Category: 3. Middle East

Israeli police announced on Monday the arrest of two individuals, one of whom was confirmed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party as a senior aide to the long-serving leader.

Israeli media identified the two men as Yonatan…

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testified Monday in a probe involving alleged payments from Qatar to some of his aides, an investigation he denounced as politically motivated.

Israeli police arrested the prime minister’s two…

Cairo came to a near halt on Monday as Egyptians gathered to perform prayers….

Iran is seeking to warn the United States against airstrikes. The warnings come amid US President Donald Trump’s outreach to Iran and also the US positioning warplanes in Diego Garcia.

A top commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatened US forces in the region on Monday, the latest in a series of escalatory remarks as President Donald Trump seeks to push the country toward a new nuclear deal.

The head of the…

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used the end of Ramadan to bash Israel. He called on God to destroy Zionist Israel. Turkey’s state-run news agency Anadolu toned down the comment slightly in its report, saying Erdogan had said…

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Monday of a forceful retaliation if the United States or its allies bomb the Islamic republic, following a threat by President Donald Trump.

“They threaten to do mischief,” Khamenei said of…

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged dozens of countries to collaborate to dismantle migrant smuggling gangs “once and for all” when he opened an immigration crime summit on Monday.

Starmer is seeking to crack down on would-be asylum seekers…