Missed the headlines? Catch up quick, with Debrief. US President Donald Trump halted recently renewed US attacks on Iran just hours after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called, urging him to put diplomacy over destruction. War threatened to escalate across the region, and later in the week, Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched at least two major strikes on Saudi targets as well as on the Saudi-backed Yemeni military. On Friday, a little relief from the risk for Riyadh came after it signed a defence pact with Türkiye and Pakistan. But Gaza, the Occupied West Bank, and Lebanon can’t seem to shake Israeli occupation.
All that plus more stories from the week: Ukraine targets Russia’s ‘Amazon’, the EU fallout after Ceuta, a US primary defying record AIPAC donations, and FIFA’s president apologizes.