Middle East
Iran takes steps to make enriched uranium metal; U.S., Europe powers dismayed
Iran has begun the process of producing enriched uranium metal, the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Tuesday, a move that could help ...Ethiopia resumes filling Nile mega-dam reservoir, angering Egypt
Ethiopia has started the second phase of filling a mega-dam’s reservoir on the upper Blue Nile, Egypt and Sudan said, raising tensions ...OPEC+ resumes oil policy talks amid Saudi-UAE standoff
By AP, TOE and Reuters | News Editing by Shreejana KC OPEC+ ministers resumed discussions on Monday after failing to finalize an ...U.S. carries out air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Syria
The United States said on Sunday it carried out another round of air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria, this ...Egypt, Jordan and Iraq leaders meet at Baghdad summit
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and Jordan’s King Abdullah met in Baghdad on Sunday during the first ...U.S. seizes Iranian news sites under unclear circumstances
The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it seized 36 Iranian-linked websites, many of them associated with either disinformation activities or violent ...Iran’s Raisi calls for effective nuclear talks, rules out Biden meet
Iran’s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday he will not allow nuclear negotiations for the sake of negotiations, in his first news ...Israel’s Bennett warns against nuclear talks with Iran’s “hangmen regime
Israel condemned on Sunday the election of hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi as Iranian president, saying his would be a “regime of brutal ...Hardline judge Raisi wins Iran’s presidential election
Hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi was heading for a landslide win in Iran’s presidential election on Saturday, as the man he will replace ...Iran votes for new president with ultraconservative tipped to win
Iranians voted Friday in a presidential election in which ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi is seen as all but certain to coast to ...














