The Tripoli based Libyan Ministry of Defence confirmed, in an official statement yesterday, that ‘‘investigations are ongoing regarding the sabotage c...

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) reported yesterday that its Governor, Naji Issa, and his accompanying delegation, held an extensive meeting in London...

Joshua Van earned a unanimous decision (49-46, 49-47, 50-45) win over his Brazilian opponent to cement his reign.

Reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico have been denied White House access after Donald Trump banned the three outlets.

Dineo Motapane is one of nine recent victims whose deaths have left a nation traumatised over the level of violence against women.

The police have since set up a task team to investigate the murders and have urged women in the Kempton Park area to avoid walking or running alone "particularly in isolated areas".

A reported strike on a fuel depot at Riyadh airport caused delays on Saturday, as Saudi Arabia says it shot down a ballistic missile aimed at the capital.

The US has not acknowledged carrying out February's deadly strikes on a primary school in Minab and a sports complex in Lamerd.

Morning recap   Good morning Middle East Eye readers, If you're just joining us, here are key developments from across the region: •    Iran has announced seven conditions for starting any negotiations to the US government, Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council has said. •    Pakistan's interior minister, Mohsin Naqvi, is set to visit Tehran on Sunday to meet with senior Iranian officials. Tehran does not expect him to deliver any specific message related to mediation efforts over the war with the US. •    The US government has told its citizens currently in the Middle East that the security environment remains "complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation", urging them to  exercise heightened vigilance. •    Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said that Turkey and other countries have proposed new conditions to the US and Iran to end the war. •    Dozens of Palestinians were detained in the occupied West Bank, while settlers cut down guava trees and attacked Palestinians. •    Pop Star Ed Sheeran has said what is happening in Gaza is “catastrophic and unjustifiable and disproportionate” as he opened his solo concert in the US city of Philadelphia. •    Thousands of Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Buraq Wall plaza, west of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied Jerusalem, and performed Talmudic rituals. •    The Israeli military says its forces have killed a Hamas commander, Muhammad Suleiman Byouk, in Khan Younis in Gaza on Thursday. •    Dozens of Palestinian supporters demonstrated outside Ed Sheeran concert in Philadelphia, denouncing promoters’s decision to drop US rapper Macklemore over his “Free Palestine” calls.

'Zionism=racism': Protest held outside Ed Sheeran's Philadelphia concert Dozens of Palestinian supporters demonstrated outside Ed Sheeran concert in Philadelphia, denouncing promoters’s decision to drop US rapper Macklemore over his “Free Palestine” calls. Carrying Palestinian flags, and banners with messages that read “Gaza: Aid in, soldiers out” and “Zionism=racism=terrorism”, the protesters criticised Sheeran for continuing the tour. Adi Chattopadhyay, a spokesperson for the organisers of the protest, told Reuters that the demonstrators had gathered to call attention to Macklemore’s message and to talk “about the conditions on the ground in Gaza” and “the fact that the genocide is very much still ongoing”. The 35-year-old pop icon kicked off the stage by saying what is happening in Gaza is "catastrophic and unjustifiable and disproportionate".  Sheeran had reportedly said that stadium owners refused to allow Macklemore to perform over his Palestine remarks.  In solidarity with Macklemore, Sheeran’s opening acts and members of his band later quit the US tour.  Pro-Palestinian protestors demonstrate outside of NRG Station prior to the Ed Sheeran Concert at Lincoln Financial Field on 19 September 2026 in Philadelphia. (AFP)

Ukraine launched what Moscow’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin described as the largest-ever drone attack on the Russian capital on Sunday. He added that the attack was an unsuccessful attempt to disrupt the final day of a parliamentary election which President Vladimir Putin has framed as a test of support for Russia’s war in Ukraine. Follow the day’s events as they unfold on our liveblog. 

A clash over music, politics and Palestine is putting freedom of expression in the spotlight. Macklemore’s outspoken support for Palestinians has sparked a backlash around Ed Sheeran’s US tour, raising a bigger question: should artists be expected to take a political stand, or are they equally free to stay silent? France 24’s Gavin Lee is joined by Dr Adam Behr, Reader in Music, Politics and Society at Newcastle University, to discuss the controversy.

Germans are voting in state elections that could impact Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government, with potential gains for far-right and far-left parties. The elections are taking place in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Hundreds of drones attacked Moscow, leading to two deaths and damaging a refinery. Accusations are aimed at Ukraine for interfering with elections.

Nigeria's government has appointed a 10-member independent panel to investigate the deaths of 37 people in a paramilitary civil defence force holding cell, the interior minister said Saturday.

Survivors of a Nigerian disaster that saw 37 suspected illegal gold miners die while in the custody of a paramilitary civil defence group recounted their panic on Friday as they struggled to breathe inside the cell.