Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from NPR Topics: Middle East
NPR's A Martínez asks Vali Nasr of Johns Hopkins University what a potential restart of military strikes against Iran would mean for the U.S. and its regional partners.Thursday, May 21, 2026 from Middle East and North Africa | The Guardian
Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has triggered global outrage after sharing footage of himself taunting bound activists who had been detained as they tried to sail to Gaza with aid. The video has been...Thursday, May 21, 2026 from Middle East
Chinese foreign direct investment in Europe surged last year to its highest level since 2018, driven by a wave of major acquisitions and large-scale factory projects. But analysts are warning the recovery could be temporary.Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from BBC News - Middle East
The Hague-based court declines to comment, saying applications for warrants are classified as secret.Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
Disney faces $5 million lawsuit over use of facial recognition technologyTuesday, May 19, 2026 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
A car bomb that exploded outside a defence ministry building in Damascus Tuesday killed one Syrian soldier and wounded at least 18 people, authorities said. No group has yet claimed to be responsible for the attack.Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from Middle East
France has added its voice to international condemnation of an Israeli politician who shared a video of himself alongside Gaza-bound flotilla activists on their knees with their hands tied after they had been arrested at sea.Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
Iran and the US traded threats as President Donald Trump warned of renewed strikes a day after he said he held off a major assault in hopes of a peace deal. Reporting from Tehran, FRANCE 24’s Reza Sayah says Iranian officials have...Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from Middle East and North Africa | The Guardian
Keir Starmer describes the agreement, worth double original estimates, as a ‘huge win’ for British businesses Keir Starmer has struck a trade deal with six Gulf states in what he described as a huge win for British business, ending four...Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from NPR Topics: Middle East
A leaked State Department memo shows the U.S. threatened to revoke Palestinian visas if they pushed for a senior United Nations post.Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from NYT > Middle East
The warning was issued as President Trump and Vice President JD Vance say progress is being made toward a deal, while keeping open the threat of renewed strikes.Friday, May 22, 2026 from Middle East and North Africa | The Guardian
The government’s deeply illiberal ‘Yadan bill’ may be dead. But the threat to legitimate protest certainly is not Tensions in France over how to respond to a rise in antisemitism have been running high. A government-backed bill that...Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from Middle East
The European Union moved closer to implementing its trade pact with the United States on Wednesday after lawmakers and member states agreed to cut duties on US goods, keeping the bloc on track to meet a deadline set by President Donald...Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from BBC News - Middle East
The Global Sumud Flotilla says commandos have intercepted more than 50 boats trying to breach the Gaza maritime blockade since Monday.Thursday, May 21, 2026 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
Child safety groups want FTC to investigate Roblox's game designThursday, May 21, 2026 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
Italy and Spain are calling on the EU to sanction Israel's far-right national security minister, over his posting of a video showing detained Gaza-bound activists forced to their knees with their hands bound. The footage – which showed...Friday, May 22, 2026 from NYT > Middle East
The discussions suggest that the United States and the Iranian government may not be close to reaching a deal to end a war that has badly damaged the global economy.Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
On May 15, Palestinians commemorated the Nakba ("catastrophe" in Arabic), referring to the forced exodus of Palestinians during the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. Around the same time, Israelis celebrated what they call the...Thursday, May 21, 2026 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
With the top two candidates in the primary advancing, many Democratic-leaning voters appear to be waiting for a clear leader to emerge, political analysts say.Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
Volvo has agreed to pay $197 million to settle allegations that its heavy-duty truck engines released excessive pollution across California.Thursday, May 21, 2026 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
Grocery stores and other sectors will be allowed to use more "super pollutants" in their refrigeration systems.Thursday, May 21, 2026 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
FRANCE 24's François Picard welcomes veteran Israeli journalist and Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy. He offers a scathing analysis of Israeli politics, the Gaza war, the unprecedented rise of xenophobic nationalism and Israel's growing...Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
The president's missteps led to Iran's current stockpile of nuclear material and Tehran's control of the Strait of Hormuz.Thursday, May 21, 2026 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, May 21: There's outrage and condemnation in the international papers over a video showing Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir taunting detained flotilla activists. One Israeli editor says he should...Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from Middle East and North Africa | The Guardian
Former Iranian president has a populist, headline-grabbing communication style but is an avowed anti-Zionist. How could Israel see him as a man to do business with? US and Israel hoped to install Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader For all...Thursday, May 21, 2026 from Middle East and North Africa | The Guardian
