Category: 2. Middle East

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump announced that he will withdraw 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany as a rift over the Iran war widens between the Republican’s administration and NATO allies and other partners…

Left-wing Democratic lawmakers have called on the United States to break its silence on Israel’s suspected nuclear weapons program, shattering a decades-long bipartisan reticence in Washington on the sensitive issue.

Israel is widely believed to…

WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) – The United States sanctioned on Thursday Iraq’s deputy oil minister and militias over support for Iran, the Treasury Department said.

The Treasury Department accused Iraq’s minister Ali Maarij Al-Bahadly of abusing…

ANKARA — Turkey and Japan have agreed to deepen defense industry cooperation in a first formal initiative between the two countries that could eventually lead to joint drone production.

What happened: The two countries’ official defense…

LONDON, May 7 – With the standoff over the frozen Iran war threatening a global economic meltdown, Washington and Tehran have scaled back their efforts to agree a comprehensive peace deal and now seek a limited pact putting off the harder…

LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) – British counter-terrorism police have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with an attempted arson attack on a synagogue in north London last month, marking the third arrest in the investigation, the force said on…

Israeli and Lebanese envoys will sit down for a fresh round of peace talks in Washington next week, even as Israel presses its campaign against the militant group Hezbollah in spite of a ceasefire.

The war in Lebanon broke out in parallel with the…

The United States was waiting on Thursday for Iran to respond to its latest proposed deal to end the war in the Middle East and to reopen the key shipping lane out of the Gulf.

Asian stocks soared and oil prices fell after US President Donald…