Trump envoy hopes Israeli-Arab peace deals will continue whatever the US election result
Middle East
October 19, 2020
Trump envoy hopes Israeli-Arab peace deals will continue whatever the US election result
MANAMA (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy said on Sunday the US President’s push for an Israeli-Arab rapprochement was…
Israel sends treaty delegation to Bahrain with Trump aides
Middle East
October 18, 2020
Israel sends treaty delegation to Bahrain with Trump aides
MANAMA (Reuters) – An Israeli delegation accompanied by the US treasury secretary arrived in Bahrain on Sunday to formalise nascent…
Top Christian clerics urge Lebanese leaders to agree on government
Middle East
October 18, 2020
Top Christian clerics urge Lebanese leaders to agree on government
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The leaders of Lebanon’s Maronite and Orthodox Christian churches urged Lebanese leaders on Sunday to stop delaying…
Lebanon’s protest flame still flickers on anniversary of ‘revolution’
Middle East
October 18, 2020
Lebanon’s protest flame still flickers on anniversary of ‘revolution’
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Demonstrators marched through Lebanon’s capital on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of a protest movement that…
China passes biosecurity law to prevent infectious diseases
World
October 18, 2020
China passes biosecurity law to prevent infectious diseases
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s top legislative body passed a new biosecurity law aimed at preventing and managing infectious diseases, state…
Yemen war foes complete two-day prisoner swap
Middle East
October 17, 2020
Yemen war foes complete two-day prisoner swap
SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) – Yemen’s warring parties exchanged hundreds more prisoners on Friday on the second and final day of an…
Japan to release Fukushima’s contaminated water into sea: reports
World
October 16, 2020
Japan to release Fukushima’s contaminated water into sea: reports
TOKYO (Reuters) – Nearly a decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan’s government has decided to release over one million…
Pakistan opposition starts countrywide protests to oust government
World
October 16, 2020
Pakistan opposition starts countrywide protests to oust government
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Supporters of Pakistan opposition parties were converging on a stadium in the city of Gujwanwala on…
Big European powers ‘deeply concerned’ over Israeli settlement plans
Middle East
October 16, 2020
Big European powers ‘deeply concerned’ over Israeli settlement plans
PARIS (Reuters) – France, Germany, Britain, Italy and Spain are deeply concerned about Israeli plans to build new settler homes…
For Iraq’s persecuted Yazidis, return plan is fraught with risk
Middle East
October 16, 2020
For Iraq’s persecuted Yazidis, return plan is fraught with risk
DOHUK, Iraq (Reuters) – The Yazidis of northern Iraq, an ancient religious minority brutally persecuted by Islamic State, want nothing…