The third film in Tarik Saleh’s ‘Cairo trilogy’ is a about a washed-up movie star who is bullied into starring in government propaganda Swedish-Egyptian film-maker Tarik Saleh has long been a brilliant satirist of the corruption and...Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from BBC News - Middle East
The 28-year-old's network is thought to have transported thousands of illegal migrants into the UK.Friday, May 22, 2026 from BBC News - Middle East
A video showing a far-right Israeli minister taunting activists who were kneeling with their hands tied behind their backs has been widely condemned.Thursday, May 21, 2026 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
Detained activists, their hands tied and forced to kneel as the Israeli national anthem is belted out in the background. Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir released footage on X of him taunting the activists from a...Thursday, May 21, 2026 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
All 37 French nationals detained aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla to Turkey were deported by Israel on Thursday. Paris summoned a senior Israeli diplomat over a video showing the country's national security minister taunting the...Thursday, May 21, 2026 from NPR Topics: Middle East
Nearly 3,000 people have been killed and nearly 1 million have been displaced the war in southern Lebanon began in March. Nearly 400 have been killed since a ceasefire began in April.Thursday, May 21, 2026 from NYT > Middle East
Decision making in the country is guided by a small group of men associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from Middle East and North Africa | The Guardian
US vice-president says Iran must agree to never have a nuclear weapon; Tehran warns US against resuming hostilities Trump threatens ‘a big hit’ if Tehran does not make deal soon Iran’s army has warned it would “open new fronts” against...Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from NPR Topics: Middle East
Israeli authorities are issuing Palestinians demolition orders in East Jerusalem at an accelerated rate since Israel launched war with Iran, human rights groups and U.N. experts say.Thursday, May 21, 2026 from NYT > Middle East
A surprise judgment replaced the leader of Turkey’s main opposition party with a former leader known for losing elections.Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that the United States may strike Iran again, but Tehran's army threatened to open "new fronts" if he went ahead. In the capital, Iranian authorities held mass public weddings for couples who signed...Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from Middle East
Ebola cases continued to rise in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday as the United States pledged to fund up to 50 treatment clinics and aid groups blamed earlier US funding cuts for weakening disease surveillance in the region.Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
Despite handwringing among Democrats about being shut out of the governor's race, a new poll by the state party suggests the two candidates most likely to emerge after the June primary are Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier...Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
Social media creators who create paid content on behalf of a California political campaign are required to disclose that the material was sponsored and who paid for it.Thursday, May 21, 2026 from BBC News - Middle East
France and Italy are among the countries that have criticised a video showing Itamar Ben-Gvir taunting dozens of activists detained at an Israeli port.Thursday, May 21, 2026 from NPR Topics: Middle East
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Joseph Westphal, former U.S. ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, about the current state of limbo for countries in the Gulf Arab States.Thursday, May 21, 2026 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
The discord marked a potential turning point for Congress, which has been largely sidelined under the second Trump administration on the war in Iran and other issues.Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from Middle East and North Africa | The Guardian
Renewed threat comes after US president said he was ‘an hour away’ from ordering a strike before pulling back Donald Trump has again threatened Iran, saying the US may launch new attacks if Tehran continues to refuse the significant...Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from Middle East
Moldovan President Maia Sandu says joining the European Union is a matter of democratic survival for her country, which is under growing pressure from Russia and the unresolved conflict in Transnistria. In a joint interview, Sandu spoke...Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Tuesday the International Criminal Court prosecutor had sought an arrest warrant against him, blaming the Palestinian Authority for the move. Smotrich said Israel would respond...Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from Middle East and North Africa | The Guardian
Four years after Rooney cited BDS in declining a different Israeli publisher, she speaks with activist Samir Eskanda about the artist’s role in the boycott movement Sally Rooney to publish Hebrew translation of novel with BDS-compliant...Thursday, May 21, 2026 from NPR Topics: Middle East
The Palestinian delegation to the United Nations has dropped its bid to secure a top U.N. job after the U.S. threatens to revoke their visas.Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
Late on May 18, Donald Trump said he had called of strikes on Iran following advice from Gulf countries. This comes amid stalled talks between the US and Iran, with neither party willing to compromise on their demands. FRANCE 24's...Thursday, May 21, 2026 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
The influencer said Steyer's campaign committee failed to notify her of her disclosure requirements, as required by law.Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from NYT > Middle East
Outmatched militarily, Iran used “triangular coercion” by attacking Gulf states and closing the Strait of Hormuz. It points to a long-term U.S. vulnerability.