The Trump administration conveyed to Iran that it expects the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi-led delegation to arrive at the next meeting “with meaningful substance,” according to two sources familiar with the matter who spoke to The…
Category: 3. Middle East
-
US tells Iran to bring concessions to next nuclear talks
-
Iran’s Nobel winner Narges Mohammadi faces a new prison term of more than seven years
DUBAI, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Iranian activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, who has been imprisoned repeatedly in her three-decade campaign for women’s rights, was sentenced to a new prison term of 7-1/2 years, a group supporting her…
Continue Reading
-
Saudi source: Israel criticism not antisemitic, Netanyahu doesn’t want normalization
Recent harsh criticism of Israel in Saudi Arabian media is not antisemitic, a source in the Saudi royal family told the Kan public broadcaster Sunday, and is instead directed against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government’s…
Continue Reading
-
Palestinian Authority concealed pay-for-slay funds as salaries, PMW alleges
Despite Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s announcement that he would cancel controversial “pay-for-slay” stipends, a new report released on Sunday accuses Ramallah of secretly funneling an estimated $315 million annually to…
Continue Reading
-
Israel to take more West Bank powers and relax settler land buys, media say
JERUSALEM, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Israel’s security cabinet approved a series of steps on Sunday that would make it easier for settlers in the occupied West Bank to buy land while granting Israeli authorities more enforcement powers over Palestinians,…
Continue Reading
-
Lebanese apartment building collapses, three rescued
A residential building in the Lebanese city of Tripoli collapsed, trapping an unknown number of people inside, according to the Lebanese state-owned National News Agency.Shortly after the building collapsed, a fire broke out.According to NNA,…
Continue Reading
-
Iran’s Pezeshkian, Araghchi claim right to nuclear activity
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated that the recent United States-Iran nuclear talks that took place in Oman were a “step forward” in a post on X/Twitter on Sunday.“Our logic on the nuclear issue is the explicit rights under the…
Continue Reading
-
Israel to Expand Law Enforcement in Palestinian-controlled West Bank Areas, Defying Oslo Accords
‘To Kill the Idea of a Palestinian State’
The decision, expected to take effect in areas of the West Bank under Palestinian Authority control, will include prohibitions on water violations, damage to archaeological sites and environmental…
Continue Reading
-
US intel chief Gabbard says claim she hid whistleblower complaint a ‘blatant lie’
US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Saturday disputed claims by lawmakers that she sought to block Congress from accessing a whistleblower complaint, saying she took “immediate action” once notified of the need to…
Continue Reading
-
Saudi Arabia orders 20 high-speed trains from Spain’s Talgo
MADRID, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has ordered 20 new high-speed trains from Spain’s Talgo SA, the company and Spain’s transport minister said on Sunday.
In a statement, Talgo said the deal adds 1.33 billion euros ($1.57 billion) to its order…
Continue Reading