- 25 August, 2026
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EU wants to have stronger energy relations with Algeria
The European Union’s foreign policy leader Josep Borrell on Monday during a visit to Algeria called for increased energy cooperation with Africa’s top gas exporter
Israeli friends of Netanyahu push on with law reform
The Israeli parliament on Monday adopted a bill that would make it harder to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the corruption charges against him,
Syria’s diplomatic relations to be restored by Tunisia’s Saied
The latest indication that full diplomatic contacts with the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad may be about to resume is the Friday statement by
Netanyahu flown to airport after demonstrators block road
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was unable to drive to the nation’s primary international airport on Thursday for a trip abroad and had to be
Turkey: Women in Istanbul defy ban on protests, get tear-gassed
Thousands of women defied a ban on protests on International Women’s Day, 8 March, and rallied in Istanbul, a major city in Turkey, before police
Captagon tablets found in sunflower seeds with prisoner in Lebanon
An attempt to smuggle drugs disguised as sunflower seeds into a prison in the country’s north was thwarted by Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces. Officials announced
Future negotiations will determine how much Iran will give to the IAEA: Grossi
Rafael Grossi, the head of the UN’s nuclear inspector, acknowledged on Monday that Iran’s concessions to him during his visit to Tehran over the weekend
Palestinians nervously observing Israeli anti-Netanyahu demonstrations
The increase of the furious mass demonstrations by Israelis is being closely watched by Palestinians in Israel and the occupied territories. As the government moves
Tunisia forbids opposition protests due to “plots”
Authorities in Tunisia announced on Thursday that they had forbade a demonstration by the main coalition of the country’s opposition, claiming that prominent members are
Frenchman is still imprisoned in Iran despite being exonerated: Lawyer
Benjamin Briere, a French citizen, was recently found not guilty by an Iranian appeals court, but he remains imprisoned there, according to his lawyer on