Iran’s nearly week-long protests, sparked by economic despair but quickly widening into demands for broad change, have turned deadly.

A wave of controversy has swept Morocco after Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch was seen spending his summer in Sardinia, at a time when the kingdom is grappling with a deteriorating economy marked by soaring prices and high unemployment.

In an interview with Al-Estiklal, former AK party MP Rasul Tosun discussed Turkiye’s regional ambitions, the controversy surrounding Ekrem Imamoglu, and Erdogan’s possible 3rd term; he also criticized the Islamic world’s inaction on Gaza facing Israeli terrorism.

“Israel” stands at a critical economic crossroads, with a sharp decline in growth, high inflation rates, a worsening fiscal deficit, and a downgrade in the credit rating.

Recently, Turkiye has raised its inflation expectations and cut that of economic growth, as it seeks to take a more orthodox and realistic policy path.