Middle East

Iran will await "practical steps by the West," negotiator Ali Bakri Kani is quoted saying by Iran's semi-official ISNA.

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune tells PA President Mahmoud Abbs grant is "in keeping with Algeria’s revolutionary history."

Amman-based Roya TV says it "regrets" the decision of international German broadcaster Deutsche Welle to suspend collaboration, argues it is the target of "a hostile campaign" from unnamed parties.

"The Egyptians are dawdling for no reason. The rehabilitation of the [Gaza] Strip is being delayed," sources tell Lebanese TV network. FM Yair Lapid to travel to Egypt to talk possible prisoner exchange deal with Hamas.

The visit by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan comes amid efforts in Vienna to save Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters at a news conference in Tehran that his country won't allow its "time or energy to be wasted" by other parties involved in talks.

The petition, initially filed in September 2018 when former US President Donald Trump was in office, challenged US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Mossad chief David Barnea headed to Washington late Saturday on a previously unannounced trip and Defense Minister Benny Gantz leaves Wednesday for meetings with his US counterpart Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

With delegation of senior Emirati officials slated to depart for Tehran, senior Israeli diplomatic official tells Israel Hayom that when regional players sense weakness, they "reach conclusions."

Tehran dismissed reports of a large explosion near the sensitive uranium enrichment site as unannounced military maneuvers. The incident comes as nuclear talks in Vienna break down, US secretary of state warns that Washington will "pursue other options" if diplomacy fails.