Archives for May, 2026

Devlet Bahceli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), attends Century of Turkey meeting in Ankara, Turkey, October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Erdogan ally calls for official status for jailed Kurdish militant leader

Reuters

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud meets with Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 27, 2025. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS

Turkey and Saudi Arabia set to scrap visa requirements, source says

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as they meet at the Vatican, May 19, 2025. Vatican Media/Simone Risoluti/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo

Rubio expects 'frank' meeting with pope as Trump takes fresh potshots at Leo

Reuters

Brazil's activist Thiago Avila is escorted into court in the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon

Israel court extends Gaza flotilla activists' detention by six days

Agence France-Presse

Top US diplomat Marco Rubio said the offensive stage of the Iran war was over, as a spate of attacks threatened to reignite the conflict

US pauses Hormuz escorts, Trump says progress on Iran deal

Agence France-Presse

Amirhossein KHORGOOEI / ISNA / AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

Israel fears Trump seeking Hormuz win while sidestepping Iran nuclear issue

While President Donald Trump keeps pressuring Iran on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Israel fears the American leader will decide to cut his losses and sideline the nuclear threat.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

A Palestinian man looks at a wooden bed, amid shortages of materials, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 2, 2026. REUTERS/Haseeb Alwazeer

With wood scarce, Gaza carpenters make simple beds from pallets

Reuters

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 4, 2026. Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Middle East truce in doubt as US and Iran fight for control of Strait of Hormuz

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Taiwan President Lai Ching-te speaks at a press conference on defence spending in Taipei, Taiwan November 26, 2025. REUTERS/Yimou Lee/File Photo

Taiwan won't give in to pressure, president says of Africa trip China denounced

Reuters

Israel's tiny Circassian community living near the border with Lebanon has managed to retain its identity through food, traditions and language

For Israel's Circassians, food and language sustain an ancient heritage

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: A view shows Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant from the bank of Kakhovka Reservoir near the town of Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo

IAEA says drone damaged equipment at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine

Reuters

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer deboards the airplane as he arrives at the airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 9, 2026. Alastair Grant/Pool via REUTERS

Britain condemns Iranian strikes on the United Arab Emirates

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A man holds a flag with a picture of late leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, late Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, during a rally in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo

Exclusive-US intelligence indicates limited new damage to Iran's nuclear program, sources say

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Small Business Summit in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 4, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

Trump calls Xi meeting important trip, says US leads in AI

Reuters

Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, May 4, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

US sinks Iranian small boats, shoots down missiles, drones as it opens Strait

Reuters

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz leaves the chamber during a Security Council meeting on maritime safety at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., April 27, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

US, Gulf Arab nations draft new UN resolution on Strait of Hormuz

Reuters