Category: 2. Middle East

By Emma Farge

May 21 (Reuters) – The Board of Peace’s lead envoy for Gaza warned the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that the enclave’s current division could become permanent, leaving more than 2 million people crowded into less than half its…

WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump vowed on Thursday that the United States will eventually recover Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium despite comments from Iran that it will not hand over the material.

“We will get it….

The first of hundreds of Gaza flotilla activists began arriving at Istanbul airport Thursday after being arrested then deported from Israel, an AFP correspondent said.

The 422 activists, among them 85 Turkish nationals, were flown from southern…

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) – A Chinese-operated container ship was among the few to cross the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours, data showed on Thursday, as uncertainty grows around reopening the critical waterway with talks over a deal between…

By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall

DUBAI, May 21 (Reuters) – Iran’s leaders are splashing propaganda posters across Tehran boasting of national unity and victory over a global superpower, just months after crushing protests with mass killings…

By Will Dunham

May 21 (Reuters) – If ever there were a structure built to stand the test of time, it surely would be the Great Pyramid of Giza, a transcendent monument to human imagination and ambition. Since being erected during the Old Kingdom…

Ethiopia on Thursday accused Egypt of seeking to undermine its efforts to secure access to the Red Sea, days after Cairo signed a maritime cooperation agreement with Eritrea.

What happened: Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Ethiopian…