Top US general calls out Houthi-Shabaab ties across Yemen-Somalia strait The Pentagon has opened the aperture on al-Shabaab in recent months, allowing AFRICOM to ramp up strikes on the al-Qaeda offshoot in the Horn of Africa. By Jared Szuba In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military
Analysis Postwar Gaza plans stall over challenge of disarming Hamas Hamas is confronting a rare public backlash in Gaza as the death toll mounts from Israel’s bombardment and uncertainty looms over the militant group’s postwar future. By Elizabeth Hagedorn In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights
Analysis As it weighs options, Israel's anxiety mounts over rushed Trump-Iran talks Israel is unlikely to strike Iran after a nuclear deal is reached, but will it attack during the talks? By Rina Bassist In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs
Israeli FM says indirect US-Iran talks likely, hails 'common objective' with France Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said France shares the same concerns as Israel on the Iranian nuclear plan and predicted that Washington would soon launch indirect talks with Tehran. Israel
OPEC+ members boost output as Trump tariffs bring down oil prices The US president has been calling on Saudi Arabia and other top oil producers to boost production and bring down prices. Saudi Arabia
How Trump's latest tariffs impact the Middle East Gulf countries were relatively spared, with the US imposing only a 10% tariff, whereas other Middle Eastern nations are facing steeper trade penalties. Saudi Arabia
Turkey detains more than dozen over boycotts as crackdown on celebrities expands The crackdown against boycott calls is expanding with blocking of social media accounts and removal of actors from TV productions. Turkey
