By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran is grappling with its worst water crisis in decades, with officials warning that Tehran — a city of more than 10 million — may soon be uninhabitable if the drought gripping the country continues. President Masoud Pezeshkian has cautioned
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Fourteen-year-old Mohammed Wael Helles has been waiting for surgery on a serious spinal injury caused by an Israeli airstrike for nearly two months, one of thousands of Gazans waiting for urgent treatment in Gaza's battered health
Syrian authorities have temporarily closed the national museum in Damascus and launched an investigation after thieves made off with several pieces, an official told AFP on Wednesday. The robbery took place overnight Sunday to Monday in the so-called classical wing of the
When engineer Tarek Mazraani started campaigning for the reconstruction of war-battered southern Lebanon, Israeli drones hovered ominously overhead -- their loudspeakers sometimes calling him out by name. Despite a ceasefire struck last November aiming to put an end to more
Incumbent Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, who is vying for a second term, has scored a big win in general elections, sources close to the premier said on Wednesday. Iraqis on Tuesday headed to the polls for a general election that came as the country experiences a
A Danish court put two Swedish teenagers on trial on terrorism charges for having thrown two hand grenades at the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen last year. The two men, aged 18 and 21, have also been charged with aggravated assault and attempted murder. "My client pleads not
ROME (Reuters) -Millions more people risk famine in at least a dozen crisis spots around the world, including Sudan and Gaza, two U.N. agencies warned on Wednesday, appealing for funds to address a shortfall amid global cuts to international aid. In a joint report, the World
(Reuters) -Israeli President Isaac Herzog received a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump, urging him to consider granting a pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the president's office said on Wednesday. "While I absolutely respect the independence of the Israeli
(Reuters) -Israel’s defense minister said on Wednesday he planned to close publicly funded Army Radio in what he described as an attempt to preserve the military’s nonpartisan character, but the decision was denounced by the station's chief as a blow to press freedom. The
(Reuters) -At least 42 migrants are missing and presumed dead after a rubber boat capsized off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration said on Wednesday. Libyan authorities rescued seven survivors who had drifted at sea for six days after the vessel,
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia is ready to resume peace negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul, Russian state news agency TASS cited a foreign ministry official as saying on Wednesday. No face-to-face talks have taken place between the two sides since they met in the Turkish city on
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) -Afghanistan's economic recovery is buckling as nine in 10 households are forced to skip meals, sell belongings or take on debt to survive, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning that mass returns are exacerbating the country's worst
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey's defence ministry said on Wednesday that 20 soldiers were killed in the crash of a Turkish military cargo plane in Georgia on Tuesday. (Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
Tehran's sway over Baghdad is facing new challenges, with fatigued allies, US pressure and postwar regional shifts redefining Iran's influence in its most strategic neighbor.
CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer has resigned from his position, Israeli media reported on Tuesday. (Reporting by Jaidaa Taha and Muhammad Al Gebaly)
French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Tuesday that any Israeli plans for annexation in the West Bank would be a "red line" and would provoke a European reaction. He spoke as Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas visited Paris one month into a fragile truce between Hamas and
The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that October saw the highest monthly number of Israeli settler attacks since it began tracking the incidents in 2006.
PARIS (Reuters) -France will help the Palestinian Authority draft a constitution for a future state, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday after talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Paris. A number of major Western nations including France formally recognised a
UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher held Tuesday what he called "constructive" talks with Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to ensure life-saving aid reaches all corners of the war-ravaged country. Since April 2023, the war between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid
Iranian Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade Seyed Mohammad Atabak made deals with his counterparts in Uzbekistan in Tashkent this week.
On the streets of Damascus on Tuesday, Syrians viewed their leader's visit to Washington as a shift towards the West that could pave the way to reviving the country's war-battered economy. On Monday, Donald Trump received Ahmed al-Sharaa, a first for a Syrian head of state
Installations by renowned international artists including Italy's Michelangelo Pistoletto and Portugal's Alexandre Farto have been erected in the sand under the great pyramids of Giza outside Cairo. The fifth edition of the contemporary art exhibition "Forever is Now" is due to
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem made the comments against the backdrop of Israel's preparations for several days of fighting in Lebanon, following warnings from senior IDF officials about Hezbollah's increasing attempts to restore its power
By Saeed Shah and Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -A suicide bomber killed 12 people in Pakistan's capital on Tuesday in a sharp escalation of militant violence that the defence minister said had pushed the country into a "state of war". Pakistani government ministers accused
The prosecutor also pressed the court to sentence Erdoğan's rival, Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the jailed leader of the Republican People's Party, to over 2,000 years in prison, for allegedly leading a vast corruption network that cost the state billions of lira
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa departed Washington without clinching major security agreements or long-term economic relief.
By Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) -A Turkish C-130 military cargo plane with at least 20 personnel on board crashed in Georgia after taking off from Azerbaijan on Tuesday, as authorities reported an unspecified number of casualties and said rescue workers were headed to the
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli military accused Lebanese armed group Hezbollah on Tuesday of seeking to rebuild its combat abilities in south Lebanon to the point of threatening Israel's security and undoing last year's ceasefire deal. Military spokesman Nadav Shoshani said
GAZA (Reuters) -Palestinian mother Hanan al-Joujou, 31, has to feed her three children in the dark with a flashlight as there is no electricity in Gaza even after last month's Israel-Hamas ceasefire. When they cannot afford to charge the flashlight, they go without food. "We
In an interview on Monday, President Ahmed al-Sharaa dismissed direct negotiations with Israel concerning the Abraham Accords, but left the door open to US-brokered diplomacy.
Turnout by midday was just 23.9%, according to authorities, indicating Iraq could be on track for another record low rate of participation.
When Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr gives an order, his supporters listen. On Tuesday, as many Iraqis lined up to cast their votes for a new parliament, that order was to skip the election entirely and spend the day with family instead. The effects of the influential
DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Six ancient statues have been stolen from the National Museum of Damascus, which is one of the Middle East's oldest cultural institutions and houses a collection showing Syria's archaeological and artistic heritage. A source at the museum told Reuters that a