Category: 3. Middle East

Iran’s president said Tuesday that he instructed the country’s foreign minister to “pursue fair and equitable negotiations” with the United States, the first clear sign from Tehran that it wants to try to negotiate as tensions remain high with…

Dubai, Feb 3 (Reuters) – The Middle East does not need another confrontation between the U.S. and Iran, and Tehran needs to reach a nuclear deal with Washington, Anwar Gargash, the diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, said at a World…

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas said Monday that elections will be held on November 1 for the Palestinian National Council, the parliament of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the PA’s official news agency Wafa…

MOSCOW, Feb 3 (Reuters) – Russia is ready for the new reality of a world with no nuclear arms control limits after the New START treaty expires later this week, Russia’s point man for arms control said on Tuesday.

Unless Moscow and Washington…

DUBAI, Feb 3 (Reuters) – Talks with the U.S. should be pursued to secure national interests as long as “threats and unreasonable expectations” are avoided, President Masoud Pezeshkian posted on X on Tuesday.

“Taking into account demands from…

US House set for vote to end government shutdown

The US Congress has teed up a vote today on a spending bill to end the government shutdown, following a House committee vote late yesterday.

The shutdown followed a breakdown in…

Israel reacted in anger Monday night after the Palestinian technocratic committee tasked with managing the daily affairs of postwar Gaza in place of Hamas replaced its logo with the one used by the Palestinian Authority.

“Israel will not…

Amid the reports surfacing on Monday, one cannot help but bring to mind the events of last June 12: A U.S. envoy arrived in the Middle East for an imminent meeting with an Iranian official. The United States and Iran would return to negotiations…

Iran and the United States will resume nuclear talks on Friday in Turkey, Iranian and US officials told Reuters on Monday, and US President Donald Trump warned that with US warships heading to Iran, “bad things” would probably happen if…