Category: 3. Middle East

Pope Leo has warned that some AI-powered weapons systems are becoming ‘practically beyond human control,’ as he called for stronger oversight in his long-awaited manifesto on the rapidly developing technology.

By Huseyin Hayatsever

ANKARA, May 25 (Reuters) – Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party condemned on Monday a court ruling that ousted the leadership of the main opposition CHP last week, calling a police operation to evict the leaders from the party’s…

US President Donald Trump has said that countries including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Turkiye and Pakistan should sign the Abraham Accords and normalise ties with Israel as part of a wider deal to end the war with Iran. Al Jazeera’s…

One activist says she was dragged, sexually assaulted and beaten while detained by Israeli authorities.

Australian activists detained by Israel while on a flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza have returned…

US President Donald Trump on Monday urged Muslim-majority nations across the Middle East and beyond to normalize relations with Israel as part of the emerging Iran peace deal.

In a lengthy social media post, Trump listed countries whose leaders…

By El Tayeb Siddig, Nafisa Eltahir and Khalid Abdelaziz

OMDURMAN, Sudan, May 25 (Reuters) – Farmers across Sudan say the hike in global fuel and fertilizer costs resulting from the Iran conflict will force them to cut back on planting this summer,…

The Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for a train bombing that killed at least 30 people in Pakistan. Kamran Bokhari of the Middle East Policy Council argues that the separatist BLA is timing its attacks to exploit…

As the US and Iran move closer to a peace deal, Israel says it reserves the right to keep attacking regional ‘threats’, including in Lebanon, despite any US‑brokered ceasefire. Meanwhile, criticism within Israel is growing over…

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei says a ‘large portion’ of issues with the US have been resolved, but that a deal is not imminent. He added that there were no guarantees the US would honour the agreement.