Category: 2. Middle East

Feb 25 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff told a private gathering on Tuesday that the administration is demanding any nuclear deal with Iran should remain in effect indefinitely, Axios reported on Wednesday,…

US Vice President JD Vance told Iran Wednesday to take Washington’s threats of military action “seriously,” a day after President Donald Trump appeared to build the case for war in his State of the Union address.

As US forces mass in the Middle…

Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday evening closed several entrances to Bethlehem Governorate and shut down the “Container” military checkpoint, before raiding the town of Al-Dawha west of the city, according to…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told lawmakers in Jerusalem on Wednesday that India stands “firmly” with Israel following Hamas’s attack on October 7, 2023.

Modi also met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a two-day visit aimed at…

German culture officials plan to summon organisers of the Berlin film festival Thursday after the event was rocked this year by controversy over the Israel-Palestinian conflict and Gaza war.

Bild daily reported that Tricia Tuttle, the US director…

ANKARA — Turkey’s planned spaceport in Somalia could open new avenues for cooperation in security, the defense industry and technology sharing between the two countries, Burhanettin Duran, a senior aide to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said…

Feb 25 (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump still preferred a diplomatic solution with Iran and that he hoped Iranians took that seriously in their negotiations on Thursday.

“The President has been…

SUSIYA, West Bank Feb 25 (Reuters) – Israeli settlers set fire to vehicles and tents in the Palestinian village of Susiya on Tuesday night, residents said, in the latest incidentof settler violence against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied…