A 51-page document by a group of Palestinian scholars and policy thinkers offers a much clearer path to Middle East peace than the UN resolution or Trump's 20-point plan
Tension is escalating between Israel's political and military top brass over accountability for the failures behind the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused of sidestepping blame. Weekly protests against Netanyahu's leadership of the
Iran will allow two French citizens held by the Islamic republic for over three years to return home in "exchange" for France freeing an Iranian citizen "in the next two months", Tehran's foreign minister said on Wednesday. In an interview with TV channel France 24 after talks
Israel's military on Wednesday launched a new operation against Palestinian armed groups in the occupied West Bank, where a local governor told AFP that Israeli forces had raided several towns. The Israeli military, police and internal security service said in a joint statement
By Ceyda Caglayan SANLIURFA, Turkey (Reuters) -Turkey unveiled dozens of new finds at a major archaeological site in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, giving fresh insight into an area seen as showing humanity's transition from hunter-gatherers to settled societies more than
Rachelle Mazraani is travelling from Sydney to Beirut for Pope Leo XIV's visit this week, one of many Lebanese at home and abroad who hope the trip will revive their struggling country. After visiting Turkey, Leo is to arrive in Lebanon on Sunday for a three-day trip that
Lebanon’s president has announced he will grant citizenship to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, sparking a wave of outrage.
Lebanon’s president has announced he will grant citizenship to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, sparking a wave of outrage.
If Israel degenerates into a religious autocracy, maybe a collection similar to 'Tehrangeles Vice' will come out in Europe one day, bring together Hebrew music in the Diaspora – and give Israelis at home the strength to resist
Prominent Turkish journalist Fatih Altayli was sentenced to over four years in prison in a trial government critics say aimed at silencing one of Turkey's most influential journalists and intended to intimidate journalists nationwide.
Lebanon and Israel delineated their maritime borders in 2022 under a U.S.-brokered deal, and Syria is the final country with which Lebanon has yet to delineate its sea border. Lebanon hopes offshore gas and oil discoveries could help reverse a 2019 financial collapse
In one afternoon, Amani Bazzi went from being a doting mother-of-four to a widow grieving three young children. An Israeli strike in south Lebanon killed them as the family was returning home after having lunch with her parents. "Our whole life was our kids. We did everything
The visit will bolster Turkey’s image on religious tolerance and shared positions with the Vatican while Ankara navigates sensitive issues surrounding the Halki Seminary and the Greek Patriarchate’s ecumenical status.
JAL EL DIB, Lebanon (Reuters) -Staff at Lebanon's De La Croix Psychiatric Hospital are delighted that Pope Leo's visit will give its carers and residents, often abandoned by their families, recognition at last. Established in 1952, the church-run hospital is one of only a few
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli security forces on Wednesday launched what the military described as a counter-terrorism operation in the northern West Bank, which Palestinians said was targeting the city of Tubas. Tubas Governor Ahmed Al-Asaad told Reuters Israeli forces,
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday that he will be in touch with U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff about the purported leak of a phone conversation between the two men, which he called unacceptable. Ushakov was asked by reporters if he would ask
Pope Leo will not visit Lebanon's south, battered by last year's war between Israel and Hezbollah and the site of intensified Israeli strikes in recent weeks. Israel's recent strike that killed Hezbollah's chief of staff in Beirut reinforced security concerns
By Hannah Confino JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Researchers in Israel are hoping to make new discoveries about Jewish history by loading a digital database of manuscripts stretching back a thousand years into a new transcription tool that uses artificial intelligence. The Cairo Geniza,
(Reuters) -After 26 years in a Turkish prison, Abdullah Ocalan is carving out a key role for himself as Ankara tries to end his outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party's four-decade insurgency. In an event that was unimaginable a year ago, three Turkish lawmakers visited Ocalan on
LONDON (Reuters) -The British government's decision to ban pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation will be challenged in court on Wednesday, with lawyers representing a co-founder arguing it is a misuse of anti-terrorism laws. Palestine
The popemobile used by the late pope Francis on his 2014 visit to Bethlehem re-emerged on Tuesday as a mobile children's clinic to be deployed in Gaza. The vehicle is still unmistakeable as a popemobile: pristine white inside and out, and with the familiar raised canopy. But
Mustafa al-Kadhimi told Al-Monitor that the strong performances of parties that ran on their own, as opposed to those on lists, indicate a desire to shake up the status quo.