Edward Finkelstein

Tens of thousands of Druze from across Israel converge on the Galilee for their most important annual religious gathering, honouring the Prophet Jethro.

President Donald Trump cancelled a trip to Islamabad by two U.S. envoys to meet Iran war mediator Pakistan on Saturday after Iran's foreign minister flew out of the Pakistani capital following talks, dealing a new setback to peace prospects.

Energy prices, the Strait of Hormuz and the Lebanon ceasefire dominate a summit that brings European and regional leaders face to face.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar names veteran Arab-Christian diplomat George Deek to a newly created role aimed at deepening Israel's ties with Christian communities worldwide.

The proposal to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement has been shelved in Luxembourg. For its three sponsors, the humiliation is complete.

Iran and the United States have taken tentative steps toward a deal, but a final agreement remains far out of reach, according to one of Tehran's most powerful political figures.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot’s latest comments on Israel-Lebanon talks reflect a troubling gap between rhetoric and reality.

On April 15, 2026, the war in Sudan entered its fourth year, a grim milestone that passed largely unnoticed, overshadowed by conflicts elsewhere. Yet the United Nations has called it unequivocally the world's worst humanitarian crisis. 

The Middle East is on a knife’s edge. A two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran has bought the region a temporary exhale, but few serious observers believe the underlying tensions have been resolved. 

In the hours following the collapse of Iran-US negotiations in Pakistan, Oman's Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi took to X with a message of studied diplomatic balance. 

As direct Israeli-Lebanese negotiations prepare to open in Washington on Tuesday, Emmanuel Macron spent the weekend doing what he does best,  talking.

There is an unwritten rule in any self-respecting chancellery: before commenting on a complex military operation in a region you do not understand, make sure you know what you are talking about. Jean-Noël Barrot, France's Foreign Minister, appears never to have heard of it.