monday said Iran's Revolutionary Guards were behind "unprecedented" cyberattacks on supermarket fridges in the country last month, vowing sanctions on a European level against Tehran. Swathes of French supermarkets were hit in the October 11 and 12 cyberattacks,
Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi met with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani on Monday as the two countries revealed 11 cooperation pacts spanning trade, investment and infrastructure.
By Raphael Satter and Gabriel Stargardter PARIS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - French officials on Monday accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards of responsibility for the cyberattacks that knocked outcommercial refrigerators and freezers across France last month, saying there would be
By Raphael Satter and Gabriel Stargardter PARIS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - French officials on Monday accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards of responsibility for the cyberattacks that knocked outcommercial refrigerators and freezers across France last month, saying there would be
By Yiannis Kourtoglou NICOSIA, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders agreed on Monday to open two new border crossings, coordinate on emergency responses and share archival materials as part of a UN-backed effort to resume peace talks after nearly a decade
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Monday blamed Iran for the October cyberattack that disabled refrigeration at supermarkets across France.
The meeting comes a day after Secretary of State Marco Rubio tempered expectations for a deal, citing Iran's "outrageous and ridiculous" demands.
Kataib Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc is questioning the sources of Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s wealth after he moved to curb militia influence in the country.
The IAEA has continued inspections at sites that were not damaged in US and Israeli strikes, but it has been unable to return to facilities targeted in the attacks.
DAMASCUS, Nov 9 - The foreign ministers of Syria and Jordan met in Damascus on Monday for the first time since Jordanian airstrikes killed civilians in southern Syria last month, announcing a joint investigation into the incident and signing 11 new cooperation agreements.
Lebanon's consul general in Detroit, Ibrahim Charara, left the United States after the State Department declared him persona non grata over a 2021 social media post in which he praised the suicide attack that killed hundreds of US Marines in Beirut in 1983.
Attacks took place in Iraq and Saudi Arabia over the weekend even as Washington signaled a potential de-escalation in the Iran war.
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud Issa CAIRO/GAZA, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Torrential rain in Gaza caused a sand embankment to collapse on to tents, killing a woman and three small children in an incident that highlighted the danger facing hundreds of thousands of displaced
Associates of President Donald Trump are urging opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to form a government, but one of his partners, Yisrael Beitenu leader Avigdor Lieberman, is blocking the path to resolving the political deadlock.
By Yomna Ehab and Alexander Cornwell CAIRO/ABU DHABI, Nov 9 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump will meet the prime minister of key mediator Qatar on Monday as efforts to end the Iran war ramp up following last week's midterm elections, though senior US and Gulf officials
Israel's former army chief Gadi Eisenkot has a matter of weeks to form a government, despite not having won a clear majority in the new parliament. Eisenkot has a number of options, although none look ideal for him, to reach the magic number of 61 in the 120-member
DUBAI, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Iran defended a proposal on Monday to restart peace talks in as few as two days as the most reasonable offer on the table, after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called some of Iran's conditions "outrageous and ridiculous". "Is it unreasonable that
GENEVA, Nov 9 (Reuters) - This year is on track to be one of the four hottest on record, driven by a powerful ElNiño and perpetuating a warming streak of more than a decade, a UNreport showed on Monday. • Countries are preparing tomeet in Turkey from November 9 to 20 for the
HONG KONG, Nov 9 (Reuters) - China is willing to pursue stronger ties with Iran, China's special envoy to the Middle East Zhai Jun said in talks with Ali Bagheri Kani, deputy secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. Zhai met Kani in Iran, according to a readout
By Alexander Cornwell ABU DHABI, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Senior Emirati official Anwar Gargash warned on Monday that the region could face a prolonged period of uncertainty, saying a comprehensive political settlement between the United States and Iran to end the more than
By Antoni Slodkowski and John Irish NEW YORK/PARIS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A covert Russian network sought to exploit last month's riots in France by using social media to blame the unrest on uncontrolled immigration and portray the government as having lost control, according to an
DUBAI, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Navigational aid systems in the south of the Strait of Hormuz were destroyed and no unauthorised vessels transited the maritime route overnight, an unnamed Revolutionary Guards Navy official told Iranian state media on Monday. (Reporting by Dubai
By Ezgi Erkoyun, Helen Reid and Simon Jessop SOKE, Turkey, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Farmer Mehmet Kabak has grown cotton on the same land in drought-prone western Turkey for decades. This year he is planting wheat and sunflower instead, in part because they require less water, making
By John Irish and Simon Lewis PARIS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - G7 foreign ministers gathered in Paris on Monday aiming to gauge whether a US midterm defeat for President Donald Trump alters the administration's approach to Ukraine, the Middle East and ties with its closest allies, four
A reopening of the Strait of Hormuz would not disarm Iran-backed militias in Iraq, Hezbollah or the Houthis – leaving Gulf states to confront the deeper question of what comes after the war
Nov 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will meet with Qatar's prime minister at the White House on Monday, according to the White House schedule, as the conflict with Iran drags on and diplomatic efforts to end it face significant obstacles. Trump is due to meet with Sheikh
By Valerie Volcovici and Simon Jessop ANTALYA, Turkey, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Representatives from nearly 200 countries will gather on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast on Monday for two weeks of climate talks, as war-driven energy security fears, surging AI power demand and US
By Simon Jessop and Tuvan Gumrukcu ANTALYA, Turkey, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Leaders of the COP31 climate summit urged the world to accelerate the fight against global warming amid rising temperatures and worsening climate-driven disasters, as the annual meeting began in Turkey on
Nov 8 (Reuters) - Production was halted on Sunday at Iraq's Khor Mor gas field, one of the largest in the Kurdistan region, after a drone attack hit the field, sources said. Two sources in the region's electricity ministry said production at the field was suspended after a
Nov 8 (Reuters) - Production was halted on Sunday at Iraq's Khor Mor gas field, one of the largest in the Kurdistan region, following a "suspected" drone attack, joint field operator Dana Gas said in a statement. The company based in the United Arab Emirates said in Monday's
By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A suspected drone attack in Iraq has halted production at the Khor Mor gas field, one of the largest in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, joint operator Dana Gas said on Monday. UAE-based Dana Gas said it was assessing the damage
By David Stanway SINGAPORE, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Global climate talks starting on Monday are unlikely to yield new targets on curbing greenhouse gases, but negotiators have plenty to do to implement measures already agreed, Singapore's environment minister said. "I think that we
By Timour Azhari and Jana Choukeir RIYADH, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Windows were blown out across several floors of Saudi oil giant Aramco's corporate office in the heart of the financial district of the capital Riyadh on Sunday by what the energy ministry said was debris from an
Egypt's latest prosecution of journalists attempts to "silence" the last surviving vestiges of the free press, Lina Attalah, head of preeminent outlet Mada Masr, told AFP days before she faces jail time in court. In recent weeks, Egypt has detained the entire staff of