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Black Sea and Ukraine top agenda in Moscow

Turkey

Black Sea and Ukraine top agenda in Moscow

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will repeat Turkey's offer to host talks between Russia and Ukraine on a visit to Moscow this week at which he will also discuss Black Sea shipping safety and the South Caucasus, a diplomatic source said on Monday. 

Inside the U.S.-Iran peace agreement

Iran

Inside the U.S.-Iran peace agreement

This is what the U.S. and Iran, along with mediator Pakistan, have said about what is in the preliminary deal they have announced to end the war. 

Israel vows to stay in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza indefinitely

Israel

Israel vows to stay in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza indefinitely

Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz declared Monday that Israeli forces would remain in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza for an indefinite period, in a pointed statement that makes no reference to the US-Iran framework agreement announced the same day.

Lebanon tells displaced families to hold off on returning

Lebanon

Lebanon tells displaced families to hold off on returning

Authorities in southern Lebanon warned people displaced by three months of war between Israel and Hezbollah against rushing home on Monday despite a U.S.-Iran deal to end the wider conflict, as Israel said it would not withdraw troops from the south.

The art of the bad deal: Trump's Iran framework explained

Lebanon

The art of the bad deal: Trump's Iran framework explained

Let us call it what it is. The framework agreement on Iran is not a peace deal. It is a capitulation dressed up in diplomatic language, and its most immediate victims are the two countries that have paid the highest price in blood and treasure to confront Iran's aggression: Israel and Lebanon.

Peace in sight, peril ahead

Iran

Peace in sight, peril ahead

With an agreement on a framework for a peace deal with Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump may have found a way to begin extricating himself from an unpopular war while setting global markets on a path toward easing energy prices that have spiked during the crisis.  

Pakistan announces U.S.-Iran peace breakthrough

Iran

Pakistan announces U.S.-Iran peace breakthrough

The United States and Iran have reached a deal to end their war and will hold an official signing ceremony on Friday in Switzerland, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on social media early on Monday.

From US captivity to IDF strike

Hezbollah

From US captivity to IDF strike

Israel announced Sunday that it had killed Ali Moussa Dakdouk, one of Hezbollah's most senior commanders, in a strike in southern Lebanon carried out over the weekend.

Trump pushes back on Beirut raid

Lebanon

Trump pushes back on Beirut raid

President Donald Trump criticised an Israeli strike on Lebanon that could complicate attempts to finalise a framework deal between the United States and Iran on Sunday on ending their war, but said an agreement was nonetheless close.

Trump and Egypt's Sisi to meet at G7 Summit

Egypt

Trump and Egypt's Sisi to meet at G7 Summit

US President Donald Trump will hold bilateral talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the sidelines of the G7 summit opening Monday in Évian, France, the Egyptian presidency announced Sunday.

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