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Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz as US Resumes Attacks
Politics|Africa and Middle East

Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz as US Resumes Attacks

The US military launched fresh attacks on Iran on Sunday after striking a container ship, prompting Tehran to announce it had once…

The scale of Gaza’s issues stands in contrast to the modest first steps taken toward Trump’s peacekeeping plan. Photo: Nathan Howard/Reuters
Politics|Africa and Middle East

Trump Promised 20,000 Troops for Gaza: Morocco Sends 10

Six months after the Gaza ceasefire, the international force meant to secure the territory exists mostly on paper and the mission …

Donald Trump and his cabinet.
Politics|Africa and Middle East

Trump Clashes with Allies at NATO Summit, Offers Kyiv a Patriot License

Following Iran's attacks on oil tankers, the US president ordered a resumption of military operations. NATO rallied behind its str…

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
Politics|Africa and Middle East

NATO Summit in Ankara: Rutte Calls for Defense Revolution

The NATO summit opened in Ankara with Ukraine and defense spending at the forefront as Donald Trump pushed Europe to assume a grea…

US F-16 fighter jets.
Politics|Africa and Middle East

US Resumes Large-Scale Strikes Against Iran

The United States has struck more than 80 targets in Iran after attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and revoked Tehran’s te…

Millions of Iranians bid farewell to Ali Khamenei in Tehran.
Politics|Africa and Middle East

Tehran Turns Khamenei’s Funeral into a Diplomatic Test

Dozens of delegations came to pay their last respects to Iran’s slain supreme leader. Arab visitors were greeted with Quranic vers…

Pro-Iran protesters.
Politics|Africa and Middle East

Corruption Probe in Iraq Uncovers Ties to Pro-Iranian Militias

Raids by counterterrorism units turned up millions of dollars in cash belonging to lawmakers, an unregistered horse stable, and ev…

Nigerian Catholic worshippers during morning mass.
Politics|Africa and Middle East

New Study Challenges Drivers of Violence in Nigeria

A new ORFA report says Nigeria's violence extends beyond Islamist extremism, highlighting Fulani militias, land conflicts and stat…

A child stands beside rubble in southern Lebanon.
Politics|Africa and Middle East

Lebanon Tests the Middle East’s Next Ceasefire

Two ceasefires along the Mediterranean coast have already collapsed this year. The latest US framework looks more viable – but onl…

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
Politics|Africa and Middle East

US Strikes Iran Again after Ship Attack in Strait of Hormuz

Tensions in the Middle East flared anew on Sunday after the United States struck Iranian positions in response to an Iranian attac…

U.S. Forces during operations in Syria.
Politics|Africa and Middle East

US Strike in Syria Revives Fears over Islamic State Escapees

The killing of a senior Islamic State leader has drawn fresh attention to a security collapse around detention camps in northeaste…

Performers reenact the slave trade in Accra.
Politics|Africa and Middle East

African and Caribbean Nations Push for Slavery Reparations Fund

An apology for transatlantic slavery, debt relief and a Global Reparations Fund are among the aims of a 19-point plan endorsed by …

Israel Katz, Israel’s Defence Minister, said Israel will not withdraw from southern Lebanon. Photo: Ronen Zvulun/File Photo/Reuters
Politics|Africa and Middle East

No One Can Tell Us What to Do: Katz Rejects Trump's Syria Plan

Defense Minister Israel Katz on Friday rejected Trump's plan to hand the fight against Hezbollah to Syria's al-Sharaa, a former ji…

Trump and Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago during talks.
Politics|Africa and Middle East

Hezbollah-Israel Fighting Threatens to Scupper Trump's Iran Deal

Friday’s talks in Switzerland were postponed after JD Vance cancelled his trip and Iran demanded proof that the deal was being imp…

Donald Trump signed a deal with Tehran.
Politics|Africa and Middle East

US and Iran Sign Interim Deal, but Trump Threatens Renewed Attacks

Iran has reaffirmed its longstanding pledge not to build nuclear weapons, but its enriched uranium will stay in the country and it…

Iranian Americans march in Washington with a banner of Donald Trump.
Politics|Africa and Middle East

US and Iran Reach Preliminary Deal to End War

The United States and Iran have agreed on a framework to end the war, lift the US blockade of Iranian ports and reopen the Strait …

Shehbaz Sharif.
Politics|Africa and Middle East

Pakistan Brings Washington and Tehran to the Brink of a Deal, Israel Sidelined

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif says Washington and Tehran are close to finalizing a deal. Peace between the two countries…

The draft charter is a flashpoint in Africa.
Politics|Africa and Middle East

African Treaty Resists Abortion and LGBTQ Rights Push

A pan-African draft charter on family and religious values warns that foreign ideologies are being imposed through international a…

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Politics|Africa and Middle East

What Trump Really Thinks of Netanyahu, and Why It May Not Matter

Donald Trump's conversations with Benjamin Netanyahu are, by all accounts, extremely direct. Despite the harsh language, officials…

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