Washington Post cuts 30% of staff, guts foreign desk, Mideast team: What to know
The Washington Post is implementing sweeping newsroom layoffs that have gutted its foreign desk, including the elimination of its entire
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Middle East
Telegram's Durov says Spanish social media plans weaponise safety
By Aislinn Laing MADRID, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Telegram founder Pavel Durov on Wednesday joined Elon Musk in publicly criticising
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Trump says Iran's Khamenei should be 'very worried'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran’s supreme leader should be “very worried” by threats of military strikes
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Germany's Merz heads to Saudi, Gulf in quest for new partners
BERLIN, Feb 4 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz began a tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab
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Palestinians in Egypt torn on return to a Gaza with 'no future'
As Israel begins to allow a trickle of Palestinians through the Rafah border crossing, Gazans stranded in Egypt are torn
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Breakthrough or prelude to attack? What we know about Iran-US talks
US and Iranian officials are due this week to hold their first talks since Iran launched a deadly crackdown on
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Merz heads to Gulf as Germany looks to diversify trade ties
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz headed to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to kick off a Gulf tour as the biggest EU
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What are Iran's ballistic missile capabilities?
By Elwely Elwelly DUBAI, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Iran, which is set to resume nuclear talks with the United States
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Exclusive-Donors reluctant to fund US-led Gaza plan as Hamas disarmament push stalls, sources say
By Rami Ayyub, Emily Rose and Alexander Cornwell JERUSALEM, Feb 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. has yet to secure funding
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Israeli strikes kill 18 in Gaza, patient crossings at Rafah halted, Palestinian officials say
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Pesha Magid CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes killed 18 people, including
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