Category: 2. Middle East

By Humeyra Pamuk and Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the NATO meeting of heads of state that is taking place in Turkey in July, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday,…

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with lawmakers on Wednesday as he maintained that the US military operation against Iran had concluded despite continued attacks on both sides. 

Rubio addressed the House Foreign Affairs…

June 3 (Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday elected Austria, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe to the 15-member U.N. Security Council for two-year terms starting on January1, 2027.

A third round of voting was being…

ANKARA — Egypt and Turkey are seeking to deepen energy cooperation after their energy ministers met in Baku this week, as the two countries move to translate their recent rapprochement into broader economic ties. 

What happened: Egyptian…

CAIRO, June 3 (Reuters) – Israeli strikes killed three Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, health officials said, and the Palestinian militant group Hamas said an end to such attacks was crucial to further talks on safeguarding a U.S.-brokered…

By Allison Lampert

June 3 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s aviation regulator has carried out a safety audit of Middle East Airlines as pilot groups raised concerns that crews were being asked to fly close to airstrikes and penalized for reporting safety…

Iran struck Kuwait International Airport on Wednesday, severely damaging the facility and leaving at least one dead. The attack prompted widespread condemnation in the Gulf as Kuwait summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires to deliver an official…

By Samia Nakhoul

DUBAI, June 3 (Reuters) – The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran was meant to break the Islamic Republic. Instead, the warring sides are edging towards an interim agreement that would leave Iran battered but not broken.

As the outlines of a…

By Benjamin Raab

JERUSALEM, June 3 (Reuters) – Israel’s hardline finance minister announced on Wednesday a major expansion by more than 2,000 homes of three Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank that Palestinians hope will be part of a…