Turkey is expected to send the final instrument of ratification for Sweden's NATO membership to Washington within days, now that President Tayyip Erdogan signed it off, in a move Ankara hopes will clear the way to its purchase of U.S. F-16 fighter jets.
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns and his Israeli counterpart will meet with Qatari officials in coming days for talks on a second potential Gaza hostage deal, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
The U.S. government privately warned long-time antagonist Iran about a "terrorist threat" within its borders ahead of a deadly attack this month that was claimed by the Islamic State militant group, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
Turkey's president finally approved Sweden's bid to join NATO on Thursday, ending months of delay and leaving only Hungary standing in the way of Stockholm's membership of the military alliance.
In a significant diplomatic turn of events, the ruling junta in Mali announced on Thursday evening the "immediate termination" of the crucial Algerian-brokered agreement signed in 2015 with northern independentist groups.
The United Nations' top court will rule on Friday on whether it will grant emergency measures against Israel following accusations by South Africa that its military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide against Palestinians.
A second French warship has arrived in the Red Sea region as part of efforts to ensure freedom of navigation, the French army said on Thursday.
In a significant diplomatic move, Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, presided over the 3rd session of the Morocco-Gambia Joint Commission on Thursday, in the symbolic location of Dakhla, within the Moroccan Sahara. His Gambian counterpart, Mamadou Tangara, was also present at the meeting.
Turkey is considering opening new border crossings with eastern neighbour Iran, President Tayyip Erdogan said late on Wednesday after talks with his Iranian counterpart, as they seek to revive sagging economic relations.
The Gaza war has put renewed focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, still seen by many countries as the path to peace even though the negotiating process has been moribund for years.
In a joint report released by the World Bank, the United Nations, and the European Union, the catastrophic flooding that struck Derna and eastern Libya in September has affected up to 1.5 million Libyans, with estimated reconstruction costs reaching $1.8 billion.
Rather than stretch out under the Caribbean sun, Mark Landsman has been spending his vacation picking tomatoes in Israel, unpaid and in striking range of Palestinian rockets.
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