Bruno Finel

President Donald Trump warned Monday, in a Truth Social post, that the US naval blockade on Iran would only be lifted in the event of a "deal" or "total surrender."

On Friday, the United Nations General Assembly handed High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk a fresh four-year mandate, ignoring clear opposition from the United States, Russia, and Israel.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that a civilian nuclear cooperation deal signed with Saudi Arabia a day earlier is "totally subject" to the kingdom normalizing relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords, adding a significant condition that was not part of the original agreement as announced.

Hamas announced Monday that Khalil al-Hayya has been elected as the new leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement, succeeding Yahya Sinwar following months of collective leadership after his death.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s vow to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the UN General Assembly is nothing but dangerous political theater from a far-left ideologue.

In a city still reeling from the bloodiest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, New York has elected a mayor who treats Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of the Jewish state’s desperate fight for survival, as a fugitive to be dragged off in cuffs. 

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written statement on Saturday that repeated U.S. breaches of a memorandum of understanding signed by the presidents of Iran and the United States had shown that President Donald Trump's signature was "utterly worthless and devoid of credibility."

Saudi state-owned Al Arabiya broadcast an interview with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Thursday, filmed at his residence in Jerusalem, a striking image that is, by any historical measure, rare. 

Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, spiritual leader of Syria's Druze community, said Monday that Suwayda's future could take several forms, full independence, autonomy under another state's protection, or union with another country, as he marked the first anniversary of the deadly July 2025 events in the southern Syrian province.

US President Donald Trump issued his most searing assessment yet of the Iranian regime on Wednesday, threatening to resume military strikes if Tehran fails to honour the memorandum of understanding signed last month, and describing its rulers in terms that stripped away any remaining diplomatic veneer.

French President Emmanuel Macron visited Damascus on Tuesday, becoming the first Western head of state to travel to Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad. 

Algeria marks its independence day on July 5, 64 years since the end of French colonial rule and the birth of a nation that promised its people dignity, freedom and prosperity.