Category: 2. Middle East

The Spanish government “strongly condemned” the recent Israeli attacks against Lebanon and called for full compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1701, Anadolu reports.

In a statement released by the…

A Palestinian man was killed and his brother critically wounded Saturday after illegal Israeli settlers opened fire on Palestinians south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, Anadolu reports.

According to Palestinian…

MOSCOW, March 7 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to Iran’s president over the numerous civilian casualties resulting from “the armed Israeli-American aggression against Iran” and called for an immediate halt…

DUBAI, March 7 (Reuters) – The president of the United Arab Emirates said his nation was in a time of war but was well and told his enemies it was no easy prey, in his first public comments since Iran launched missiles at its Gulf neighbour amid…

By Matt Spetalnick and Andrea Shalal

WASHINGTON, March 7 (Reuters) – One week into the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran that has plunged the Middle East into turmoil, President Donald Trump faces a growing list of risks and challenges that raise…

March 7 (Reuters) – Ukrainian manufacturers of cheap interceptor drones designed to knock out enemy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) say they have the capacity to export in large volumes, amid enquiries from the United States and Middle East…

ANKARA, March 7 (Reuters) – Turkey is considering the deployment of F-16 aircraft to Cyprus, a Turkish defence ministry source said on Saturday.

The person said such a move was one of the steps being considered amid the phased planning underway to…

By Nandita Bose, Sarah Morland and David Brunnstrom

MIAMI, Florida, March 7 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Latin American leaders to Florida on Saturday to launch a new coalition against drug cartels, even as he struck a…

By Maya Gebeily and Alexander Cornwell

BEIRUT/TEL AVIV, March 7 (Reuters) – Israel warned Lebanon of a “very heavy price” if it did not rein in Iran-backed Hezbollah on Saturday, as it pounded the group’s strongholds around the country with air…

By Joshua McElwee

VATICAN CITY, March 7 (Reuters) – Pope Leo on Saturday named a senior Church diplomat who represented the Vatican in the Philippines during former President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs as the Vatican’s U.S. ambassador and…