Archives for May, 2026

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony commemorating Israel’s Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers, or Yom HaZikaron, at the Military Cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem April 21, 2026. ILIA YEFIMOVICH/Pool via REUTERS

Netanyahu wants to wean Israel off US military support, he tells CBS

Reuters

France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier its escorts were transiting the Suez Canal, the defence ministry said

UK, France to host defence ministers meeting on Hormuz

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein//File Photo

Trump and China's Xi set for talks spanning Iran, nuclear, trade and AI

Reuters

Narges Mohammadi has not seen her children for eight years

Iran Nobel winner released on bail for medical treatment: supporters

Agence France-Presse

A picture of Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on the wall of the Grand Hotel in central Oslo before the Nobel banquet, in connection with the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize 2023, in Oslo, Norway December 10, 2023. NTB/Javad Parsa via REUTERS

Jailed Iranian peace laureate Mohammadi moved to hospital in Tehran

Reuters

Israel deported two foreign activists intercepted from a Gaza-bound flotilla after detaining them for a week

Israel deports two foreign activists seized from Gaza flotilla

Agence France-Presse

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets his supporters as he arrives at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, May 4, 2026. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

Modi urges India to conserve fuel as global price surges

Reuters

Israel deported two foreign activists intercepted from a Gaza-bound flotilla after detaining them for a week

Israel deports two foreign activists seized from Gaza flotilla

Agence France-Presse

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, May 8, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Iran sends its response to US proposal aimed at ending the war, IRNA says

Reuters

A United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) armoured vehicle patrols the southern Lebanese border area of Marjayoun

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Agence France-Presse

A woman walks past a large tiled image of Iran's current leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei outside a metro station in Tehran

Trump rejects Iran peace terms, Tehran warns of new attacks

Agence France-Presse

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a car in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 10, 2026. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill three, medics say, testing fragile ceasefire

Reuters

Oil giant Saudi Aramco says quarterly profits up as crude prices surge

Agence France-Presse

Residents gather as heavy machinery clears the rubble of a damaged police post after a car bombing in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan May 10, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Ehsan Khattak

Twelve Pakistani policemen killed in car bombing

Reuters

Residents gather on the rubble of a damaged police post after a car bombing in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan May 10, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Ehsan Khattak

Three Pakistani police officers killed in car bombing, more casualties feared

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Activist Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish national, who was detained aboard the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, which was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters, appears at a court in Beersheba, southern Israel May 6, 2026. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo

Israel deports two activists detained over Gaza-bound flotilla

Reuters