Category: 2. Middle East

By Gabriel Stargardter and Raphael Satter

PARIS, May 13 (Reuters) – French authorities are examining whether a foreign interference campaign aimed at a hard-left party ahead ofMarch’s municipal elections was carried out at least in part by an…

Stock markets were mixed Wednesday and oil prices steadied but remained above $100 a barrel as investors awaited a high-stakes summit between the United States and China, and Middle East peace talks stalled.

Oil prices surged earlier this week on…

Stock markets drifted higher Wednesday as investors awaited a high-stakes summit between the United States and China, while oil prices diverged as Middle East peace talks stalled.

Oil prices surged earlier this week on signs that no breakthrough…

By Jonathan Spicer and Ahmed Rasheed

ANKARA/BAGHDAD, May 13 (Reuters) – Just two weeks after Turkey’s parliament made recommendations on how to advance the country’s peace process with Kurdish militants, the Iran war broke out, plunging the Middle…

ANKARA, May 13 (Reuters) – Turkey’s attempt to finish its decades-old conflict with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group has stalled, with both sides waiting for the other to act in a peace bid complicated by the Iran war.

The…

Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war:

– Israel kills 9 –

Israel intensified strikes on Lebanon Wednesday, with Beirut’s health ministry reporting nine people, including two children, killed in attacks targeting cars between the…

May 13 (Reuters) – The World Food Programme said on Wednesday it had halved emergency food assistance in Syria due to funding shortages, warning that millions remained vulnerable despite signs of stabilisation in parts of the country.

The U.N….

Four people were thrown out of the first Eurovision Song Contest semi-final, which saw attempts to disrupt Israel’s performance, organisers said Wednesday.

As 28-year-old Israeli singer Noam Bettan began his performance of “Michelle” during…