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For years, Western policy toward Iran has been built on a quiet assumption: that the Islamic Republic can be managed, delayed, contained, but not fundamentally confronted. 

Turkey is laying the groundwork to restrict social media access for minors with a parliamentary report this week calling for broad measures including age verification and content filtering, joining a growing list of countries seeking tighter controls.

Tower Semiconductor’s shares rose sharply after the Israeli chipmaker revealed a new collaboration with Nvidia focused on next-generation data-center networking.

Turkish state media reported on Friday that two Turkish nationals were arrested in Istanbul on suspicion of spying for Israel’s foreign intelligence service, the Mossad, a claim that could not be independently verified.

Pressure rose on Friday on former French culture minister Jack Lang to resign as president of the Arab World Institute over his ties to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after the foreign ministry summoned him to discuss the matter.

Iran’s top diplomat said on Friday that nuclear talks with the U.S. mediated by Oman were off to a “good start” and set to continue, in remarks that could help allay concern that failure to reach a deal might nudge the Middle East closer to war.

The United Arab Emirates has drafted plans to build a compound to house thousands of displaced Palestinians in a part of south Gaza under Israeli military control, according to a map seen by Reuters and people briefed on the plans.

The World Governments Summit 2026 wraps up today, 5 February, in Dubai, closing another major edition of one of the world’s most influential platforms on governance and the future of public policy.

Three Chinese lawmakers with ties to the defence sector have been removed from their positions, state media said in the wake of an investigation of the nation's top general, just as Beijing tries to modernise its military.

The case has sent shockwaves through Israel’s security establishment. The brother of the head of the Shin Bet has been charged with “aiding the enemy in wartime,” the public prosecutor announced on Thursday.

President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey is working hard to prevent U.S.-Iran tensions from tipping the Middle East into a new conflict, as the two adversaries signal that disagreement over Tehran’s missile arsenal threatens to torpedo a deal.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to take a less-restrictive stance on arms exports to Gulf states during a trip to Qatar on Thursday, as Europe's largest economy looks to build deeper economic ties and diversify its energy sources.