Archives for September, 2025

A man inspects a handmade rug in a carpet shop in northern Tehran

Iran's carpet industry unravelling under sanctions

Agence France-Presse

A supporter of Lebanon's Hezbollah group chants slogans during a gathering in Beirut on September 17, 2025

Hezbollah weakened but financially resilient a year after Israel war

Agence France-Presse

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

Analysis-US allies' embrace of Palestinian statehood tests Trump's Israel policy

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: U.S. special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack speaks during a press conference with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, in Damascus, Syria September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

Syria, Israel near 'de-escalation' pact, US envoy says

Reuters

Syria's president Ahmed al-Sharaa rejected any talk of partitioning his country, as Israel makes incursions

New Syria leader warns of regional tumult without Israel deal

Agence France-Presse

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with French President Emmanuel Macron during the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Al Drago

Macron, sitting next to Trump, says recognizing Palestine does not ignore Hamas attack

Reuters

President Donald Trump (C-R) and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C-L) listen during a multilateral meeting with leaders from several Arab and Muslim-majority countries at the 80th session of the UN’s General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations headquarters on Sept. 23, 2025 in New York City.

Trump presents Gaza plan to Arab, Muslim leaders at UNGA

As international pressure builds during UNGA week, Trump pitched Arab and Muslim leaders on a plan for ending the war in Gaza and the handling of its governance.

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron addresses delegates during a high-level meeting of heads of state on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians at United Nations headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

If Trump wants Nobel Peace Prize, he should stop Gaza war, Macron says

Reuters

Sheikh Tamim accused Israel of 'abandoning the notion of releasing the hostages'

Qatar's ruler says to keep efforts to broker Gaza truce despite strike

Agence France-Presse

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a joint press conference following the signing of an Egypt-backed agreement on practical modalities to resume nuclear inspections on the Iranian nuclear program on Sept. 9, 2025 in Cairo, Egypt.

Araghchi pushes last-ditch diplomacy at UN as Iran braces for sanctions snapback

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi pursued urgent diplomacy in New York to block the looming snapback of UN sanctions, warning Western powers against "confrontation," as lawmakers at home demanded radical revisions of Tehran's nuclear doctrine.

Macron said Trump needed to solve the conflict to win the Nobel

Trump can only win Nobel if Gaza conflict stopped: Macron

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: General view of the Iranian Consulate where Iran holds nuclear talks with so-called E3 group of France, Britain and Germany, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 25, 2025. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File Photo

Iran says talks with E3 over return of UN sanctions will continue

Reuters

Iran's foreign minister (bottom right) has until the end of Saturday to reach a deal with his British (top right), French (bottom left), and German (top left) counterparts

Iran meets Europeans but no breakthrough as Tehran pushes back

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, August 24, 2025. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo

Iran's Supreme Leader says negotiations with US would not be in Tehran's interests

Reuters

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reacts while listening to U.S. President Donald Trump's (not pictured) speech at the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Al Drago

Italy to recognise Palestine only if Hamas excluded, all hostages freed

Reuters

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg departs with other activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla, a humanitarian expedition to Gaza, from the port of Barcelona, Spain August 31, 2025. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo

Greta Thunberg says recognition of Palestinian state must be paired with 'real action'

Reuters