By Steve Holland and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - International troops could be deployed in the Gaza Strip as early as next month to form a U.N.-authorized stabilization force, two U.S. officials told Reuters, but it remains unclear how
BEIJING, Dec 12 (Reuters) - China said on Friday it had driven away a Philippine aircraft and multiple vessels near disputed atolls in South China Sea, in the latest in a series of confrontations in the strategic waterway in recent years. The Chinese military said it issued
Saudi Arabia and the UAE, both partners of the coalition seeking to be involved in Gaza's future, have yet to settle their local conflicts in Yemen and Sudan, which have taken hundreds of thousands of lives. For now, it seems the United States will continue to take a neutral
By Dave Sherwood and Marianna Parraga HAVANA/HOUSTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. move this week to seize an oil tanker out of Venezuela is poised to make a bad situation worse for a crisis-stricken Cuba already struggling to source enough oil to power its ailing economy and
On Dec. 1, Netanyahu met in his Jerusalem office with Frank St. John, chief operating officer of Lockheed Martin, lead contractor for the F-35's production.
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of displaced Gazans face flooding of their tents and shelters by heavy rains, and materials for shelters and sandbags are not being allowed to enter the enclave, the UN International Organization for
ANKARA, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Turkey and the United States are discussing the U.S. sanctions and obstacles to Ankara rejoining the F-35 jet programme but nothing has changed with respect to its possession of Russian S-400 air defences, the defence ministry said on Friday. The
GENEVA, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Iraq's former president Barham Salih has been chosen as the next high commissioner for refugees for the United Nations, a letter showed on Friday. The letter signed by United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres and dated Dec. 11 says Salih has
By John O'Donnell and Padraic Halpin DUBLIN, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Ireland’s planned curbs on trade with Israeli settlements will be limited strictly to goods, a minister told Reuters, offering the first clear signal on the scope of the contested legislation and rejecting
His only official job title at the White House is son-in-law. But Jared Kushner has staged a remarkable -- and sometimes controversial -- comeback to President Donald Trump's inner circle. Four years after Kushner left the White House, Trump has handed the husband of his
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Four U.S. lawmakers on Thursday said there has been no accountability for an October 2023 attack by the Israeli military that struck a group of journalists in Lebanon, killing a Reuters correspondent and wounding others. U.S.
ZURICH, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Swiss Eurovision winner Nemo on Thursday said they were handing back their trophy in the latest protest about Israel's continued participation in the contest over the war in Gaza. Nemo, the non-binary singer who won in 2024 with "The Code," a
Dec 11 (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, said on Thursday he would travel to Beirut for talks after receiving a formal invitation from his Lebanese counterpart, who a day earlier had declined to visit Tehran for direct talks. On Wednesday, Lebanese
By Jonathan Saul, Marianna Parraga and Matt Spetalnick HOUSTON/LONDON/WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following the seizure of a tanker this week, as it increases pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas
Wearing only sandals and cotton sweaters to protect themselves from the winter rain, Palestinians dug trenches in the muddy ground around their tents in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighbourhood in an effort to keep out encroaching storm waters. Starting late Wednesday, heavy rains
Several Democratic lawmakers called Thursday for the Israeli and US governments to fully investigate a deadly 2023 attack by the Israeli military on journalists in southern Lebanon. The October 13, 2023 airstrike killed Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah and wounded six other
Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos also discussed using his country's maritime aid corridor to support Gaza's reconstruction.
Israel's Culture Minister Miki Zohar's threats don't scare Danny Wilensky, the head of an Israeli human rights film festival where Israeli violence in the West Bank and Gaza are in full display
Amnesty International on Thursday accused Hamas and its allies for the first time of crimes against humanity during and after their October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, with the Palestinian militant group rejecting the report as "lies". The findings also drew criticism from
Bilateral trade between the United States and Turkey reached almost $43 billion in 2024, according to the US trade representative.