A top Hamas official said Friday that talks in Miami to advance the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire must...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Moscow would "certainly" achieve its goals in the offensive in Ukraine, including seizing...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused Israel of using the Druze minority in Syria as a pretext for..."I want to state this once again, clearly and directly: Israel is a lawless, unruly, unprincipled, spoiled, pampered, and greedy terrorist state," Erdogan said
"At this stage, the biggest problem in our region is Israel's aggression... If the monster is not stopped immediately, it will not hesitate to throw first our region," he added
- Baghdad, Iraq -- The Iraqi government announced Thursday an agreement to resume crude exports from the autonomous Kurdistan region after...
Lucrative oil exports have been a major point of tension between Baghdad and Arbil, with a key pipeline through Turkey shut since 2023 over legal disputes and technical issues.
Oil exports were previously independently sold by the Kurdistan region, without the approval or oversight of the central administration in Baghdad, through the port of Ceyhan.
- Pope Leo XIV said he was "deeply saddened" by the loss of life, which a witness said was the result...
The site was sheltering around 600 displaced people, the majority of them children and 54 with special needs.
"The people in the Holy Family Compound are people who found in the Church a sanctuary," the Patriarchate said.
- Kurdistan has seen a spate of unclaimed drone attacks, which have come as the regional government and the federal authorities...
Production at two fields operated by the Norwegian group DNO ASA was temporarily suspended, the company said
Long plagued by conflict, Iraq frequently experiences such attacks, often linked to regional proxy struggles between Iran and the US
- Syria said a new ceasefire reached on Wednesday in the Druze-majority city of Sweida will bring a complete halt to...
A previous truce announced on Tuesday appeared to have little effect on the ground in the southern region, where days of violence have left more than 300 dead
heikh Youssef Jarboua, a Druze spiritual leader, read out the 10 points of the accord, which also includes "the full integration of the province" of Sweida into the Syrian state
Singapore, Singapore -- There is a "strong argument" for putting video cameras in airline cockpits to assist in accident investigations,...His comments followed the release of a preliminary report on last month's Air India crash, which found that the plane's engine fuel switches had been turned off.
The crash killed all but one of the 242 people on board as well as 19 people on the ground.
The conference, co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia, was originally planned for mid-June to revive work on the long-standing diplomatic...The meeting, which would be at ministerial level, would seek to "advance the recognition of a Palestinian state for a certain number of states who have not yet recognized it."
But it would also work "on normalization and Israel's regional integration with Arab and Muslim countries."
- Israel has sought to portray itself as a defender of the community, while also warning the Syrian government against maintaining...
Damascus deployed troops to the area after clashes between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes killed many people, with Syria's defence minister declaring a truce in Sweida city
Residents, however, told AFP the announcement had little discernible effect on the ground, accusing government troops and their allies of rampaging through Druze neighbourhoods
- The measures range from suspending the entire accord or curbing trade ties to sanctioning Israeli ministers, imposing an arms embargo...
EU foreign policy chief Kallas has put forward 10 potential options after Israel was found to have breached a cooperation deal between the two sides on human rights grounds
The measures range from suspending the entire accord or curbing trade ties to sanctioning Israeli ministers, imposing an arms embargo and halting visa-free travel
- Arbil, Iraq -- A drone strike forced a US company to suspend operations at an oil field in Iraq's autonomous...
The attack followed a similar drone strike a day earlier on an airport in neighboring Arbil province, which hosts US troops.
Long plagued by conflict, Iraq has frequently experienced such attacks, often linked to regional proxy struggles pitting Iran against the United States and its ally Israel.
