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Israel will work with world powers to have an impact on any deal that may emerge from their nuclear negotiations with Iran, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Monday.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Iran and the United States are expected to return to indirect talks in the coming days amid a push by the European Union to break a months-long impasse in the negotiations to reinstate a 2015 nuclear pact. Israel is not a party to the negotiations. But its concerns about the outcome - and its long-standing threats to take unilateral military action against Iran - carry weight in Western capitals.“With the expected or possible resumption of the nuclear talks, we will continue to work together with the United States and other countries in order to make our position clear and influence the crafting of the deal - if there is such,” Gantz told reporters.Israel has drawn closer in recent years to US-aligned Arab states which share its concerns over Iran and it has offered them defense cooperation.Reiterating his disclosure from last week of an air defense alliance with unidentified regional partners, Gantz said there were “additional operational dimensions” to the cooperation. He did not elaborate. Read more:Abraham Accords diplomats to meet in Bahrain after Israel meetingIsrael approves housing allowance for South Lebanon Army veteransWill Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia help recalibrate US-Saudi ties? Experts weigh in
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Israel to work with world powers to shape any Iran nuclear deal: Defense minister

Israeli negotiators heard an update from the US envoy’s visit to Lebanon and discussed possible ways to move forward with negotiations..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Israeli negotiators meet US envoy on maritime dispute with Lebanon

To celebrate BOVET’s 200th anniversary, the House is proud to introduce the Orbis Mundi. Back in 1822, 200 years ago this year, founder Edouard Bovet, a watchmaker from Fleurier, Switzerland,…..
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The US and Iran will resume indirect talks “in the Gulf” later this week, a State Department official told Al Arabiya English on Monday.The official reiterated previous comments by Biden administration officials that the US is ready to conclude negotiations and implement the deal negotiated in Vienna.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“But for that, Iran needs to decide to drop their additional demands that go beyond the JCPOA,” the official said in a written response.Washington said it was grateful to its EU partners, “who continue to convey messages and are working to advance these negotiations.”EU Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell sounded upbeat after visiting Tehran over the weekend. He announced that the talks, which have been stalled for months, while the Biden administration has said Iran is on the verge of being able to acquire a nuclear weapon “within weeks,” would resume in the coming days.Due to Iran’s refusal to meet face to face with US officials, the EU and Britain have been shuttling back and forth to relay messages between the two camps.A senior US official told the Washington Post that Washington was “keeping our expectations very much in check.”Analysts and diplomats familiar with the talks were optimistic that a deal was within reach on more than one occasion. But Iran came to the table, demanding that the US lift the terror designation imposed on the IRGC. The Biden administration refused and coupled with Russian obstacles, the talks were suspended.Another noteworthy comment from the Biden administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity to the Washington Post, was that the US was prepared to lift the terror designation off the IRGC. The official said Iran refused “some reciprocal steps,” which had to do with halting support for Lebanon’s Hezbollah and curbing the IRGC’s participation in wars in Yemen and Syria.Now, the official said, removing the IRGC from the US terror blacklist is “off the table.”Read more: Iran tensions, record gas prices push Biden to recalibrate US policy in Middle East
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Indirect talks between US, Iran to resume in the Gulf this week: State Department

Concern at apparent plan to bury victims without investigating cause of death or trying to identify them..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Moroccan authorities accused of trying to cover up Melilla deaths

A Uyghur student is set to go on trial for “separatism” in the city of Urumqi on Tuesday in what appears to be the latest example of the Chinese government’s strategy to unlawfully imprison Muslims in the country’s Xinjiang region, Amnesty International said today. Zulyar Yasin was detained at his home in December 2021 and ..
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Full Article: China: Uyghur student facing trial highlights government push to jail Muslims

Yellow-and-blue makes title-seeking statement in bringing back Israel’s marquee scoring sensation.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Eran Zahavi returns to Maccabi Tel Aviv

Ten people were killed and more than 200 injured Monday in a toxic gas leak in Jordan’s Aqaba port, the government spokesman said.Footage on state TV showed a large cylinder plunging from a crane on a moored vessel, causing a violent explosion of yellow gas.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The death toll rose to 10, Faisal al-Shaboul told AFP, revising an initial toll of five killed.Prime Minister Bishr Khasawneh and Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya headed to the site of the accident, state media reported.Civil defense spokesman Amer al-Sartawy had earlier reported that 234 people were injured after the tank filled with toxic gas fell.“Specialists and the hazardous substances team in the civil defense are dealing” with the incident, Sartawy added.According to Jordanian official sources, Aqaba’s southern beach was evacuated following the incident.Jordan’s Aqaba port is the country’s only marine terminal and a key transit point for a vast portion of its imports and exports.Read more: Man who killed Jordanian student dies of suicide after police locate him: StatementJordan’s king says he supports Middle East military alliance similar to NATOSaudi Arabia’s Crown Prince leaves Jordan to visit Turkey
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: At least 10 dead, more than 200 hurt in Jordan’s Aqaba gas leak

The Sde Boker summit was not a one-off event, just as the signing of the Abraham Accords was not a one-off event, but rather part of a process.
Source: Jerusalem Post
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Abu Obeida added that the terrorist movement would release "confirmation" of the claim "in the coming hours."
Source: Jerusalem Post
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