Lavrov in Turkey, praises Trump as Ankara offers to host Russia-Ukraine talks As Ankara seeks a role in potential Ukraine-Russia peace talks, the top Russian diplomat paid a visit to Turkey less than a week after the Ukrainian president's trip to Ankara. Turkey
EU suspends key energy, banking sanctions on Syria: What we know Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s interim government has been trying to court the international community to encourage investment and ease sanctions to allow Syria’s economy to recover. Syria
Analysis Covert with calculated risk: How Iran is shifting its Israel strategy Tehran appears to be keeping pressure on Israel mainly through its network of proxies, resorting to calculated restraint and deniability to avoid risks of a devastating full-scale war. By A correspondent in Tehran In Tehran, reporting on politics
Germany arrests Russian suspect over alleged plan to attack Israeli Embassy On Thursday, a Russian national suspected of planning an attack on the Israeli Embassy was arrested by German authorities, and in a separate incident on Friday, a stabbing occurred at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin. Israel
