Middle East

Iran-US talks made ‘some but not conclusive progress,’ mediator Oman says

Iran and the United States made “some but not conclusive progress” Friday in a fifth round of negotiations in Rome over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, the talks’ Omani mediator said. The remarks by Badr al-Busaidi suggested the negotiations between the two longtime enemies would continue even as the talks run up against their toughest challenge: ...

11:48 Et May 24, 2025

Gaza’s main hospital is overwhelmed with children in pain from malnutrition

Grabbing her daughter’s feeble arm, Asmaa al-Arja pulls a shirt over the 2-year-old’s protruding ribs and swollen belly. The child lies on a hospital bed, heaving, then wails ...

11:11 Et May 23, 2025

Israeli politician critiques the Gaza war’s toll on Palestinians and sparks an outcry

Killing babies “as a hobby.” “Expelling a population.” “Fighting against civilians.” It is some of the harshest language against Israel’s wartime conduct in Gaza and it came this week from ...

11:43 Et May 22, 2025

Israeli strikes kill at least 85 in Gaza as Israel allows more aid into Palestinian territory

Israel pressed ahead Tuesday with its new military offensive in Gaza despite mounting international criticism, launching airstrikes that health officials said killed at least 85 Palestinians. Israeli officials said they also ...

09:50 Et May 21, 2025

Strikes on Gaza kill at least 60 people, local officials say, as criticism against Israel mounts

 Israeli strikes pounded Gaza overnight and into Tuesday, hitting a family home and a school-turned-shelter, and killing at least 60 people, Palestinian health officials said, as Israel pressed ...

11:34 Et May 20, 2025

Israel’s Netanyahu says allies pressed him to resume some aid to Gaza. So far, nothing has gone in

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that his decision to resume limited aid to Gaza after a weekslong blockade came after pressure from allies who said they wouldn’t be ...

12:48 Et May 19, 2025

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens and force a main hospital to close, health officials say

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 103 people overnight and into Sunday, hospitals and medics said, and prompted the main hospital in northern Gaza to ...

11:51 Et May 18, 2025

Iran says it will continue nuclear talks with the US, shrugging off Trump’s threats

 Iran’s president said his country will continue talks with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program but will not withdraw from its rights because of U.S. threats. “We ...

10:16 Et May 17, 2025

54 people killed in overnight airstrikes on southern Gaza city, hospital says

Multiple airstrikes hit Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis overnight into Thursday, killing more than 50 people in a second consecutive night of heavy bombing. The strikes come as U.S. President Donald Trump visits the Middle East, visiting Gulf states but not Israel. There had been widespread hope that Trump’s regional visit could usher in a ceasefire ...

11:39 Et May 15, 2025

WHO warns of permanent impact of hunger on a generation of Gazans

Malnutrition rates are rising in Gaza and hunger could have a lasting impact on "an entire generation", the World Health Organization's representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territory said ...

14:13 Et May 13, 2025
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