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Netanyahu requested meeting with Trump this week during US visit

Netanyahu requested meeting with Trump this week during US visit

It wasn’t clear if Donald Trump, who has been critical of Benjamin Netanyahu, would agree to the sitdown.

July 22, 2024 8:55 pm CET
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Jeremy Corbyn leads left-wing Gaza revolt against Labour

Independent MPs set to be thorn in PM Keir Starmer’s side over the Middle East.

July 5, 2024 1:02 pm CET

Europe has avoided the nuke question for decades. No longer

America has protected Europe with is nuclear umbrella for more than 70 years. In the era of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, the continent is quietly debating a different nuclear future.

July 5, 2024 6:00 am CET

EU diplomat imprisoned in Iran kept his sexuality a secret from the regime

Johan Floderus proposed to his boyfriend immediately after landing in Stockholm, he said in new interview.

July 3, 2024 2:26 pm CET

US allies say Trump-Biden debate ‘isn’t a great look for America’

Biden came across as feeble, while Trump lied and promised the impossible.

June 28, 2024 7:26 am CET

500 medical workers killed during Israel’s military assault on Gaza, UN says

“This equates to an average of two health care workers killed every day,” British charity warns.

June 26, 2024 6:16 pm CET

Famine will loom over Gaza as long as conflict rages, report warns

Latest data shows that more than half of the population often doesn’t have any food to eat, nearly nine months into Israel’s bombardment and siege of the enclave.

June 25, 2024 4:03 pm CET

Fortress Hungary has a surprising answer to its population crisis: Migration

Quietly and without much fanfare, Viktor Orbán’s government is allowing more and more guest workers into the country.

June 25, 2024 6:00 am CET

Israeli strikes on Gaza City kill at least 50 people

The attacks coincided with a major anti-government protest in Tel Aviv, in which thousands demanded new Israeli elections.

June 23, 2024 12:26 pm CET
Unpacked

Are Israel and Hezbollah about to square up?

Despite strenuous efforts and stern warnings, the risk of an expanding conflict in the Middle East is rising by the hour.

June 21, 2024 4:01 am CET

French PM lashes out at leftist leader Mélenchon after antisemitic assault

Key figures in the French president’s camp criticized three-time presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s stance on antisemitism and the Israel-Gaza war as having contributed to an environment of insecurity for French Jews.

June 20, 2024 1:00 pm CET

EU approves first-ever sanctions on Russian gas

It’s a notable evolution in strategy for the EU, and came after Germany and Hungary held up a deal for weeks.

June 20, 2024 10:37 am CET
From Across the Pond

Turning Cyprus from a problem into a solution

Despite its division, Cyprus is an island of stability in an increasingly turbulent part of the world, and it offers a platform for political, economic, humanitarian and military reach at Europe’s intersection with the Middle East.

June 17, 2024 4:00 am CET
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Biden’s Israel policy may hasten Trump’s rise, US allies fear

As the president begins his last international trip before the election, the fear in the crowd is that conflict in Gaza is tripping him up.

June 13, 2024 12:48 pm CET

G7 leaders to talk both AI’s risks and opportunities at summit

National leaders will discuss how to both govern the technology and harness it for growth.

June 13, 2024 6:00 am CET

Gulf money’s targeting of European telecoms raises hackles

State-owned Gulf telecoms giants are scooping up European assets as the EU becomes more dubious about foreign investors.

June 11, 2024 6:00 am CET

Borrell condemns ‘bloodbath’ in Gaza as death toll from Israeli hostage raid soars

More than 270 Palestinians were killed in rescue operation; Gantz quits war cabinet.

June 9, 2024 1:15 pm CET

Israel frees 4 hostages in Gaza as airstrikes kill 210 Palestinians

It was not immediately clear if the hostage freeings and the air assault were related, but both took place in Nuseirat in central Gaza.

June 8, 2024 5:49 pm CET

UN to add Israel to blacklist for violations against children

The U.N. will also call out Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

June 8, 2024 5:18 pm CET
Unpacked

Only a lasting cease-fire in Gaza will let Biden off the hook

Washington arguably jumped too quickly to push through a cease-fire deal that wasn’t oven-ready.

June 7, 2024 4:02 am CET

Spain to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel

The EU has largely remained silent on the case before the International Court of Justice.

June 6, 2024 12:56 pm CET

Biden squeezes Netanyahu on cease-fire talks

The multi-pronged effort targets Hamas leaders, too, but the Israeli prime minister could prove the more complicated get.

June 6, 2024 12:34 pm CET

EU’s top diplomat wants investigation into Israeli strike on Gaza school

Dozens of women and children were killed in the attack; Israel’s military has said Hamas militants were operating from the school.

June 6, 2024 12:11 pm CET

Foreign policy becomes a liability for Biden’s campaign as he heads to France

Even Democrats are sounding alarms about foreign wars hurting Biden in November.

June 5, 2024 4:57 pm CET

White House prods Israel to accept Gaza peace plan

U.S. national security spokesperson John Kirby said that if Hamas accepts the deal to end the Gaza war, Washington expects Israel to accept the plan too.

June 2, 2024 6:03 pm CET
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