Middle East and North Africa
Distrust, division and doubt cloud Palestinian election call
Gaza (Reuters) - Beset by political infighting, split between three territories and distrustful of their institutions, many Palestinians are sceptical that their first national...
Major European powers rebuke Iran over uranium metal plans
Paris (Reuters) - Three European powers on Saturday warned Iran against starting work on uranium metal-based fuel for a research reactor, saying it contravened...
Trump receives Morocco’s highest award for Middle East work: official
Washington (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday received Morocco’s highest award for his work in advancing a normalization deal between Israel and...
U.N. says U.S. blacklisting of Yemen group may hinder bid to avert oil spill
New York (Reuters) - The United Nations is concerned that a U.S. plan to blacklist Yemen’s Houthi movement on Tuesday will hinder its efforts...
Hamas welcomes Abbas decree announcing Palestinian elections
Gaza (Reuters) - Gaza’s ruling Islamist group Hamas on Friday welcomed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s announcement of parliamentary and presidential elections.“We have worked in...