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Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of imprisoned British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and their seven year old daughter Gabriella pose with a picture of wife and mother, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Iran returns passport of detained British charity worker, UK lawmaker says

Labour Party lawmaker Tulip Siddiq said she understands a British negotiating team is in Tehran, where Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is being held under house arrest.  

File photo of someone typing on a laptop keyboard

Apparent cyberattack on Israel disables government websites

Israeli media report that several government websites are down following a cyberattack. The Health, Interior and Justice ministries in Israel have all suffered outages.  

A damaged mansion after it was hit in a missiles attack on Erbil

Iran claims missile attack on Kurdish-populated Erbil in Iraq

The US said it is working with the Iraqi and the regional Kurdish governments to get missile defense capabilities after Iran attacked Erbil.  

In this photo from February 2021, smoke rises after mortar shells landed near Erbil airport

Iraq: Multiple rockets fall in Erbil

Officials said 12 missiles targeting the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan region were fired from outside Iraq, "more precisely from the east." No casualties were reported.  

Luxury villas in Dubai.

Why is the UAE a hot spot for Russians dodging sanctions?

It's sunny and politically stable, there is little financial transparency and it's easy enough to invest in a business or property and get a residency visa in return.  

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan (L) shakes hands with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on the sidelines of a forum in Antalya

Turkish, Armenian foreign ministers meet in bid to normalize ties

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan met for the first official sit-down talks since 2009. Ankara and Yerevan have troubled history and no diplomatic relations.  

The entrance to the general court in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia executes 81 prisoners in a day

Saudi officials executed 81 people in one day for terror-related offenses, including seven Yemenis and a Syrian, according to state media. This is the largest mass execution in the nation's history.  

Raif Badawi's wife hold up a large photo of Badawi

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi freed after 10 years in prison

The family of Raif Badawi, one of Saudi Arabia's most prominent political prisoners, has said the blogger is free after a decade in prison. Badawi had been lashed for allegedly "insulting Islam" on his online forum.  

Protesters from Reporters Without Borders hold a sign showing imprisoned Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi

Saudi Arabia: Many activists remain in jail

Raif Badawi has been released after 10 years in prison. However, the well-known blogger was not the only activist behind bars for expressing dissenting views.  

Josep Borrell

EU says 'pause' needed in Iran nuclear deal talks

The EU's foreign policy chief said talks were on hold due to "external factors." It comes as Russia's stance threatened to derail the efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.  

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A meeting of negotiators from parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal

Is Russia sabotaging the Iran nuclear deal over Ukraine sanctions?

Despite progress in the negotiations to restore the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the accord's future is at stake after a last-minute Russian demand for an exemption from Western sanctions.