Category: 2. Middle East

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will convene a cabinet meeting next week, a government source said on Sunday, most likely to discuss the situation in Gaza after coming under growing pressure to recognise a Palestinian state.

The Financial Times, which initially reported the story, said ministers, currently in a summer recess until September 1, would reconvene to discuss Gaza.

Starmer’s office did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment.

The recall comes…

Malnutrition rates are reaching “alarming levels” in the Gaza Strip, the World Health Organization warned Sunday, saying the “deliberate blocking” of aid was entirely preventable and had cost many lives.

“Malnutrition is on a dangerous trajectory in the Gaza Strip, marked by a spike in deaths in July,” the WHO said in a statement.

Of the 74 recorded malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, 63 had occurred in July — including 24 children under five, one child aged over five, and 38 adults, it…

TURNBERRY, Scotland (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday Israel would have to make a decision on next steps in Gaza, adding that he did not know what would happen after moves by Israel to pull out of ceasefire and hostage-release negotiations with the Hamas militant group.

Trump underscored the importance of securing the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, saying they had suddenly “hardened” up on the issue.

“They don’t want to give them back, and so Israel is going to…

(Reuters) -Syria is expected to hold its first parliamentary election under the new administration in September, the head of the electoral process told state news agency SANA on Sunday.

Voting for the People’s Assembly is expected to take place from September 15-20, added the official, Mohamed Taha.

(Reporting by Hatem Maher and Muhammad Al Gebaly; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)

The Vatican on Saturday called on the international community to work actively toward a two-state solution, saying the worsening crisis in Gaza has made the need for a just and lasting political resolution urgent, Anadolu reports.

The Holy See voiced hope that the upcoming High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution—co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia—would push for a solution that grants…

ANKARA (Reuters) -Firefighters battled wildfires across Turkey on Sunday amid a searing Mediterranean heat-wave, with authorities evacuating more than 3,600 people from settlements in two provinces.

Wildfires in the southern provinces of Mersin and Antalya as well as the central province of Usak were largely brought under control, but blazes in the northwestern province of Bursa and the northern province of Karabuk were still burning, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli told…

Syria’s civil defense teams evacuated 366 more civilians from Suwayda to the Daraa countryside in southern Syria following security unrest in the area, the service said on Sunday, Anadolu reports.

The Civil Defense said the evacuees, the majority of them women and children, were transferred to temporary shelters in Daraa via the Busra al-Sham crossing on Saturday night.

According to the agency, 3,227 people have so far been evacuated from Suwayda, in addition…

(Reuters) -Jordan and the United Arab Emirates parachuted 25 tons of aid into the Gaza Strip on Sunday in their first airdrop in months, a Jordanian official source said.

The official said the air drops were not a substitute for delivery by land.

(Reporting by Suleiman Al-KhalidiEditing by Peter Graff)

The execution in Iran of two men convicted of carrying out armed operations for an exiled opposition group is a “brutal crime”, the group’s leader said on Sunday, urging countries to act against “bloodthirsty” authorities in Tehran.

“This brutality only intensifies the outrage of the Iranian people and reinforces the determination of Iran’s courageous youth to bring an end to this theocratic tyranny,” Maryam Rajavi, leader of the People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), said on X.

Rajavi is…