Wed 21 May 2025: The US has obtained new intelligence indicating that Israel is preparing to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, even as negotiations continue between Tehran and Washington over Iran’s nuclear program, according to a report Tuesday. Such a move would mark a “brazen break” from President Donald Trump’s diplomatic push, US officials told CNN. […]
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Tue 20 May 2025: The UK government has imposed sanctions on Daniella Weiss, a prominent far-right Israeli settler dubbed the “godmother” of the settler movement. Foreign Secretary David Lammy stated that the sanctions reflect the UK’s commitment to holding extremist settlers accountable for violence and intimidation against Palestinian communities. Weiss, 79, heads Nachala, a radical […]
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Tue 20 May 2025: British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has announced a pause in trade deal negotiations with Israel and summoned Israel’s ambassador over its expansion of its military assault on Gaza. Lammy said Israel’s conduct in its war on Gaza and the government’s support for illegal settlements is “damaging our relationship with your government”. […]
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Tue 20 May 2025: Tehran is keen to increase inspections of its nuclear facilities as well as to provide more assurances regarding its nuclear programme, but will not accept US demands that it halt uranium enrichment, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said yesterday. In a press conference, Baghaei said Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi had […]
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Tue 20 May 2025: On Tuesday, EU nations approved the removal of all economic sanctions on Syria to aid the country’s recovery following Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, according to diplomats. Ambassadors from the EU’s 27 member states reached a preliminary agreement, with formal confirmation expected from foreign ministers in Brussels later that day. This follows the […]
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Mon 19 May 2025: The UK, France and Canada issued on Monday a stern warning to Israel, calling for an immediate cessation of military operations in Gaza and the lifting of restrictions on humanitarian aid or face “further concrete actions.” In an unusually strong statement, the three countries condemned Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza, which […]
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Mon 19 May 2025: Gary Lineker, a former England football captain who became the face of the sport on British TV, will leave the broadcaster after apologising for sharing a social media post about Zionism that drew complaints over anti-Semitism, Reuters reports. Lineker, 64, who scored 48 times for his country, moved into broadcasting after […]
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Mon 19 May 2025: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party has submitted a bill to the Knesset seeking to bar Qatar from mediating in negotiations involving Israel by officially labelling it a “state sponsor of terrorism.” According to the Hebrew-language newspaper Haaretz, Likud Knesset Member Moshe Saada introduced the bill, which targets Qatar’s role in […]
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Mon 19 May 2025: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed Sunday that the army likely killed Mohammed Sinwar, a Hamas commander and the brother of slain Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, Anadolu reports. “All indications show that Sinwar was killed,” Katz said at a meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Security Committee. “There is no official […]
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Mon 19 May 2025: Turkiye has discovered a new natural gas reserve of 75 billion cubic meters (bcm) in the Black Sea, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Saturday, Anadolu reports. “We have discovered a new natural gas reserve of 75 billion cubic meters in the field. With this amount, we will be able to meet […]
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