Middle East News

Iran state media says diplomat jailed with insufficient evidence
State media says Belgium has sentenced Asadollah Assadi to a 20-year prison sentence in a politicised case.
Published On 26 May 2022
US official defends Iran deal but says return ‘tenuous at best’
US envoy for Iran tells lawmakers if Iran wants IRGC ‘terror’ label removed, it must offer non-nuclear concessions.
Published On 25 May 2022
South Africa: No need for mass monkeypox immunisation – experts
The African continent has not recently recorded any confirmed or suspected cases of monkeypox, unlike Europe and the US.
Published On 25 May 2022
Sweden, Finland hold talks in Turkey over NATO membership
The two Nordic nations seek to overcome Turkey’s objections to their bids to join the military alliance.
Published On 25 May 2022

Lapid hosts Cavusoglu, first Turkish FM to visit Israel in 15 years, as the two sides try to mend strained ties.

Turkey says its soldiers were killed during clashes with fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

Mohammed bin Zayed was already the UAE’s de facto ruler – he’ll likely continue attempts to become less tied to the US.

Two female American students move in with Moroccan families as cultural immersion, with life-changing results for one.

Ghaith Rafeeq Yamin, 16, was killed during an Israeli army raid on Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

At informal UN Security Council meeting on press freedom, Al Jazeera’s Abderrahim Foukara urges independent probe.

The sanctions target Hamas’ Investment Office, which holds assets estimated to be worth more than $500m.

Turkish president accuses Kyriakos Mitsotakis of urging US officials not to provide F-16 planes to Ankara.

EU has withheld $230m in aid until school textbooks are changed, leaving Palestinians unable to buy food and medicine.

Despite standoffs over Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands, Ankara and Tel Aviv are growing closer.

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