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Citing security threats, Sudan blocks WhatsApp calls: What to know

The restriction comes as Sudan's civil war continues to devastate telecommunications infrastructure.

yesterday 10

Rosaleen Carroll

Egypt pitches new investment plan to US firms: What to know

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has reportedly instructed his government to prepare a package of investment opportunities for US companies...

yesterday 2

Jack Dutton

In Turkey, Iran-E3 talks set to tackle IAEA access, snapback sanctions

As Tehran returns to nuclear talks with Europe amid rising diplomatic pressure, Turkey reaffirms its role as a key regional host for high-stakes...

yesterday 1

Ezgi Akin, Rosaleen Carroll

Syrian authorities evacuate Bedouin families from Sweida city

Syrian authorities on Monday evacuated Bedouin families from the Druze-majority city of Sweida, after a ceasefire in the southern province halted...

yesterday 7

Agence France-Presse

Libya commander Haftar seeks to force international engagement

Libya's eastern authorities recently expelled a senior European delegation in a move analysts say was meant to send a message: the unrecognised...

yesterday 5

Agence France-Presse

Western nations call for immediate end to Gaza war as Israel expands offensive

The World Health Organization said Monday its facilities in Gaza had come under Israeli attack, echoing calls from Western countries for an...

yesterday 3

Agence France-Presse

In Syria's Sweida, bodies wait to be identified at overwhelmed hospital

At the main hospital in south Syria's Sweida city, dozens of bodies are still waiting to be identified as the death count of days of sectarian...

yesterday 1

Agence France-Presse

Israeli undercover force detains senior Gaza health official, ministry says

CAIRO (Reuters) -An Israeli undercover force detained Marwan Al-Hams, a senior Gaza Health Ministry official, outside the field hospital of the...

yesterday 1

Reuters

Exclusive-Trump pledged to save Afghans. But UAE already sent some evacuees back, cable shows

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Days before President Donald Trump said he would help Afghan evacuees who fled their country and were stuck...

yesterday 8

By Humeyra Pamuk

Saudi crude oil exports hit 3-month high as production soars: What to know

The increase comes as the kingdom is reeling from negative effects of lower oil prices and production boosts from OPEC under US pressure.

yesterday 1

Adam Lucente

Suwayda violence boosts Kurds’ leverage as US Syria envoy, SDF chief meet

Syria's Kurds remain hesitant about integration with Damascus as interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa struggles with unrest in Suwayda.

yesterday 1

Amberin Zaman

Israel sends tanks into Gaza's Deir Al-Balah, raising concerns among hostages' families

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli tanks pushed into southern and eastern areas of the Gazan city of Deir Al-Balah for the first time on...

yesterday 1

By Nidal Al-Mughrabi

Fears of escalation after Israel hits Huthi-held Yemen port

Israel pounded Yemen's Huthi-held port of Hodeida with air strikes on Monday for the second time in a month, stoking fears of escalation as it...

yesterday 0

Agence France-Presse

Iran confirms fresh nuclear talks with European powers: state media

Iran confirmed fresh talks with European powers to be held on Friday in Istanbul, the country's state media reported, the first since the United...

yesterday 0

By Femke Colborne

Malnutrition reaches new heights in Gaza, children most affected

As malnutrition surges in war-torn Gaza, tens of thousands of children and women require urgent treatment, according to the UN, while aid enters...

previous day 3

Agence France-Presse

Israel issues new evacuation orders in central Gaza as hunger worsens

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -The Israeli military issued evacuation orders on Sunday in areas of central Gaza packed with displaced...

previous day 9

By Nidal Al-Mughrabi

Israeli tanks kill 59 people in Gaza crowd trying to get food aid, medics say

(Corrects misspelled word in June 17 story to 'tallies' in third last paragraph) By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Israeli tanks fired into...

previous day 3

By Nidal Al-Mughrabi

Calm returns to south Syria after violence that killed over 1,100: monitor

Calm returned to southern Syria's Sweida province on Sunday, a monitor and AFP correspondents reported, after a week of sectarian violence between...

previous day 3

By Omar Hajj Kaddour

Iran says it has replaced air defences damaged in Israel war

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran has replaced air defences damaged during last month's conflict with Israel, Iran's Defah Press news agency reported on Sunday...

previous day 2

Tasnim News Agency

Calm returns to south Syria after violence that killed 1,000: monitor

Calm returned to southern Syria's Sweida province on Sunday, a monitor and AFP correspondents reported, after a week of sectarian violence between...

previous day 2

By Omar Hajj Kaddour

Iran could hold nuclear talks with European powers next week, Tasnim reports

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran, Britain, France and Germany could hold talks next week on Tehran's nuclear programme, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news...

