- The United States said Tuesday that no concessions were given to Turkey to secure its green light for Swedish and...
Turkey is an important NATO member in a strategically sensitive location, but it has had often tense relations with its European partners and Washington
Biden, soon after Russian invaded Ukraine in February, "reached out" to Finland and Sweden "to begin discussions" about them joining the transatlantic alliance
- Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas on Tuesday published a video of an Israeli Arab detained for seven years in the Palestinian...
Human Rights Watch, which has previously condemned his "unlawful detention", says he was seen entering Gaza by surveillance systems in April 2015
In the video published by Hamas's armed wing the Al-Qassam Brigades, Sayed is seen lying on a bed and attached to a ventilator
- An Algerian appeals court on Tuesday upheld a 20-year prison sentence for corruption against Chakib Khelil, energy minister for a...
Khelil, now 82, quit his post in 2010 and moved to the US after being associated with a scandal involving high-ranking Sonatrach officials who were later jailed
He returned to Algeria in 2016 after the cases were dropped - then left again after Bouteflika's resignation in 2019 that sparked investigations into graft by his officials
- United States is seeking to crack down on Russians seeking to skirt existing sanctions by "covertly" acquiring US, Japanese and...
The sanctions target state company Rostec and other firms critical to the defense industry.
The new moves blacklist 70 entities and 29 individuals, which freezes all the USA held assets.
- US special envoy Robert Malley and Iran's Ali Bagheri have landed in Doha and met officials after more than a...
The Doha talks come just two weeks before US President Joe Biden visits the region for the first time since taking office.
The deal has been hanging by a thread since 2018, when then US president Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from it.
- The Israeli parliament unanimously approved early Tuesday a draft bill to dissolve parliament, a key legislative step that pushes the...
The Bennett coalition said it wanted quick approval of the law after he announced last week that his year-old alliance was no longer tenable
Netanyahu and his allies have been holding talks seeking to form a new Netanyahu-led government within the current parliament
- Indian police on Monday arrested the co-founder of a top fact-checking website who has been a vocal critic of Prime...
Mohammed Zubair was arrested in Delhi after being called in for questioning in an earlier case
Most government critics however see Zubair's arrest as part of a crackdown on free-speech and rights activists
- Iran's foreign minister signaled that Tehran would not oppose a new proposed Turkish military operation targeting outlawed Kurdish militants in...
Erdogan has said he expects Turkey's allies to "understand and respect" the proposed military campaign
Turkish president has confirmed that the offensive on Syria would begin "as soon as our preparations are finished"
- Turkish drone-manufacturer Baykar, which has President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's son-in-law as one of its directors, offered three of its drones...
Turkey has never announced any military aid to Ukraine, but this delivery could hardly take place without Erdogan's endorsement
Ukraine has already said that the Turkish drones it had at the start of the war had proved their worth against the Russian forces
- Talks to revive the nuclear deal began in Vienna in April last year but hit a snag in March this...
The negotiations will be separate from broader talks in Vienna between Iran and major powers that are mediated by the EU.
The nuclear deal has been hanging by a thread since 2018, when then US president Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from it.





















