ABU DHABI/RIYADH -- The foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Türkiye, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar on Tuesday jointly condemned Israel's decision to designate lands in the occupied West Bank as so-called "state land."
In a statement, the ministers denounced Israel's approval of land ownership registration and settlement procedures in large parts of the territory, saying the move is an illegal escalation to expand settlements and cement Israeli control over the occupied Palestinian land. (Israel-West Bank-Condemnation)
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TEHRAN -- Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday expressed hope that his country's nuclear talks with the United States would lead to a "sustainable and negotiated" solution serving all parties' interests.
"A new window of opportunity has opened, under which we had the second round of the negotiations with the United States earlier today here in Geneva. We are hopeful that the negotiations will lead to a sustainable and negotiated solution which can serve the interests of the relevant parties and the broader region," Araghchi said at the Plenary Meeting of the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva a few hours after the talks, according to a statement of the Iranian Foreign Ministry. (Iran-U.S.-Talks)
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MUSCAT -- Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi said that the second round of indirect nuclear talks between Iran and the United States concluded in Geneva on Tuesday with "good progress."
"Today's indirect negotiations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America in Geneva concluded with good progress towards identifying common goals and relevant technical issues," Al Busaidi said in a post on social media platform X. (Oman-Iran-U.S.-Talks)
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ISTANBUL -- Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained 88 suspects in two separate investigations over their alleged links to the Gulen movement, which Ankara accuses of orchestrating a failed coup attempt in 2016, officials said.
The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in the central Anatolian province of Kayseri said 70 suspects were detained in simultaneous raids carried out in Kayseri, Istanbul, Adana, and Mersin following an eight-month surveillance operation. (Türkiye-Operation-Suspect) ■