previous day 2

Dado Ruvic

'No life without water': settler attacks threaten West Bank communities

From his monitoring station on a remote hill in the occupied West Bank, water operator Subhil Olayan keeps watch over a lifeline for Palestinians,...

previous day 1

By Louis Baudoin-Laarman

Gaza civil defence says Israeli fire kills 73 aid seekers

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces opened fire on crowds of Palestinians trying to collect humanitarian aid in the war-torn...

previous day 2

By Afp Team In Gaza

Gaza civil defence says Israeli fire kills 93 aid seekers

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces opened fire on crowds of Palestinians trying to collect humanitarian aid in the war-torn...

previous day 2

By Afp Team In Gaza

European powers plan fresh nuclear talks with Iran

European powers plan fresh talks with Iran on its nuclear programme in the coming days, the first since the US attacked Iranian nuclear facilities...

previous day 2

By Femke Colborne

Sudan PM vows to rebuild Khartoum on first visit to war-torn capital

Sudan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris on Saturday pledged to rebuild Khartoum on his first visit to the capital, ravaged by more than two years of...

saturday 3

Agence France-Presse

Clashes, homes torched in south Syria's Sweida despite ceasefire

Smoke rose from burning houses in south Syria's Sweida on Saturday and an Arab tribal fighter vowed to "slaughter" residents as deadly clashes with...

saturday 3

Agence France-Presse

Syrians protest Sweida killings in London, Paris

Dozens of Syrians from minority communities rallied on Saturday in London and Paris, calling for action to protect the Druze in their Sweida...

saturday 2

Agence France-Presse

Federal judge blocks enforcement of Trump's order on ICC

By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge blocked on Friday the enforcement of U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order targeting...

saturday 3

By Jasper Ward

At least 32 killed by Israeli fire while seeking aid in Gaza, hospital says

GAZA (Reuters) -At least 32 people were killed by Israeli fire while they were on their way to an aid distribution site in Gaza at dawn on...

saturday 2

By Hussam Al-Masri

West Bank 'plane chalet' helps aviation dreams take off

A guest house in the shape of a plane would stand out anywhere in the world, but in the occupied West Bank devoid of airports, Minwer Harsha's...

saturday 1

By Louis Baudoin-Laarman, Saleh Hamad

Israel will not renew visa of top UN humanitarian official

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israel has declined to renew the visa for Jonathan Whittall, the senior U.N. aid official for the occupied...

saturday 0

By Kanishka Singh

As Bedouins mobilize, clashes with Druze resume in Syria’s Suwayda: What to know

Despite a ceasefire agreement, fighting involving the government, Bedouin clans and Druze fighters spiraled on Friday.

18.07.2025 2

Adam Lucente

Over 10 years after ISIS takeover, Iraq's Mosul Airport reopens: What to know

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani inaugurated Mosul’s newly restored airport on Wednesday, marking a major milestone in the city's...

18.07.2025 2

Rosaleen Carroll

Gulf Air orders 12 Boeing 787 Dreamliners

US aviation giant Boeing on Thursday signed a contract worth billions of dollars to sell 12 787 Dreamliners, with options for six more, to Gulf...

18.07.2025 10

Agence France-Presse

Sharaa's pullout from Syria Druze heartland exposes shaky leadership

Under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure, Ahmed al-Sharaa pulled troops from Syria's Druze heartland -- a move that exposes the interim...

18.07.2025 2

Agence France-Presse

'Mass grave': Medics appeal for aid at last working hospital in Syria's Sweida

In the last barely-functional hospital in Sweida, bodies are overflowing from the morgue, staff said, amid violence that has wracked the Druze-...

18.07.2025 1

Agence France-Presse

New clashes rock Syria's Druze heartland as tribal fighters reinforce Bedouin

The United States said early Saturday that it had negotiated a ceasefire between Israel and Syria's government as new clashes erupted in Syria's...

18.07.2025 4

By Bakr Al Kassem With Acil Tabbara In Damascus

Dozens protest in Malaysia against Trump nominee for U.S. envoy

By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. embassy in Kuala Lumpur on Friday to protest against...

18.07.2025 3

By Mandy Leong And Rozanna Latiff

Israeli settlers accused of killing 117 sheep in West Bank attack

By Ali Sawafta JORDAN VALLEY, West Bank (Reuters) -Palestinian Bedouins accused Israeli settlers on Friday of killing 117 sheep in an overnight...

18.07.2025 2

By Ali Sawafta

Libyan ICC war crimes suspect arrested in Germany

By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -German authorities have arrested a Libyan war crimes suspect accused of being a senior official at a...

18.07.2025 3