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Tunisia ex-parliament speaker Ghannouchi’s bank accounts frozen

Tunisian judge orders accounts frozen of several politicians tied to the Ennahdha party, as political crisis continues. A Tunisian court has frozen the bank accounts of several key opponents to President Kais Saied, including Rached Ghannouchi, the head of the Ennahdha party, previously the biggest party in the country’s dissolved …

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Iran claims it seeks lasting nuclear deal after talks with Qatar FM

Iran said on Wednesday it sought a strong and lasting nuclear agreement with world powers following talks with US ally Qatar on easing stalled efforts to revive a 2015 nuclear pact. Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani visited Tehran a week after EU-mediated indirect US-Iran talks in Doha …

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Pakistan arrest militant suspect in deadly bombing of Chinese nationals

Pakistan on Tuesday said it had arrested a militant who provided technical support for a deadly suicide bomb attack on Chinese teachers at Karachi University in April. A suspected female suicide bomber killed three Chinese teachers, drawing strong condemnation from Beijing, in the first major attack this year against nationals …

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