By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -A special session on the situation in al-Fashir, Sudan, opened on Friday at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva following grave concerns about mass killings during the fall of the city to paramilitary forces. States will consider a
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -From regulating the price of chicken to levying fees on cigarettes, Hamas is seeking to widen control over Gaza as U.S. plans for its future slowly take shape, Gazans say, adding to rivals' doubts over whether it will cede authority as
By Simon Lewis and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russia on Thursday proposed its own draft of a U.N. resolution on Gaza in a challenge to a U.S. effort to pass its own text at the Security Council that would endorse President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan, according
By Jasper Ward (Reuters) -Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called for the United Nations to impose "appropriate measures" against the United States and Israel over military strikes in June against Iran's nuclear sites.Araghchi said that President Donald Trump and other
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Pentagon intelligence report raises concerns over Saudi Arabia's bid to buy F-35 jets from the United States, warning that China could acquire the aircraft's technology if the sale proceeds, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing people familiar
By Timour Azhari RIYADH (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia plans imminently to boost commercial ties with Lebanon after Lebanese authorities demonstrated "efficacy" in curbing drug smuggling to the kingdom over the past months, a senior Saudi official said on Thursday. Ties between Riyadh
Survivors of the bloody takeover of El-Fasher walked for days through the desert, past bodies and armed men who humiliated them, desperate to escape the Sudanese city now overrun by paramilitary forces. Several gave harrowing accounts to AFP, describing scenes of terror as
A former Syrian official who once worked as a double agent for the Mossad has been charged in Austria with torture during the 2011 Arab Spring protests, The New York Times reported. The official reportedly fled to Europe in 2013 and was ultimately smuggled into Vienna with
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada's domestic spy agency this year foiled potentially lethal threats by Iran directed against people whom Tehran sees as enemies, the agency's head said in a rare speech on Thursday. Dan Rogers, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, also
The group were reportedly stranded for several hours after opting to leave the war-torn Palestinian enclave.
MrBeast, the world's most followed YouTuber with over 450 million subscribers, opened a temporary amusement park in Riyadh on Thursday, the latest celebrity drawn to Saudi Arabia as it aspires to become a major entertainment hub. Eager for a chance to meet the social media
The Palestinian Authority said Thursday that Israeli soldiers had killed two 15-year-olds in the occupied West Bank, while Israel called them "terrorists" attempting to carry out an attack. Settler violence has surged in recent weeks across the West Bank, drawing international
The Israeli military said its troops killed two suspected militants in a town in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, while Palestinian officials accused Israeli settlers of setting fire to a mosque in the territory. Settler violence has surged in recent weeks across the West
ANKARA (Reuters) -President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey believes the most realistic way to resolve political deadlock over Cyprus is to have two states on the ethnically-split island. Erdogan was speaking alongside Tufan Erhurman, the newly-elected Turkish
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) -Nineteen boats carrying around 360 people reached Spain's Balearic Islands in the past two days, the latest surge in arrivals defying attempts by authorities to curb the fastest-growing migratory route into the European Union. Arrivals via the
Twenty-five countries shipped oil to Israel during its two-year offensive in Gaza, according to a report published Thursday by the nonprofit Oil Change International, which argued the same fossil-fuel system driving the climate crisis is also enabling "genocide." Released at
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and the United States shipped vast amounts of oil to Israel during its two-year Gaza offensive, according to a report by Oil Change International, which says the same fossil-fuel system driving climate change is also enabling "genocide." Released at the
A senior Trump administration official says to expect additional Abraham Accords signatories in the coming months.
Israeli settlers torched a mosque in the central West Bank on Thursday amid a serious escalation in settler attacks across the Palestinian territory in recent weeks.
LONDON (Reuters) -British pro-Palestinian political commentator Sami Hamdi landed back in London on Thursday after being released from the United States, where he spent more than two weeks in immigration detention. Hamdi was detained on October 26 at San Francisco International
By Nafisa Eltahir (Reuters) -The funding gap for aid agencies is accentuating Sudan's crisis, leaving them unable to help many of the tens of thousands of people fleeing from the Darfur city of al-Fashir and other areas, U.N. migration chief Amy Pope said. The war between the
Spanish authorities seized more than 150 kilograms of hashish and more than 320,000 euros ($371,820) in cash in searches across southern Spain.
Authorities said the aircraft’s maintenance was up to date, no ammunition was on board and the investigation is ongoing.
(Reuters) -The armed wings of Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad said on Thursday they would hand over the body of an Israeli hostage at 8 p.m. local time (1800 GMT). If the transfer takes place, the bodies of three hostages will still be held in Gaza. Islamic
Following Iraq's parliamentary election this week, the complex and often lengthy task of choosing the country's next leader is set to begin. Incumbent Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani claimed victory for his coalition after preliminary results showed it was the largest
One bucket at a time, Palestinian workers cleared sand and crumbling mortar from the remains of an former medieval fortress turned museum in Gaza City, damaged by two years of fighting between Israel and Hamas. A dozen workers in high visibility jackets worked by hand to
Mahmoud Abbas' succession plan designating his deputy Hussein al-Sheikh as his successor opens three starkly different paths for the West Bank, from orderly transition to chaos
By Alessandro Parodi (Reuters) -French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Thursday there was a high chance he would visit Algeria, hailing the north African country's release of writer Boualem Sansal as a glimmer of hope that relations between the two nations could be
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Thursday that both suicide bombers involved in the attacks in the country this week were Afghan nationals. (Reporting by Asif Shahzad; Writing by Surbhi Misra; Editing by YP Rajesh)
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's defence ministry said on Thursday it was too early to say what caused the crash this week of a military cargo plane in Georgia in which 20 soldiers died, and inspections continue. The C-130 cargo aircraft had left Azerbaijan for Turkey and
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey's main expectation from a planned International Stabilisation Force in Gaza is for it to provide guarantees that the fragile ceasefire will last, its Defence Ministry said on Thursday. NATO member Turkey has been one of the most vocal critics of
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -On Tehran's bustling streets, signs of change are unmistakable. Women walk unveiled in jeans and sneakers, men and women linger together in cafés where Western music hums softly, and couples stroll hand-in-hand — subtle acts that chip away at