Negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States will hold talks in Abu Dhabi Tuesday on ending Europe's worst conflict since World War II in the first such meeting in more than nine months, as another winter of war approaches. Europe -- alarmed by US President Donald
Benjamin Netanyahu remains Israel's prime minister when the new parliament takes office Tuesday but its new, less friendly composition could make his life much more difficult. Gadi Eisenkot, a former military chief seeking to move Israel to the centre, was given the mandate
By Daniel Flynn and Steve Holland KYIV/WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Russian and Ukrainian officials planned to meet on Tuesday for two days of US-brokered talks — their first since February — after President Donald Trump suggested last week that a broad peace deal was
US President Donald Trump said on Monday there was "positive momentum" toward ending the war with Iran after meeting Qatar's prime minister at the White House. "I had an excellent conversation with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani," Trump said on Truth
Nov 9 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday, on the eve of US-led, three-sided talks on resolving the war with Russia, that Ukrainian battlefield successes and mounting Russian losses were strengthening Kyiv's position in negotiations. The talks with Russian
WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters that military action by the United States against Iran did not currently seem necessary. "At this point ... taking the military action doesn't seem to be a very necessary thing. But we're locked and
Earlier, the president told Reuters that Qatar and Saudi Arabia want a peaceful Iran deal, but that the U.S. is ready for strikes if needed
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump told Reuters on Monday that Qatar and Saudi Arabia were eager for a peaceful solution on the Iran conflict but the United States was ready to resume military strikes if necessary. Trump, who met Qatar's prime
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
The Saudi Fund for Development and Syria’s Finance Ministry recently inked more than $403 million in concessional loan agreements, fueling speculation that Damascus agreed to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in exchange for financial aid.
A growing number of Democrats are calling for new leadership in the Senate to replace Schumer, arguing that the party needs a leader who better reflects its generational and ideological shift to the left.
By Steve Holland, Humeyra Pamuk and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Washington was seeing a "very strong inclination" towards ending Russia's war in Ukraine and that both sides were "tired of fighting." "We're having a
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,
France on Monday said Iran's Revolutionary Guards were behind cyberattacks on supermarket fridges in the country last month, vowing sanctions on a European level against Tehran over the first such large-scale cyber sabotage on French territory. Numerous French supermarkets
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