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US clears faster exports of AI chips and military items to UAE

United Arab Emirates

US clears faster exports of AI chips and military items to UAE

The U.S. Department of Commerce loosened export controls on the United Arab Emirates on Friday, making it easier to export military items, certain commercial satellites and spacecraft, according to a U.S. government posting in the Federal Register. 

The missing leader weakening Iran’s regime

Iran

The missing leader weakening Iran’s regime

The whereabouts of Mojtaba Khamenei have been a mystery to Iranians and the rest of the world alike since his appointment as supreme leader a week after the strike that killed his father at the end of February.

Trump: Talks are on, ceasefire is off

Iran

Trump: Talks are on, ceasefire is off

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran had asked to continue talks and the U.S. had agreed, but that the June ceasefire was "over".  

UN document calls for global rejection of Iran's control over Hormuz

Strait of Hormuz

UN document calls for global rejection of Iran's control over Hormuz

Countries should reject efforts by Iran to impose sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran's "unilateral decision" to create a body to control traffic through the waterway, the U.N. shipping agency's governing council agreed on Friday.

Israeli intelligence flags new Iranian plan to kill Trump

Iran

Israeli intelligence flags new Iranian plan to kill Trump

Israel shared intelligence with Washington this week indicating that Iran had recently devised a new plan to assassinate President Donald Trump, according to the Wall Street Journal and CNN, both citing anonymous sources.

Sudan army sets condition for US peace initiative

Sudan

Sudan army sets condition for US peace initiative

The Sudanese army has conditioned any broad acceptance of a U.S. proposal for ending the country's three-year-old civil war on the full withdrawal by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces from cities it has occupied, according to documents seen by Reuters.

Khartoum struggles as displaced Sudanese come home

Sudan

Khartoum struggles as displaced Sudanese come home

In the year since the Sudanese army recaptured the capital Khartoum from a paramilitary force that had seized it at the outset of civil war in 2023, more than 2 million of the 5 million people who fled their homes in the city have returned.

Slain Iranian leader laid to rest, mystery surrounds successor

Iran

Slain Iranian leader laid to rest, mystery surrounds successor

Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was buried in the country's holiest shrine, state media said early on Friday, after huge crowds gathered for his funeral with his son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei still hidden from public view.  

"We will go back with even greater force," Katz vows

Israel

"We will go back with even greater force," Katz vows

Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz said Thursday the country was prepared to relaunch its military campaign against Iran "with even greater force" if needed, as fresh strikes between the United States and Iran raised fears the ceasefire could collapse entirely.

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