Archives for April, 2025

Qatar's chief negotiator says 'frustrated' by pace of Gaza talks

Agence France-Presse

A picture from Israel's Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters shows Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander

Hamas armed wing says fate of US-Israeli captive unknown

Agence France-Presse

The United Nations has warned of a dire humanitarian situation for the 2.4 million inhabitants of the Palestinian territory

Gazans resort to turtle meat in hunt for food

Agence France-Presse

Tehran and Washington have had no diplomatic relations since shortly after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution

US, Iran report progress in nuclear talks, will meet again

Agence France-Presse

US forces patrol near Syria's northeastern border with Turkey on September 3, 2024

US to withdraw some 1,000 troops from Syria

Agence France-Presse

Angry residents block roads in the Tunisian town of Mezzouna after the deaths of three six-formers in a school wall collapse on Monday.

Deadly Tunisia school wall collapse sparks outcry in nation's hinterland

Agence France-Presse

Lebanese soldiers at the site near a burnt-out vehicle in Ghaziyeh, near Sidon -- the health ministry said an Israeli strike killed one person

Lebanon says two killed in Israeli strikes in south

Agence France-Presse

People transport from the bed of a truck the remains of a victim killed in Israeli bombardment on Jabalia, northern Gaza

Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill 24 after Hamas rejects truce proposal

Agence France-Presse

People transport from the bed of a truck the remains of a victim killed in Israeli bombardment on Jabalia, northern Gaza

Hamas calls for pressure to end Israel's aid block on Gaza

Agence France-Presse

Soldiers march in Tehran during the annual Army Day parade

Iran stages nationwide Army Day parades

Agence France-Presse

United States ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee places a note given to him by US President Donald Trump in the cracks of the Western Wall, in Jerusalem's Old City

New US envoy prays, delivers Trump 'peace' message at Western Wall

Agence France-Presse

Displaced Palestinians crossing the so-called Netzarim corridor in the Gaza Strip on February 9, 2025

Gaza Strip shrinking as Israel expands control

Agence France-Presse

Fire and destruction at the site of US strikes on Yemen's Ras Issa fuel port, shown in an image grab from footage released by the rebel Huthis' Al-Masirah TV

80 killed in deadliest US attack on Yemen, Huthis say

Agence France-Presse

AFP journalist Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali in his ransacked home in Khartoum

'War has taken everything': AFP reporter returns home to Khartoum

Agence France-Presse

Syrian civil servants must queue at one of two state banks or affiliated ATMs, and withdrawals are capped

Cash crunch leaves Syrians queueing for hours to collect salaries

Agence France-Presse

The Ameca humanoid robot greets visitors at Dubai's Museum of the Future, UAE, Oct. 11, 2022.

Analysis

How Trump’s US chip crackdown could shake up Middle East tech ambitions

US tariffs on semiconductors and efforts to onshore production potentially threaten industries in Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE alongside investments and joint ventures with US companies.

Samuel Wendel

By Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech