Israel intensifies attacks before ceasefire deadline as Lebanon seeks “immediate halt”
US president says ceasefire takes effect on Wednesday at 4:00 AM Beirut time, as Lebanese officials accuse Israel of trying...Geostrategy
US envoy presses Israel-Hezbollah truce bid in Lebanon visit
Hochstein said an end to the war was "now within our grasp", while Hezbollah-allied parliament speaker Nabih Berri, said the...Geostrategy
Biden trip: ‘More Arab nations to improve ties with Israel’
Barbara Leaf, the top US diplomat for the Middle East, said that the Biden administration was encouraging greater cooperation between...Barbara Leaf, the top US diplomat for the Middle East, said that the Biden administration was encouraging greater cooperation between Israel and the Arab nations
The UAE, Bahrain and Morocco in 2020 became the first Arab states in decades to normalize relations with Israel as part of the so-called Abraham Accords
Russia FM in Iran for talks on boosting cooperation
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Iran on Wednesday for talks on boosting trade and energy cooperation as the...During his two-day visit, Russia's top diplomat is expected to discuss with Iranian officials the 2015 "nuclear deal, the situations in Ukraine, Syria and Afghanistan
Lavrov will meet with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Thursday, official news agency IRNA said
No rift with Arab govts over Abu Akleh’s death: Israel
Arab govts in touch with Israel have no differences with it regarding the May 4 incident, Eliav Benjamin, Israeli foreign...Arab govts in touch with Israel have no differences with it regarding the May 4 incident, Eliav Benjamin, Israeli foreign ministry director for Middle East affairs, tells TRENDS
The Israeli army cannot be trusted to investigate itself, says Dror Sadot, spokeswoman for the Israeli human rights group B'tselem
International coalition of journalists demands Assange release from UK jail
An international coalition of journalists, editors and publishers demanded Wednesday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange be immediately released from a...Fifteen representatives of international journalist and publishers' unions and organisations gathered in Geneva for the "call to free Julian Assange in the name of press freedom".
Assange's long-running legal saga began in 2010 after WikiLeaks published more than 500,000 classified US documents about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
More than 100 killed in Afghanistan earthquake
Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, which lies near the junction of the...In Paktika province of Afghanistan, local markets are closed as people have rushed to help earthquake affected areas
Photographs and video clips posted on social media showed badly damaged mud houses due to the 5.9 magnitude quack that struck Afghanistan last night
US pledges support as Israel heads to elect new PM
Blinken, in a telephone call to Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, who will become caretaker prime minister confirmed that President Joe...Blinken, in a telephone call to Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, who will become caretaker prime minister confirmed that President Joe Biden still plans to visit Israel next month
The coalition government led by the right-wing Naftali Bennett and centrist Lapid had sought to tone down and depoliticize Israel's relations with the United States
Egypt calls for reality check in UN climate talks
Egypt hopes to jump-start the action needed to face a warming world when it takes the presidency of major UN...The challenge of maintaining international momentum on climate change has been made even harder as the world faces a catalog of challenges, with Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Ambassador Mohamed Nasr said that while Egypt's presidency of the conference would have "African flavor and African vision", it would remain resolutely international in focus
Tunisia appeals to IMF to be aware of social impact of reforms
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday urged the International Monetary Fund to take into account the social impact of any...Tunisia has been in preliminary discussions with the global lender for a new loan to save an economy ravaged by years of high unemployment and inflation
Tunisian President and IMF regional chief have discussed the "aspects of cooperation and liaison between the IMF and the Tunisian government"
Israel’s ‘change’ govt brought down by Palestinian conflict
It was the flashpoint issue of Israel's occupation of West Bank that eventually ended the unlikely coalition which, already weakened...It was the flashpoint issue of Israel's occupation of West Bank that eventually ended the unlikely coalition which, already weakened by defections
The bone of contention was a law that forces Palestinians in West Bank to live under the rules of military occupation
Saudi crown prince, Jordan king meet amid thaw in ties
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with Jordan's King Abdullah in Amman on Tuesday to discuss regional and international...The tour of the Saudi Crown Prince acquires special significance as it comes before a planned Arab-American summit in July which Saudi Arabia will host
The visit to Jordan comes at a time when Jordan's economy is struggling with the economic knock-on effects of the Ukraine war
