Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet President Donald Trump on Wednesday to discuss renewed US nuclear negotiations with Iran amid concern that failed talks could spark a wider conflict. Here are the takeaways from the six previous meetings of the two leaders, mostly focused on Iran and Gaza, since Trump’s White House return in […]
Read MoreOSLO: Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday for a “firm response” from the United States and the international community to Israel’s plan to tighten its control of the occupied West Bank. During a visit to Oslo, Abbas said he had discussed the issue with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, as well as those of […]
Read MoreThe United States is signaling a renewed push in the South Caucasus as it deepens engagement with both Azerbaijan and Armenia during Vice President J.D. Vance’s landmark regional visit. In an article published by Euronews, Nadira Tudor examines how the high-level trip underscores Washington’s effort to balance diplomacy between Baku and Yerevan while reinforcing its […]
Read MoreRIYADH: Britain’s Prince William departed Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, wrapping up his first official visit to the Kingdom. Earlier in the day, he visited the Wildlife Conservation and Biodiversity Protection at Sharaan Nature Reserve. The prince was also given a tour of the Old Town in AlUla. He was seen off at AlUla International Airport […]
Read MoreDUBAI: Iran’s president apologized on Wednesday to “all those affected” by the nationwide protest and bloody crackdown that followed it. President Masoud Pezeshkian also denounced unspecified “Western propaganda” surrounding the protests. Pezeshkian said he knew the “great sorrow” felt by people in the protests and crackdown, without directly acknowledging the hand Iranian security forces had […]
Read MoreJERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with US President Donald Trump in Washington on Wednesday about American talks with Iran, his office said Saturday, while Iran’s foreign minister threatened US military bases in the region a day after the discussions. “The prime minister believes that all negotiations must include limiting the ballistic missiles, […]
Read MoreIran’s top diplomat said on Friday that nuclear talks with the US mediated by Oman were off to a “good start” and set to continue, in remarks that could help allay concern that failure to reach a deal might nudge the Middle East closer to war. But Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said after the talks […]
Read MoreDOHA: A senior Hamas leader said Sunday that the Palestinian Islamist movement would not surrender its weapons nor accept foreign intervention in Gaza, pushing back against US and Israeli demands. “Criminalizing the resistance, its weapons, and those who carried it out is something we should not accept,” Khaled Meshal said at a conference in Doha. […]
Read MoreRIYADH: Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned a series of attacks by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces on a military hospital, a World Food Programme aid convoy and a bus carrying displaced civilians, the Kingdom’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. The strikes on Al-Kuweik Military Hospital and relief facilities in North and South Kordofan reportedly killed dozens […]
Read MoreUnited States forces have transported a third group of ISIL (ISIS) detainees from Ghwayran prison in Syria’s Hasakah province to Iraq by land, as activity around a US military base in the region points to possible operational changes, an Al Jazeera correspondent reports. The transfer on Saturday forms part of a trilateral arrangement, which has […]
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