Category: 2. Middle East

Iran met with European powers on Friday to discuss its nuclear negotiations with Washington, while US President Donald Trump issued a new threat unless the Iranians “move quickly” towards a deal.

The meeting in Istanbul followed remarks by Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warning of “irreversible” consequences if Britain, France and Germany move to reimpose United Nations sanctions that were lifted under a landmark 2015 agreement.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, who…

Flights resumed on Friday at Tripoli airport as businesses and markets reopened after days of deadly fighting between armed groups in the Libyan capital.

“Last night, for the first time since Monday, residents of the capital were able to sleep without hearing explosions or gunfire,” an interior ministry official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.

After the bout of violence that pitted armed groups aligned with the Tripoli government and rival factions it seeks to dismantle, the…

The Yemeni Houthi group on Friday reported more Israeli air strikes on two of its seaports in western Yemen, Anadolu reports.

“An Israeli aerial aggression targets the ports of Al-Hudaydah and Salif,” Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported, without giving further details.

No casualties or material damage have been reported so far.

The Israeli army, for its part, confirmed that the attack destroyed infrastructure at the Houthi-controlled Al-Hudaydah and Salif…

The UN’s rights chief on Friday denounced Israel’s sharp escalation of attacks in Gaza — and an apparent push to permanently displace the population — as amounting to “ethnic cleansing”.

“This latest barrage of bombs… and the denial of humanitarian assistance underline that there appears to be a push for a permanent demographic shift in Gaza that is in defiance of international law and is tantamount to ethnic cleansing,” Volker Turk said in a statement.

A two-month ceasefire between Israel…

The UN humanitarian office on Friday sharply criticized a proposed Israeli-backed aid delivery mechanism for Gaza, warning it would deepen suffering and set a dangerous global precedent by making humanitarian access conditional on political and military objectives, Anadolu reports.

Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told a UN press briefing in Geneva that the UN has held 14 meetings with Israeli…

Investigations into a Lebanese nasheed artist, currently held on charges of collaborating with Israel, have uncovered that he supplied precise intelligence on Hezbollah leaders. This information reportedly facilitated a series of assassinations targeting over 35 senior figures within the party, according to the Al-Modon local news website yesterday.

A judicial source informed the outlet that the singer, known only by the initials M.S., is approximately 30 years…

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said his country will not give up its right to enrich nuclear energy, while also expressing Tehran’s readiness to build trust with Washington if sanctions are lifted.

Speaking at the Tehran International Book Fair today, Araghchi criticised what he described as contradictory statements from the United States, asking: “Is this due to a lack of focus in Washington or a tactic used during negotiations? I have an analysis,…

Gulf Arab leaders were “starving for love” — so US President Donald Trump showered them with near endless praise during a tour filled with bromance and billion-dollar deals this week.

Wary of raising contentious topics such as human rights, Trump rained down compliments on the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates as he shuttled between palaces, business forums and lavish state dinners.

Speaking at an investment conference in Riyadh, he told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed…

In the latest example of escalating repression against Palestine solidarity activism on US campuses, New York University (NYU) has withheld the diploma of student speaker Logan Rozos after he used his commencement address to denounce Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and the US’s complicity.

Rozos, graduating from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualised Study, told his fellow students on Wednesday: “The only thing that is appropriate to say in this time…