
IEEE Spectrum - 1 hour 22 min ago
In a significant policy twist, on 14 August Spain's government decreed a 3-year extension for a pair of nuclear power plants with combined capacity of about 2 GW. In 2019, the plants at Almaraz, 200 kilometers southwest of Madrid, had been scheduled to shut down in 2027. A phase-out of nuclear power was a major plank of Spain's coalition government, so the delay has set off a conflict with one of the coalition parties . The decree blames the extension on "the crisis in the Middle East...

New York Times - 5 hours 18 min ago
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, this year. Analysts and officials fear the growing rivalry between Turkey and Israel could exacerbate volatility in the Middle East.

ABC News - 17 hours 24 min ago
American diplomats and at least some of their family members are beginning to return to U.S. embassies in the Middle East...

BBC - 18 hours 36 min ago
Iraqi Kurdistan fears the Trump administration's plan will make the region more vulnerable to further attacks from Iran.

Fortune - 20 hours 29 min ago
Stars and Stripes publisher Max Lederer, editor-in-chief Erik Slavin and Middle East reporter Lara Korte are named as plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit.