Iraq’s parliament has elected Kurdish politician Nizar Amedi as president after months of political deadlock.

Dozens of mourners in Afghanistan gathered to pray for victims of a shooting in Herat that killed at least 11 people.

Iran’s Gharibabadi says Tehran has entered negotiations from a position of strength and the war on Iran has failed.

Iranian rabbi describes how he was informed that one of Tehran’s few synagogues had been destroyed in an Israel strike.

Families gather over bodies outside a Gaza hospital after overnight Israeli air strikes killed seven people.

Dozens gathered in Madrid for a vigil honouring the victims of Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon.

US and Iran hold first direct talks since 1979 in Islamabad, with progress hinging on the Strait of Hormuz.

Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter’s Holy Fire ceremony at Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre.

Lebanon held funeral ceremonies for 13 members of the country’s State Security agency killed in an Israeli strike.

With US and Iranian officials set to meet in Pakistan, Global News Insight’s James Bays outlines the sticking points ahead.