The Saturday execution of Ruhollah Zam has strained Tehran’s relationship with Europe at a time when a presidential transition in the U.S. has raised expectations of a diplomatic opening between Iran and the West.
Middle East
Israelis are traveling in droves to the United Arab Emirates, filling up the first-ever direct commercial flights between the two countries in pursuit of new opportunities in the Persian Gulf despite heightened tensions in the region.
The deal, which required a U.S. shift on Morocco policy, marks another advance in U.S. efforts to strengthen ties between once-hostile nations in the Middle East
Nearly 200 people were killed and more than 6,000 injured in a massive explosion at the port in Beirut, ravaging the heart of residential areas and the city’s vibrant downtown business district.
The judge leading an investigation into the massive explosion at Beirut’s port charged the caretaker prime minister and three ex-ministers with negligence.
‘We want to set an example to both nations that Jews and Muslims can work together,’ investor says, in first significant private investment by an Emirati into Israel after it normalized relations with the U.A.E.
The pope plans to make his first international trip since before the Covid-19 pandemic, and one that potentially poses health and security challenges for him, his entourage and the local population.
Unusually blunt remarks came during a regional security forum held against the backdrop of U.S.-brokered normalization deals between the Jewish state and Gulf Arab neighbors.
Rival Gulf nations have reached a tentative deal to end a yearslong feud that has fractured the Middle East, paving the way for broader regional talks, U.S. and Gulf officials said Friday.
The State Department is withdrawing some personnel in Baghdad near the first anniversary of a U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed a top Iranian general, due to concerns about retaliation from Iran or its allies, a U.S. official said.
Egyptian authorities released three prominent human rights advocates on bail after weeks of international pressure, including from the nominee to be the Biden administration’s secretary of state.
Three prominent Egyptian human-rights defenders appeared in a Cairo terrorism court as a part of a high-profile case that has drawn international pressure to release them.
The leading Iranian nuclear scientist killed Friday was ambushed in a remotely controlled operation, a top security official said at his funeral procession on Monday.
Friday’s killing of one of Iran’s most important nuclear scientists has dealt a setback to the country’s nuclear program, but the U.S. and its allies still face major challenges in trying to constrain Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
Jared Kushner and his team are hoping to use their dwindling political leverage to advance issues of U.S. interest, with a particular focus on resolving the three-year-old rift between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appeared to rule out immediate retaliation while accusing Israel of attempting to sow chaos, as Tehran weighs possible diplomatic re-engagement with the Biden administration.
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the man widely viewed as the father of Iran’s nuclear-weapons program, was shot and killed, dealing a blow to Tehran’s atomic ambitions and threatening to increase tensions between Iran and its foes.
Saudi Arabia transferred the case of women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to a terrorism court, raising fears among supporters that she could remain in prison longer despite international pressure to release her.
Over 100 countries and organizations committed about $3 billion in support to Afghanistan for 2021 at an aid conference, but disbursement depends on progress in talks between Kabul and the Taliban to end years of fighting.
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