MIDDLE EAST

By Antoni SlodkowskiUNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The acting chief of the World Food Programme on Monday said the agency was ramping up its response to the escalating crisis…

By James MackenzieBERLIN, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The far-left leader pushing to take over as mayor of Berlin promised on Monday to tackle unaffordable rents in the German capital, but…

By Timour AzhariSept 21 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Yemeni President Rashad al-Alimi on Sunday, four people familiar with the matter said, discussing the advances…

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Haseeb and AlwazeerCAIRO/Gaza Sept 21 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza returned to in-person teaching on Saturday for the first time in nearly three…

By Mohammed Ghobari and Jana ChoukeirDUBAI, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Houthi fighters were pushing to seize strategic heights in Yemen on Monday to cut off the Red Sea coast from…

ALEPPO, Syria, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A series of explosions tore through an army weapons depot in northern Syria early on Monday,the fourth such incident this month, wounding several people…

By Elizabeth PiperLONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Andy Burnham heads to New York on Monday for the United Nations General Assembly, his first foray into global diplomacy and…

By Bo Erickson, Steve Holland and Andy SullivanWASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump has invoked Joe Biden's name almost 900 times this year, a Reuters review shows,…

ISLAMABAD, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Pakistan's information ministry said on Monday that 28 "terrorists" and suicide bombers were killed in airstrikes on three targets in Afghanistan. (Reporting by Asif Shahzad,…

KABUL/ISLAMABAD, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Pakistani airstrikeskilled at least three people in Afghanistan on Monday, Afghan officials said, in action that could reignite tensions between the neighbours after nearly three…