Iranian media outlets affiliated with or closely aligned with the country’s hardline establishment have published editorials calling for attacks on strategic infrastructure in Israel and several Gulf states following a reported U.S. strike on a railway bridge in northern Iran. The commentaries specifically mentioned Israel’s port of Haifa, the UAE’s Jebel Ali port, Saudi Arabia’s…

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has accused Israel and the United States of undermining efforts to preserve the ceasefire, saying mutual respect and adherence to commitments are essential for any lasting agreement. “Alongside diplomatic efforts to consolidate the ceasefire and prevent the crisis from expanding, a dual process has emerged in which, on the one hand,…

Nicosia, Cyprus. Renewed tensions in the Middle East have added uncertainty for Cyprus, with economist Tassos Yiasemides warning that a prolonged crisis could slow the island’s economic growth. He said rising geopolitical risk has returned to the centre of the global economic outlook as markets were beginning to stabilise after years of trade tensions and…

Israel’s political leadership has ordered the military to refrain from carrying out “unusual” operations in southern Lebanon following a demand from the United States, Israel’s state-run Kan TV News reported on Friday. According to Kan, the directive remains in effect until further notice, pending developments in the U.S.-Iran tensions and the ongoing negotiations between Israel…

BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 10. Turkmenistan and the United States discussed prospects for expanding bilateral cooperation. This was reflected in a press release published by the press service of the Turkmen government following the meeting between Chairman of Halk Maslahaty (Parliament) Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Steve Daines, a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and…

The Kurdistan Region is trying to change its image in the world. For decades, outsiders have focused on Saddam Hussein, genocide, ISIS, oil, and security. All of this is significant to Kurdistan’s past and present. But if a place is known mostly through survival, it will struggle to attract investment that could give Kurdistan a…

Blocked: a bulk carrier docked at the port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, May 6, 2026. Reuters Commercial shipping had only just begun returning to the Strait of Hormuz after a memorandum of understanding signed between the US and Iran in mid-June raised hopes of de-escalation. But those hopes have now evaporated with the return…

The European Union’s foreign ministers are set to convene on Monday to debate a regional embargo on goods originating from Israeli communities located in Judea and Samaria, AFP reported. The scheduled talks follow significant internal lobbying from multiple member nations demanding institutional pushback from the wider bloc, diplomatic sources confirmed Friday. Insiders noted that the…

Editor’s note: Teymur Atayev is an Azerbaijani publicist, historian and political scientist. He hosts the programme Aspects of Foreign Affairs on Azerbaijan’s CBC TV channel, which is broadcast in Russian. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of News.Az. The participation of Bahrain, Kuwait,…

Andy Burnham, who is on track to become Britain’s next prime minister following Keir Starmer’s resignation last month, apologized for his party’s handling of the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas mass killings in Israel, saying that it should have done more to push for a ceasefire and called for exerting greater pressure on…