French President Emmanuel Macron is set to meet Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas in Paris on Tuesday to discuss the “full implementation” of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, the Élysée Palace confirmed. The meeting takes place a month into a fragile truce between Hamas and Israel, following two years of conflict that began with the Palestinian militant […]

Iranian authorities carried out a public execution on Tuesday of a man convicted of murdering a physician in the country’s southwest, the judiciary confirmed. “The qisas (retribution) sentence for the murderer of Dr Davoudi was carried out in public this morning in Yasuj,” the capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, reported the judiciary’s official news […]

Thailand’s army stated on Tuesday that “hostilities still remain” with Cambodia, following Bangkok’s decision to suspend the implementation of a US-backed peace deal after a landmine blast wounded four Thai soldiers. The peace agreement, brokered by former US President Donald Trump in October, was designed to de-escalate a conflict that saw intense clashes in July, […]

India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pledged on Tuesday that those responsible for a deadly car explosion in central Delhi, which killed at least eight people, would face justice. The blast, which took place on Monday, marks what could be the first major security incident in India since April 22, when 26 mostly Hindu civilians were […]

Iraqis began voting for a new parliament on Tuesday at a pivotal moment for both the country and the wider region, in an election that will be closely watched by both Iran and the United States. Iraq has enjoyed an unusual period of stability in recent years as it seeks to move beyond decades of […]

While President Donald Trump’s administration opted not to participate in this year’s UN climate summit, held in the Brazilian Amazon, the event’s second day on Tuesday is set to be dominated by the governors of California and New Mexico. Much of the spotlight is on California’s charismatic leader, Gavin Newsom, who governs the world’s fourth-largest […]