Analysis: The Kurdistan Democratic Party’s unprecedented boycott of long-overdue parliamentary elections leaves the semi-autonomous region in uncertain waters. Voters in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region will cast ballots on 10 June for the regional parliament for the first time since 2018, but a major force will be missing from the ballot. In …

Major General Aharon Haliva was one of a number of senior Israeli commanders who said they had failed to foresee and prevent the 7 October attack. The head of Israeli military intelligence, who last year accepted responsibility for the failures that allowed the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October, …

Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi and Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif had a ‘vibrant discussion’ on advancing bilateral relations, the Pakistani premier’s office said. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held talks with Pakistani leader Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Monday, in what experts said was a “significant” visit aimed at mending ties after the neighbours …