By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered its diplomats worldwide to stop processing visas for Afghan nationals, according to a State Department cable seen by Reuters, effectively suspending the special immigration
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The number of people confirmed killed in Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip has passed the 70,000 mark, the enclave's health ministry said on Saturday. A total of 301 people have been added to the toll since Thursday, taking it
A prominent Tunisian activist was arrested on Saturday as hundreds protested in the capital against the curtailing of freedoms, an AFP journalist and lawyers said. The protest in Tunis came a day after a mass appeal trial saw some 40 public figures, mainly critics of President
By Tarek Amara TUNIS, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Tunisian police arrested prominent opposition figure Chaima Issa at a protest in the capital Tunis on Saturday to enforce a 20-year prison sentence, her lawyers said. An appeals court handed jail terms of up to 45 years to opposition
President Ahmed al-Sharaa visited Syria's northern city of Aleppo Saturday as the country marks a year since a lightning Islamist-led offensive that eventually toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last December. The Islamist alliance, led by Sharaa, entered Aleppo on November
Pole-sitter Oscar Piastri won Saturday's sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix with his McLaren teammate and title favourite Lando Norris third. Norris now leads Piastri by 22 points and the Briton can claim his maiden Formula One crown if results go his way in Sunday's
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza on Saturday said more than 70,000 people have been killed since the war between Israel and Hamas erupted more than two years ago. The milestone comes as a fragile US-brokered ceasefire largely holds, but with both sides accusing the other
Following Israel's assassination of Hezbollah's military chief, new ambassador Michel Issa urged Lebanon to implement its 'historic' decision to disarm Hezbollah. He declined to comment on the likelihood of diplomatic talks between Israel and Lebanon
A new draft law on conscripting ultra-Orthodox Jews, whose support is crucial for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, has sparked uproar in Israel, with the opposition denouncing it as a special privilege for "draft-dodgers". Under a ruling established at the time
By Joshua McElwee ISTANBUL, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Pope Leo visited Istanbul's famed Blue Mosque on Saturday, removing his shoes in a sign of respect but not appearing to pray in his first visit as leader of the Catholic Church to a Muslim place of worship during his four-day visit
Israel has carried out almost daily airstrikes since the November 2024 cease-fire, mainly targeting Hezbollah members, but 127 civilians have also been killed, according to the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
With a pot of glue, a blade and a keen eye, Manal al-Saadani repairs tattered banknotes -- a necessity in the Gaza Strip, where the cash in circulation is wearing out. For every revived note she gives back to a customer, they give her a few coins in return. As Gaza remained