By Jonathan Spicer ANKARA, July 1 (Reuters) - Five years ago, the West risked a full-blown diplomatic crisis with NATO ally Turkey when 10 ambassadors called for the release of a man they saw as a political prisoner, prompting an angry President Tayyip Erdogan to order their
Indian sailors shaken by war have finally cleared the Strait of Hormuz after being stranded there for months, but some fear they have little choice but to return to make a living. The country is one of the largest contributors of sailors to merchant shipping, sending out
SEOUL, July 1 (Reuters) - South Korea's Oceans Ministry said on Wednesday the cargo vessel Namu, operated by HMM, would exit the Strait of Hormuz in mid-July at the earliest once the damage sustained in an attack in May was repaired. The bulk carrier's hull was hit near the
Around 40 percent of the roughly 1 million people displaced by the war have returned home, though many remain unable to do so because their homes were destroyed. 'The fact that the others have not returned means they have a much harder situation,' Lebanon's social affairs
By Andrea Shalal June 30 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged countries to cover a $100 million gap in funding for the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, saying the body was nearing a breaking point after deep cost-cutting and austerity
By Vivian Sequera CARACAS, June 30 (Reuters) - Jordanian emergency workers in Venezuela, which was hit by devastating twin earthquakes last week, rescued a child early on Tuesday, the only reportedsurvivor on the sixth day of rescue efforts, according to Venezuelan authorities.
As President Masoud Pezeshkian's administration advances dialogue with Washington, its fiercer contest is in the corridors of power within the Islamic Republic itself.
Don't be be confused: Headlines announced that Bennett expressed support for the dismantling some illegal Jewish settlements, but he actually presented an annexation plan to block a Palestinian state
By Lili Bayer, Gram Slattery, Andrew Gray and Fatos Bytyci BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON/TIRANA, June 30 (Reuters) - As NATO leaders prepare for a summit in Turkey next week, plans for an alliance summit in Albania next year have been thrown into doubt due to resistance from the Trump
It's 7:13 am on a sultry June morning and a passenger train pulls into the station in Abu Dhabi, oil-rich capital of the United Arab Emirates. An unremarkable scene in many cities but here, the first of its kind. The UAE's inaugural passenger service, from sleepy Fujairah,
TEL AVIV, June 30 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday visited Lebanese territory occupied by the Israeli military, telling soldiers that Israel would not withdraw from the country's south as long as Iran-backed Hezbollah continued to pose a threat.
By Jana Choukeir BEIRUT, June 30 (Reuters) - Some 400,000 Lebanese uprooted by war have returned to southern Lebanon, with more expected to follow in the coming week, a government minister said on Tuesday, encouraged by a lull in the four-month-long conflict between Israel and
The United Nations recently said that the government has thus far failed to bring calm to the area of southern Syria following sectarian clashes last year.
The Kuwaiti company is planning to invest more than $1.5 billion in Syria after securing a license to operate there, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
Morocco has already secured its place in the next round while Algeria and Egypt seek to continue North Africa's World Cup campaign.
BAKU, June 30 (Reuters) - A legal framework could be drawn up this year on regional cooperation to monitor and seek to adapt to falling water levels in the Caspian Sea, which is shrinking at an accelerated pace, a senior Azerbaijani water official told Reuters.
At least three members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed in separate armed attacks across Iran, including one in western Iran near the border with Iraqi Kurdistan, where authorities have intensified their crackdown on Kurdish groups.
Touring the Gaza border, the far-right finance minister said the plan is awaiting PM Netanyahu's approval. 'We must establish a belt of Jewish settlements that will serve as a security buffer for Israeli communities'
DOHA, June 30 (Reuters) - U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will be in Doha to meet Qatari mediators to discuss U.S.-Iran negotiations, Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday. • There will not be a high-level meeting
Transport infrastructure across Europe, North America and central Asia must adapt to more adverse climate conditions, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning that inaction could prove more costly than upgrades. Roads, railways, waterways, ports and airports will face a
With the movement of concrete barriers and advancing tanks, the IDF is deepening its control in the Gaza Strip, forcing residents to evacuate their homes. The UN says dozens of humanitarian facilities and essential infrastructure remain outside the army's controlled area
By Andrew Mills DOHA, June 30 (Reuters) - Top U.S. envoys were due to arrive in Qatar on Tuesday, but uncertainty over the timing and content of any diplomatic talks raised questions over efforts to bring a lasting halt to the Iran war and fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Residents who spoke with Haaretz describe repeated IDF incursions into their villages in the Daraa and Quneitra governorates to conduct searches and set up roadblocks, with hundreds of raids reported in recent months. Locals say the pattern has intensified since 2024
While the deal with Lebanon allows the Israeli military to maintain a presence there, security experts warn that it also gives the weakened Hezbollah the time it needs to recover.
By Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA, June 30 (Reuters) - NATO is adjusting to a shifting security landscape and the United States is not seeking to leave the alliance, Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler told Reuters ahead of a NATO summit in Ankara next week. Turkey will host 32 NATO
Iran is sending a technical delegation to Qatar this week, yet the Foreign Ministry spokesperson said this had 'no relation' to Trump sending his son-in-law, Jared Kushner and his envoy Steve Witkoff to lead the negotiating team, and denied the two sides will meet
