By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud Issa CAIRO/GAZA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The UN World Food Programme has said funding shortages are forcing major cuts to its aid programme in Gaza, leaving about 500,000 people without monthly food support in a territory where two-thirds of the population struggle to get…
By Pesha Magid NAZARETH, Israel, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Israel's Palestinian leaders are urging people in the minority Arab community to vote in big numbers in next week's election as they seek to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and topple the most right-wing government in the country's history…
TEL AVIV, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Israeli police said on Monday they had arrested 10 suspects as part of an investigation into violent incidents in theoccupied-West Bank over the weekend, including separate attacks on a Washington Post photojournalist and European diplomats.
TEL AVIV, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Israeli police said on Monday they had arrested eight suspects as part of an investigation into violent incidents in the West Bank over the weekend, including attacks on an American photojournalist and European diplomats in separate incidents.
By Gram Slattery SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Ukraine and Russia should be focused on ending the war between them, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on his visit to Uzbekistan on Monday.
At 15 years old, Mahmoud Abou Nusair recalls the love he had for football, before Israeli fire in Gaza took his leg and his dreams away. He is one of more than 450 Palestinian amputees receiving care and prosthetic limbs at a centre in Amman and in Gaza, part of an initiative run by Jordan's…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed his ally Benjamin Netanyahu before Israel's close-fought parliamentary election on October 27, providing a boost to the veteran prime minister's bid to win a new mandate.
Oct 18 - The captain of a flydubai flight who was attacked by a co-pilot who intended to crash the plane has described blockingaxe blows to the head and screaming for help as he reached for a knob to open the cockpit door.
By Ali Sawafta and Steven Scheer TAYBEH, West Bank/JERUSALEM, Oct 18 (Reuters) - US diplomats visited a Christian Palestinian town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday following attacks by militant Israeli settlers on European diplomats and an American photojournalist in the previous two days…
By Doina Chiacu and Alexander Cornwell WASHINGTON/TEL AVIV, Oct 18 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed his ally Benjamin Netanyahu as the longtime Israeli prime minister struggles for an edge in next week's parliamentary election.
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump endorsed his ally Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday for the upcoming Israeli parliamentary election. "Bibi Netanyahu has been Strong, Brave, and Brilliant in the face of tremendous opposition, including that coming from even Israel, itself," Trump…
CAIRO, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Regional military power Egypt is ready to provide Saudi Arabia with the support it needs to defend its security and stability, thepresidency said on Sunday,potentially raising the stakes in the Middle East war as Yemen's Iran-allied Houthis intensify their attacks on the ki…
Oct 18 (Reuters) - Egypt is ready to provide Saudi Arabia with the support it needs to defend its security and stability, the presidency said on Sunday, as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis intensify their attacks on the world's largest oil exporter.
BRUSSELS, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The European Union "strongly condemns" attacks by violent settlers in the West Bank, includingagainst European diplomats, the bloc's foreign policy spokesperson said on Sunday.
DUBAI, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Iran's offer to the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days is still on the table, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told Iranian media outlets on Sunday. Iran presented its proposal in mid-September after an interim ceasefire collapsed.
Riyadh's Kingdom Centre skyscraper ordered remote working for office tenants on Sunday following repeated Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, as the Saudi-led coalition said two pilots were killed in a crash near the Yemen border.
The Saudi-led coalition and Iran-backed Houthis traded strikes Sunday as fighting raged in the intensifying conflict that has disturbed life for residents of the kingdom's capital Riyadh and war-wracked Yemen.
Riyadh's landmark Kingdom Centre skyscraper ordered remote working for office tenants on Sunday as disruption spread from Houthi attacks and the Saudi-led coalition announced its first military deaths since the war reignited.
DUBAI, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Iran's parliament approved Mehrdad Akhlaqi Ketabchi as defence minister on Sunday, ending months of interim leadership at the ministry and placing a former defence sector veteran in charge of the country's defence production and procurement apparatus.
Iraq and Syria are expanding trade and energy cooperation, but security risks, economic challenges and longstanding mistrust raise questions about whether their growing partnership can endure.
By Gram Slattery and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - While the Iran war smolders, Saudi Arabia fights theHouthis and a new rift opens in US-Ukraine relations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled on Sunday to Uzbekistan, a nation far removed from the biggest US foreign policy challenge…
By Gram Slattery and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - While the Iran war smolders, Saudi Arabia fights theHouthis and a new rift opens in US-Ukraine relations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels on Sunday to Uzbekistan, a nation far removed from the biggest US foreign policy challenges…
From his shop in south Lebanon near the Israeli border, Mark Diab says life in his village will be turned upside down when a decades-long United Nations peacekeeping force pulls out next year.
Three years after suffering their deadliest single attack, Israelis will deliver their verdict on veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an October 27 election that could decide if the country moves definitively into hard-right nationalism.
