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After Saudi pressure, EU move to block dirty-money list

February 28th, 20191088 The adoption of a European Union money-laundering blacklist, which includes Saudi Arabia as well as Puerto Rico and three other US territories, could be...

Middle East

UN: Israel may have committed war crimes against protesters

February 28th, 2019937 United Nations investigators said on ThursdayIsraeli security forces may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in killing 189 Palestinians and...

Middle East

Turkey says EU hypocritical for attending Egypt summit

February 26th, 20191074 Turkey criticised European Union leaders on Tuesday for attending a summit hosted by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi days after nine men were executed...

Middle East

Britain to ban Hezbollah as terrorist group

February 25th, 2019795 Britain said on Monday it plans to ban all wings of Hezbollah due to its destabilising influence in the Middle East, classing the Lebanese Islamist movement as...

World

Tunnels, civilians slow capture of Islamic State's last Syria pocket

February 24th, 20191055 More than a thousand foreign jihadists could still be sheltering among civilians in Islamic State's final stronghold in east Syria, a shred of land riddled...

Middle East

Iran says successfully fires missile from submarine in Gulf war games

February 24th, 2019810 Iran successfully tested a cruise missile on Sunday during naval exercises near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's state media reported, at a time of heightened...

Asia

China, Saudi, Venezuela in hot seat at UN

February 22nd, 20191122 China is lobbying hard to thwart scrutiny of its mass detention camps for Muslim Uighurs in the Xinjiang region at the UN Human Rights Council's main annual...

Middle East

Swiss soldier convicted for leading Christian militia

February 22nd, 20191304 A former Swiss soldier who commanded a Christian militia fighting Islamic State in Syria was found guilty on Friday of violating Swiss neutrality. Hanna...

Middle East

Israel set to join elite lunar club with first mission to moon

February 22nd, 20191192 Israel's first spacecraft built to land on the moon was set for launch on Thursday from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a mission that, if...

FRONT PAGE

Macron says anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Semitism

February 21st, 20191130 France will adopt an international definition of anti-Semitism and look on anti-Zionism as one form of the hate crime, President Emmanuel Macron...

Middle East

Libya's ancient Greek ruins blighted by theft

February 20th, 20191430 Graffiti covers the walls of a Greek amphitheatre in Cyrene, an ancient ruined city in eastern Libya now struggling with neglect, vandals and illegal...

Europe

Factbox: Europeans who joined Islamic State

February 19th, 20191196 The fate of foreigners who joined Islamic State has become an increasingly urgent issue as US-backed fighters prepare to capture the militant group's last...

Britain

German halt in Saudi arms sales hurting UK industry

February 19th, 20191235 Britain has urged Germany to exempt big defence projects from its efforts to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia or face damage to its commercial credibility, the...

Europe

Afghan migrants suspected of terrorism links, smuggling

February 19th, 20191183 Six Afghan migrants suspected of links to terrorism and people trafficking have been detained in Bosnia since the beginning of the year, the country's service...

World

US-backed Syrian forces call for 1,500 coalition troops to stay

February 18th, 20191382 By Phil Stewart The commander of U.S.-backed forces in Syria called on Monday for about 1,000 to 1,500 international forces to remain in Syria to help fight...

Europe

Polish officials may cancel trip to Israel over diplomatic spat

February 18th, 2019805 WARSAW, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Polish officials may cancel their planned trip to Israel, the head of the prime minister's office, Michal Dworczyk, said on Monday...

World

Rouhani says Iran ready to improve ties with Gulf states

February 17th, 2019818 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that Tehran wanted to establish close ties with all countries in the Middle East, where Iran has been involved...

Middle East

Sports channels urge US action on alleged TV piracy

February 16th, 20191475 A group of sports bodies and broadcasters including the US National Basketball Association, US Tennis Association and Sky has called for the United States to...

Middle East

Iran rejects anti-Semitism allegation by Pence

February 16th, 20191258 Iran on Saturday rejected accusations of anti-Semitism levelled against it by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, saying it respected Judaism but opposed Israel,...

Middle East

US-backed SDF nears victory over Islamic State

February 16th, 20191312 The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) will capture Islamic State's last tiny enclave in eastern Syria "in a very short time", the battle commander said...

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