Keir Starmer's Labour Party suffered heavy early losses in local elections on Friday, showing the depth of voter anger with the British prime minister and increasing doubts about his future just two years after a landslide victory in a national vote.
Lebanon and Israel will hold a third round of direct discussions in Washington next Thursday and Friday, a US State Department official confirmed, speaking on condition of anonymity.
U.S. and Iranian forces clashed in the Gulf, and the UAE came under renewed attack, endangering a month-old ceasefire and shaking hopes for a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
A Tunisian court sentenced the prominent reporter Zied Heni to one year in prison on Thursday, after he criticized a judicial ruling, his lawyer told Reuters, the latest move that critics say aims to silence critical voices.
After years of drought that left large swathes of Iraq's historic marshes cracked and empty, rising water levels are beginning to revive the wetlands, drawing buffalo herders and fishermen back to areas once abandoned.
The U.S. military on Thursday carried out strikes on Iran’s Qeshm port and Bandar Abbas, a Fox News reporter said in a post on X, citing a senior U.S. official.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday there was no "immunity" for Israel's enemies, a day after the Israeli military targeted a Hezbollah commander in its first strike on Beirut's southern suburbs since a ceasefire declared last month.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian announced Thursday that he had met Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, at some point, on some unspecified date, in some undisclosed location.
The United Arab Emirates announced Thursday the creation of a dedicated committee to document Iranian attacks on its territory and their consequences, in preparation for potential legal proceedings at national and international levels.
An Israeli airstrike has killed the son of Hamas' chief negotiator in U.S.-mediated talks over Gaza's future, a senior Hamas official said on Thursday, as leaders of the militant group held talks in Cairo aimed at safeguarding their truce with Israel.
Emirates Group, owner of the Middle East's largest airline, announced Thursday a 3% rise in annual net profit to $5.7 billion, a resilient performance that underscores the group's ability to navigate one of the most turbulent periods in its history.
The United States and Iran are edging toward a limited, temporary agreement to halt their war, sources and officials said on Thursday, with a draft framework that would stop the fighting but leave the most contentious issues unresolved.
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