Key developments on May 13:
- Germany’s Merz threatens ‘significant tightening’ of Russia sanctions ahead of Ukraine peace talks
- Rubio to attend Ukraine, Russia peace talks in Istanbul, Trump says
- Zelensky to meet Erdogan in Turkey where both will…

Key developments on May 13:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he plans to lift sanctions on Syria following last year’s fall of the Assad regime, saying the…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the Israeli military will resume its operations in Gaza “with full force” in the coming days.
“Completing the operation means defeating Hamas. It means destroying Hamas,” Netanyahu said in a statement issued by his office.
Netanyahu warned…

The coffers of the US government and leading defence and technology companies are not the only accounts that might be swelled this week as President Trump tours the Middle East, signing multi-billion dollar deals.
Due to a range of business…

Gulf leaders have rallied behind the new government in Damascus and want Trump to follow, believing it is a bulwark against Iran’s return to influence in Syria, where it had helped prop up the al-Assad regime during a decade-long civil war.

An Israeli air strike has killed at least six people and injured dozens at the European Gaza hospital in Khan Younis, local officials have said.
Israeli warplanes dropped six bombs simultaneously on the hospital, hitting both its inner courtyard…

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Israel has targeted Hamas leader Mohammad Sinwar in a strike on a hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday evening, according to a senior Israeli official and two sources…