Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have signed a joint defense agreement, according to the BBC, as regional tensions escalate following the US and Israel’s February 28 attacks on Iran.
Two human rights groups said an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon that killed journalist Amal Khalil and wounded Zeinab Faraj was an apparent war crime, according to reports from Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.
Iran has reportedly agreed on a provisional shipping corridor in the Strait of Hormuz with Oman, according to a British maritime security agency report. However, tensions persist as Iran continues to assert control over the region, raising concerns about international trade and legal clarity.
Israel launched airstrikes in south Lebanon following its first evacuation warning in weeks, killing journalist Amal Khalil and heightening regional tensions. The Lebanese government condemned the attack as a crime under international law.
The UN human rights chief has expressed alarm at the rising number of executions in Iran, according to BBC.
A mass funeral for 112 Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike on a residential block in Gaza City in late 2023 took place recently, according to the BBC.
Despite Donald Trump's pro-Israel policies, many Arab Americans in Michigan chose not to support Democrats over Gaza, according to Al Jazeera.
US President Donald Trump paused a 'massive attack' on Iran and announced new talks, according to Al Jazeera. Iranians remain uncertain about the shifting rhetoric.
The threat to oil tankers in the Middle East is the worst since the start of the Iran war, according to analysts, following a surge of attacks on key shipping routes in the region.
Iran said it was not currently holding talks with the U.S. but was in discussions with Oman over a safe shipping route, according to NBC News. President Donald Trump accused Iran’s leadership of being 'extremely duplicitous' after Tehran denied new negotiations.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that new talks with Iran will begin Monday afternoon, though he provided no details on the venue or participants, according to Al Jazeera.
Uganda has unveiled a statue of Yonatan Netanyahu, the older brother of Israel's prime minister, who died during the Entebbe rescue mission 50 years ago, according to the BBC.
At least 13 people, including several children, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza on Sunday, according to Palestinian officials. The strikes occurred despite Hamas agreeing to a disarmament deal proposed by US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace.
Israeli forces have killed at least eight Palestinians in strikes across the Gaza Strip, according to Gaza’s civil defence, despite a U.S. roadmap for peace.
An Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank told the BBC that attacks on Palestinian villages were justified as revenge after an Israeli security guard was killed. According to the source, the settler equated one Jewish life with millions of Palestinians.