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05/23/2025May 23, 2025
Israel says missile fired from Yemen intercepted
Israeli forces reported intercepting a missile fired by early on Friday.
Air raid sirens were sounded in several parts of Israel, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement published on social media.
There were no initial reports of damage.
The Houthis did not immediately claim the attack.
have launched numerous attacks on Israel since the start of in what they describe as a show of support for .
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05/23/2025May 23, 2025
US and Iran to begin critical phase of nuclear talks
Negotiators from and the are set to meet in the Italian capital of Rome for a fifth round of .
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff are to hold the discussions with Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi mediating the negotiations.
Iran’s uranium enrichment has emerged as a crucial issue and both sides have taken a strong public stance on it.
US President Donald Trump’s officials insist that Tehran needs to completely halt enriching uranium to reach any deal that could see the lifting of sanctions on .
Washington considers its demand a necessary measure to permanently prevent the development of nuclear weapons.
Araghchi on Friday asserted that no enrichment would mean “we do NOT have a deal.”
“Figuring out the path to a deal is not rocket science,” the Iranian foreign minister said on social platform X, adding that it was “time to decide.”
Trump exited a 2015 nuclear pact between Iran and six world powers in 2018 during his first term as president.
He reimposed sweeping sanctions on Iran that have dealt a devastating blow to the Islamic Republic’s economy.
Since February, Trump has also waged what he has called a .
The US president has repeatedly threatened to unleash airstrikes targeting Iran’s nuclear program if a deal is not reached. Iranian officials have warned they could pursue a nuclear weapon with their stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels.
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Welcome to our coverage
The United States and are about to begin a weighty fifth round of negotiations over Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
The Islamic Republic’s enrichment of uranium will be a key point of contention as negotiators from Washington and Tehran sit with Omani mediators in Italy’s capital, Rome.
Meanwhile, Israel’s military has said that it intercepted a projectile fired from Yemen.
This blog brings you the latest news and analysis from the Middle East as events unfold in the crisis-hit region.
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