Category: 2. Middle East

The Israeli military targeted Iran’s state television building during a live broadcast on Monday, according to Iranian media reports, Anadolu reports.

The official news agency IRNA said that the Israeli army attacked Iran’s national TV while it was broadcasting live.

The strikes caused the broadcast to be cut off, it added.

Iranian state television resumed broadcasting after a brief interruption, airing from different studios following Israeli airstrikes,…

US President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran is on the losing end of an ongoing spate of attacks between it and Israel, maintaining Tehran should return to negotiations “immediately”, Anadolu reports.

Trump acknowledged that the ongoing hostilities are “painful for both parties,” but maintained that “Iran is not winning this war, and they should talk. And they should talk immediately, before it’s too late.”

“We’ve always supported Israel. We…

The British Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee held a public evidence session to discuss the situation in Gaza with humanitarian aid workers and health professionals who have visited the Strip in recent months, Anadolu reports.

Tanya Haj-Hassan, a pediatric intensive care doctor with the UK-based charity Medical Aid for Palestinians, testified before the committee that Israel has “systematically targeted and destroyed” Gaza’s health-care system.

“At…

A group of activists including a priest has initiated a hunger strike inside a historic church in central Brussels, demanding urgent justice for Palestine and pressing the European Union to sever all ties with Israel.

The Beguinage Church, known for its longstanding commitment to social responsibility projects supporting migrants, the homeless, and the poor, is now hosting a five-day hunger strike to highlight ongoing human rights violations in…

The UN warned Monday that the Gaza Strip faces a growing maternal health crisis alongside critical shortages of fuel and medical supplies as Israeli authorities continue to block humanitarian access, Anadolu reports.

“The UN Population Fund says pregnant mothers are living on a fraction of the food they need to survive,” UN spokesperson Farhan Haq told a news conference, noting that “a growing number of mothers suffer from malnutrition – and one in three…

The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier left the South China Sea on Monday and is now en route to the Middle East, according to Newsweek, as tensions continue between Israel and Iran, Anadolu reports.

The carrier was scheduled to arrive in Danang City, Vietnam later this week, but was canceled due to an “emergent operational requirement,” the US Embassy in Hanoi said Monday.

After the cancellation, ship tracking data confirmed the vessel was heading west toward the…

US President Donald Trump was leaving a Group of Seven summit early on Monday as he hinted of greater involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict after issuing an ominous warning for the capital Tehran to evacuate.

After a day of speaking with G7 leaders at a Canada summit about the need for a negotiated deal, Trump took to social media to back Israel and issue a warning to Tehran, a city of nearly 10 million people.

“Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social…

US President Donald Trump on Monday warned Iran, which Israel is pounding, to re-enter negotiations “before it’s too late” as Group of Seven leaders considered a joint call for de-escalation.

Host Canada had designed the summit in the Rockies resort of Kananaskis to paper over differences within the bloc of major industrial democracies, as Trump returns to the global stage in his norm-shattering second term.

But two days before the summit, Israel launched a surprise, massive military attack on…

G7 leaders on Monday called for “de-escalation” in the Middle East starting with the Israel-Iran conflict, even as US President Donald Trump hastily left the group’s summit.

Trump, who was making his return to the international diplomatic calendar, prepared to leave the gathering in the Canadian Rockies a day early as ally Israel pounds Iran.

After a day of statements backing diplomacy, Trump ominously took to social media to sound a warning to the people of the Iranian capital Tehran, whose…

G7 leaders on Monday called for “de-escalation” in the Middle East starting with the Israel-Iran conflict, as US President Donald Trump hastily left the group’s summit.

Trump, who was making his return to the international diplomatic calendar, departed the gathering in the Canadian Rockies a day early as ally Israel pounded Iran.

After a day of statements backing diplomacy, Trump ominously took to social media to sound a warning to people in the Iranian capital, whose population is nearly 10…