Archives for June, 2025

Northern Gaza has been devastated by strikes

Netanyahu eyes hostage breakthrough as Gaza families mourn victims

Agence France-Presse

Netanyahu has sought to delay corruption proceedings

Israeli court postpones Netanyahu appearance in graft trial

Agence France-Presse

The project aims, in part, to cement Morocco's control over the disputed Western Sahara

Morocco's Atlantic gambit: linking restive Sahel to ocean

Agence France-Presse

A visitor looks at AI strategy board displayed on a stand during the ninth edition of the AI summit London, in London

AI is learning to lie, scheme, and threaten its creators

Agence France-Presse

US President Donald Trump has called the corruption trial against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a 'witch hunt'

Trump says 'not going to stand' for Netanyahu's continued prosecution

Agence France-Presse

A crowd of thousands rallied in Tel Aviv for the hostages

Israeli protesters urge action for Gaza hostages after Iran truce

Agence France-Presse

Mourners at a hospital in Gaza City cried over the bodies of people killed in an Israeli strike in nearby Jabalia

Gaza civil defence says Israeli forces kill 37, including children

Agence France-Presse

Clashes struck the West Bank village of Kafr Malik on June 26

Six Israelis detained for attacking soldiers in West Bank: military

Agence France-Presse

A woman holds a portrait of slain Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Salami as mourners attend his funeral and that of other military commanders killed during Israeli strikes

Iran holds state funeral for top brass slain in Israel war

Agence France-Presse

Students at the 'Second Chance School –- New Generation' which aims to bring dropouts back into education

'We must help them': Morocco students get peers back in school

Agence France-Presse

US President Donald Trump holds news conference on Supreme Court decisions

Trump says would bomb Iran again if nuclear activities start

Agence France-Presse

President Donald Trump is intensifying attacks on US media.

'Shooting the messengers': Trump tears into media over Iran report

Agence France-Presse

Analysis

With over 700 arrests, Iran regime turns inward to thwart Israeli infiltration

Following its intelligence failures during the 12-day war with Israel, Iran is launching a sweeping internal clampdown with mass arrests and accelerated executions, in what critics have likened to a "wounded snake" lashing out in revenge.

A correspondent in Tehran

By A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

US President Donald Trump holds news conference on Supreme Court decisions

Trump says saved Iran leader from 'ignominious death'

Agence France-Presse

Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin arrives to attend a church service for former French President Jacques Chirac at the Saint-Sulpice church in Paris on September 30, 2019. - Former French President Jacques Chirac died on September 26, 2019 at the age of 86.

Interview

Former French PM says Trump has ‘immense opportunity’ in Mideast

Dominique de Villepin, who recently announced a new political party, says in an exclusive written interview with Al-Monitor that France has a vital role to play in promoting regional cooperation.

Dominique de Villepin

Dominique de Villepin

Former French prime minister

CEO of Colony Capital Tom Barrack speaks during the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 21, 2016.

Exclusive

US Syria envoy Barrack to meet Iraqi Kurdish PM Barzani in Erbil

Tom Barrack is likely to also meet with SDF chief Mazloum Kobane, sources told Al-Monitor.

Amberin Zaman

By Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture