EU ambassadors in Brussels are holding sensitive discussions on trade with illegal Israeli settlements. AFP

Legal battles hold fate of EU trade with Israeli settlements

Tensions mount in Brussels with ambassadors arguing in rooms without phones

Europe

Turkey seeks bigger role in Lebanon as regional power balance shifts

MENA

Middle East experts urge Andy Burnham to go further on Palestinian policy

MENA

US public drifts further from Israel as Iran tensions rise

MENA

How Netanyahu’s government carried out de facto annexation of West Bank

MENA

Today's cartoonShadi's take on the Lebanon-Israel talks scheduled for Rome

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What has the US achieved with its latest strikes on Iran?

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Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte believes Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not be drawn into a confrontation with Israel. EPA
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ExclusiveErdogan can help restrain Israeli aggression, says Rutte

Secretary General backs Trump’s calls for greater defence spending

Europe

U-turn as Lebanon accepts US invitation for direct Israel talks in Rome

MENA

Israeli strike kills Gaza aid director behind World Cup screenings

MENA

Minister Falconer ends two-year struggle defending Labour’s Israel policy

MENA

Trump-Netanyahu split deepens as US pushes Iran deal and Israel presses on in Lebanon

US

Four killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza

MENA

ExclusiveLebanon caught off guard as Israel announces new talks in Rome

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President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, in December 2025. Reuters

Trump-Netanyahu split deepens as US pushes Iran deal and Israel presses on in Lebanon

Once aligned on war, US and Israel clash over endgame

US

Four killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza

MENA

ExclusiveLebanon caught off guard as Israel announces new talks in Rome

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Netanyahu government rushes through divisive agenda before elections

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