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PoliticsColombia opens embassy in West Jerusalem under new president
The move reverses former President Petro’s severing of ties and draws sharp condemnation from Palestinian and Jordanian officials.
PoliticsSaudi crown prince rejects Israeli bid to join Houthi war
Riyadh refused the offer fearing public backlash, while Tehran urged political dialogue after a deadly strike on Riyadh airport killed 13 people.
PoliticsUK rebrands East Jerusalem consulate as mission after Israeli order
British presence shrinks to seven diplomats while Israel bans entry for twelve individuals including former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
PoliticsUK Considers Defying Israeli Closure Order for Jerusalem Mission
Legal advice suggests Israel lacks authority to shut East Jerusalem consulate as Foreign Secretary reviews all diplomatic options.
PoliticsShin Bet Files Complaint Over Report of Netanyahu UAE Visit
Netanyahu office acknowledges trip without naming destination after media broadcast details of meeting with President Al Nahyan.
PoliticsIsrael Revokes Dutch Diplomatic Status Over Settlement Ban
Dutch foreign minister calls the move unnecessary while defending temporary sanctions on goods from illegal settlements.
PoliticsIran Sets Seven-Day Timeline for Strait Reopening
Foreign Minister Araghchi places responsibility on Washington to accept terms for restoring maritime safety and navigation freedom in the region.
PoliticsTehran Sets Terms for Hormuz Reopening in NY Talks
Iran demands asset release and war end as US envoys express optimism after high-level diplomatic exchanges.
Gulf ministers plan Oman talks with Iran on shipping deal
Diplomats seek temporary Strait of Hormuz management to ease port blockades and ensure vessel movement amid ongoing regional tensions.
Gulf ministers to meet Iran amid shipping deal push
Diplomats gather in Salalah as Tehran cites US admission of naval base damage during recent conflict.
PoliticsNauru Opens Embassy in Occupied Jerusalem
The Pacific nation becomes the ninth entity to establish a diplomatic mission in the city despite global opposition.
PoliticsIsrael Orders British Consulate in East Jerusalem to Close
The move follows UK sanctions on settlement goods and accusations of ethnic cleansing against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
PoliticsIsrael Orders Closure of British Consulate in East Jerusalem
The move follows UK sanctions on settlement goods and accusations of ethnic cleansing against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank territory.
PoliticsIsraeli Ministers Urge Sanctions on Britain Over Falklands Dispute
Ben Gvir and Smotrich demand recognition of Argentine sovereignty as London prepares settlement trade ban.
PoliticsIsrael Warns UK of Retaliation Over Potential Settlement Sanctions
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar threatens countermeasures if Britain bans goods from West Bank settlements under Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
WorldFourteen states and the EU call the Qalandia seizure unlawful
The refugee agency says the training centre was damaged while Israeli forces held it, and that it has had reports of people getting in and trying to carry off its contents.
Colombia lifts the coal embargo it imposed on Israel over Gaza
Trade Minister Mauricio Gomez Amin announced the decree on Friday, but the government has not published its number, its date or the conditions exporters will have to meet.
Hamas official: we were asked to be sensitive to Netanyahu's vote
Bassem Naim said mediators on the Gaza roadmap, the US adviser Jared Kushner among them, urged the movement to weigh the Israeli prime minister's standing before an election. He refused.
PoliticsNetanyahu told Kushner targeted killings in Gaza will continue
The envoy selling the roadmap and the prime minister being sold it are described as parting without agreement on the one practice that keeps the toll rising through the truce.
Erdogan urged Trump to keep negotiating with Iran, Ankara says
The same readout has the Turkish president telling Trump that attacks on Palestinians in Gaza have risen since his own peace plan entered its second phase.
PoliticsKushner meets Netanyahu a day after rare talks with Hamas in Egypt
The 15-point roadmap has been accepted by Hamas and rejected by Israel, which leaves the US envoy shuttling between a party that has signed on to the sequence and a party that has not.
PoliticsEight foreign ministries blame Israel for the Gaza deadlock
The joint statement calls the rejection a repudiation of a plan the Security Council itself endorsed, and asks Washington to keep pressing — an admission that the signatories cannot enforce it themselves.
PoliticsQatar condemns escalating settler attacks in the occupied West Bank
Doha calls the systematic violence a flagrant violation of international law.
West BankPalestinians ask foreign governments to act on settler attacks
Officials and residents in Bethlehem call for concrete measures.