Trump urges restraint after Israeli strike on Beirut as Iran deal hangs in balance
US President Donald Trump called for restraint on Sunday after Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs threatened to derail what he described as a near-final peace agreement with Iran, warning that a rare opportunity to bring greater stability to the
Trump vows response after Iranian downing of US helicopter amid ongoing talks
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Washington would respond after Iran allegedly shot down an American Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz, even as he maintained that negotiations with Tehran were entering their final phase and could
Kuwait expels Iranian diplomats after attacks on civilian facilities
Kuwait escalated its diplomatic response to Iran on Wednesday, expelling two Iranian diplomats and summoning the acting head of the Iranian embassy after attacks that Kuwait and Bahrain said targeted civilian and critical facilities. The incidents have drawn widespread Arab
Israeli escalation in Lebanon threatens ceasefire as international pressure grows for renewed talks
Tensions along the Lebanese-Israeli border escalated sharply on Tuesday as Israeli military operations continued in southern Lebanon and both Israel and Hezbollah exchanged threats, prompting intensified international diplomatic efforts to preserve the ceasefire and prevent a broader regional confrontation that
Israel threatens strikes on Beirut as Hezbollah attacks intensify, Iran issues warning
Tensions escalated sharply along the Lebanese-Israeli frontier after the Israeli military issued evacuation warnings for parts of Beirut’s southern suburbs ahead of planned airstrikes. At the same time, Hezbollah intensified rocket and drone attacks against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon,
Egypt condemns Israeli incursion into Southern Lebanon as regional tensions escalate
Egypt on Sunday strongly condemned Israel’s expansion of ground operations in southern Lebanon, describing the Israeli army’s crossing of the Litani River and advance into areas north of the river as a “complete violation of Lebanese sovereignty” and an attempt
Opinion | Netanyahu: The Strategy of Survival Through Chaos
Whenever the region appears to be moving closer to de-escalation, Israel intervenes to reignite the flames. Only hours after US President Donald Trump disclosed a framework document aimed at reaching an agreement to end the war with Iran, Israel carried
Trump says US monitoring buried Iranian uranium, warns of more strikes
US President Donald Trump said the United States was monitoring Iran’s buried enriched uranium and would “blow up” anyone attempting to approach it, as regional diplomatic efforts continued to contain tensions between Washington and Tehran despite ongoing military threats from
Opinion | Dialogue without illusion: Rethinking engagement with Israel
We are, in one way or another, bound to engage with others, across borders, cultures, and political divides. Yet the paradox of our time is that such engagement has become more ethically complex than ever. Dialogue is no longer a
Opinion | Chokeholds of Civilisation
The British National Archives recently declassified a significant tranche of Foreign Office files from the 1956 Suez Crisis, and the timing is as blunt as the documents themselves. These papers—specifically the FO 371 and PREM 11 series—do more than fill