French prosecutors accuse Lebanon central bank chief of hiding fraud
BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) – French prosecutors have told Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salameh they plan to press preliminary fraud and…
Middle East
Sudan’s paramilitary RSF agrees to 72-hour truce on humanitarian grounds
CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said it had agreed to a 72-hour truce on humanitarian grounds,…
U.N. chief calls for three-day ceasefire in Sudan as thousands flee
By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to Sudan’s warring factions to observe…
EU lawmakers demand obligatory hosting of migrants under looming overhaul
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union lawmakers voted on Thursday to require member countries to host some of…
Israel cements ties to Turkmenistan on Iran’s border
ASHGABAT (Reuters) -Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen inaugurated a permanent embassy in the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan on Thursday,…
New Sudan ceasefire attempt fails with vital supplies running short
By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM/CAIRO (Reuters) -A new attempt at a ceasefire in fierce fighting between Sudanese troops…
FBI says China, Iran using new tactics to harass critics on U.S. soil
By Sarah N. Lynch and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China and Iran are becoming increasingly brazen in their attempts…
Israel’s foreign minister says visit to Saudi Arabia ‘on the table’
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Wednesday held out the prospect of a visit in the future…
Sudan’s army chief, the warlord and a feud that risks civil war
By Michael Georgy DUBAI (Reuters) – A battle that is hammering Khartoum and dragging Sudan to the brink of civil…
Oman liberalises foreign marriage law in rare social reform
By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) – Omanis no longer need state permission to marry a foreign national according to a…