UK foreign minister to meet Israeli, Palestinian leaders to press for dialogue
LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Dominic Raab will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas this week to press...
Russia resumes international flights with Egypt, UAE and Maldives
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has resumed international flights with Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and the Maldives, a government order published on Thursday showed.
The...
Denmark, Tunisia tussle over taking in rescued Med migrants
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark on Monday said Tunisia was responsible for taking in 27 migrants who were rescued in the Mediterranean by a...
Syria seeks to crush insurgent pocket, denies evacuation deal
Syrian troops fought on Sunday to crush the last pockets of resistance by Islamic State militants trapped in an enclave south of Damascus, state...
Yemeni official says clashes in port city killed 5 fighters
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Renewed clashes between forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized government and their rivals, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, left five fighters...
Turkey says France’s Macron ‘hysterical’ over Syria, Libya, East Med
ANKARA, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Turkey's foreign minister said on Friday French President Emmanuel Macron had become "hysterical" over developments in the Libyan and...
Greece to boost military amid tension with neighbor Turkey
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece will be bolstering its military with new armament programs, a boost to military personnel and the development of the...
Greece says wants dialogue with Turkey but will defend sovereign rights
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is ready for a dialogue to help dissolve tensions with Turkey over energy resources in the Eastern Mediterranean but the...
Death penalty for a Japanese man accused of killing 19 disabled people
The Yokohama District Court convicted Satoshi Uematsu for for killing 19 disabled people in a knife-wielding rampage in 2016, one of post-war Japan's worst...
Syria talks ‘on hold’ after envoys test positive for virus
GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-mediated talks involving the Syrian government, opposition and civil society were put “on hold” after three participants turned up positive for...
