Category: 2. Middle East

UNITED NATIONS, July 16 (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to divided Cyprus at the end of July to discuss peacebuilding efforts between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots, a U.N. spokesperson said on…

Colombia’s hard-right president-elect plans to open an embassy in Jerusalem as he seeks to restore and strengthen ties with Israel, his office said Thursday.

Abelardo de la Espriella won last month’s presidential runoff by less than…

July 16 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said on Thursday that all Saudi oil and other vital facilities would be targets for the group’s missiles and drones if Riyadh escalated its involvement in the conflict.

The warning…

By Maya Gebeily

BEIRUT, July 16 (Reuters) – Lebanon and Syria will in the coming months begin revising decades-old trade agreements torevive their economic relationship following the ouster of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in 2024, Lebanon’s…

US Vice President JD Vance stated that Jeffrey Epstein had ties to Israeli and American intelligence in a Wednesday interview while doubling down on his recent criticism of Israel and its influence on US policy.

What happened: Vance said Epstein,…

Muscat looks eastward

For decades, the relationship between Beijing and Muscat has been “primarily driven by trade,” Jalal Al-Shukaili, a foreign policy scholar based in Muscat, told Al-Monitor.

According to China’s Foreign Ministry, bilateral…