KINSHASA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said in a speech to lawmakers on Monday that Rwanda is already violating its commitments under a peace deal mediated by Washington, undermining efforts to end fighting in the east. (Reporting by Ange Adihe
By Michal Yaakov Itzaki and Rami Amichay MEITAR, Israel, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The mother of the last hostage in Gaza says Israel will not heal until he or his remains are brought home, and that the next phase of a peace plan should not proceed until he is back. Police officer Ran
Dec 8 (Reuters) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said on Monday it had taken control of the strategic Heglig oilfield in the South Kordofan province. Heglig, which lies along Sudan's southern border, houses the main processing facility for South Sudanese oil,
Dec 8 (Reuters) - Global leaders pledged $1.9 billion to advance polio eradication on Monday, accelerating efforts to protect 370 million children from polio each year amid significant funding cuts. The budget of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a partnership that
By Lili Bayer, John Irish and Maya Gebeily BRUSSELS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The European Union is studying options for strengthening Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces to help free up the Lebanese army to focus on disarming the armed group Hezbollah, according to a document seen by
President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday urged Syrians to work together to rebuild their country, still marred by insecurity and divisions, as they marked a year since the ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. The atmosphere in Damascus was jubilant as thousands of people took
DUBAI, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The trial of a dual national holding European citizenship has begun in Iran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday, saying they were indicted for "intelligence cooperation and espionage in favour of the Zionist regime (Israel)."
GENEVA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - More than 3 million Syrians have returned home since the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's rule a year ago but a decline in global funding could deter others, the U.N. refugee agency said on Monday. Some 1.2 million refugees in addition to 1.9 million
DAMASCUS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A year after dictator Bashar al-Assad's ouster in Syria, little has changed in Amina Beqai's desperate quest. She types her missing husband's name yet again into an internet search box, hoping for answers to a 13-year-old question. In vain. Beqai has
GENEVA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The United Nations on Monday appealed for an aid budget only half the size of what it had hoped for this year, acknowledging a plunge in donor funding at a time when humanitarian needs have never been greater. By its own admission, the $23 billion U.N.
The 'bromance' alliance between the Turkish and U.S. presidents aids Erdogan's ambition to become the driving force of the Gaza peace plan's next phase and could lead to an arrangement in which Hamas lays down its arms rather than turning them in
DAMASCUS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Syrians will mark the first anniversary of the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and his iron-fisted rule on Monday, as the fractured nation struggles to find stability and recover after years of war. Official celebrations are planned for the central
During the recent olive harvest in the West Bank, a surge in settler violence, the most severe since 2006, has disrupted Palestinian farmers' access to their lands, particularly in Area B, which is legally under Palestinian civilian control
Bassem Naim told AP that Hamas retains its 'right to resist' but added that the group is prepared to lay down its arms as part of a process aimed at establishing a Palestinian state. He provided few details on how this would work, but suggested the possibility of a long-term
Carlson intensified internal GOP divisions over Israel policy and signaled a personal commitment to Qatar by announcing plans to buy property there. His critics accuse him of being a 'Qatari agent,' while Carlson and his supporters argue he's voicing valid critiques of Israel
JERUSALEM, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he would not retire from politics if he receives a pardon from the country's president in his years-long corruption trial. Asked by a reporter if planned on retiring from political life
As city after city fell to a lightning rebel offensive in Syria last December, Iranian forces and diplomats supporting Bashar al-Assad saw the writing on the wall, abandoning the longtime ruler days before his ousting, sources told AFP. During Syria's civil war, which erupted
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday he expected the second phase of the US-sponsored ceasefire plan for Gaza to begin soon, and said he would meet President Donald Trump this month. The truce, in effect since October 10, has halted the war that began