Middle East

Iran says it will make no nuclear concessions • Yemen calls on citizens to fight against Houthis • Lebanese PM demands Israel withdraw from Lebanon, says country dragged into war

British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told Iran’s foreign minister that the UK will not tolerate threats or hostile activity by Iran-linked groups, while urging Tehran to pursue diplomacy.

The English was impeccable. The defense of Israel was forceful. I wanted to hear more about where he plans to take the country and why he so rarely has this conversation with us at home.

Many in Israel declared "mission accomplished" when the hostages came home. Wilf thinks otherwise and lays out a day-after plan for Gaza that no one else in Israeli politics would touch.

“If a country cooperates with or embarks on adventures with the United States, its airports will no longer be able to operate flights,” Rezaei threatened.

Seizing parts of the Taiz-Aden road could allow the Houthis to tighten their grip around Taiz and deal another blow to the government, which has struggled to regain the initiative.

On those terms, Palestinian statehood is the only coherent end state that preserves Israel as Jewish, democratic, secure, and sovereign without permanent rule over another people. 

With so many disruptions around us – and we haven’t even mentioned the climate, the economy, and AI yet – fresh thinking is needed. Not only new solutions, but also new ways of producing them.

Police arrested the girl’s father and are searching for the 60-year-old man identified as her alleged husband as investigators examine links to the killing of her older sister.

Israeli officials say "only a matter of time" until fighting with Iran resumes • UK announces £88 million in humanitarian aid to Gaza • IDF reduces brigades in southern Lebanon from eight to six