A diplomatic push is under way on a U.N.-led proposal to ensure safe passage for fertiliser shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, the U.N. said on
April 13, 2026
European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz is a clear point in favour of a "strong international
April 13, 2026
U.S.
April 13, 2026
European shares slipped on Wednesday as the evolving situation in the Middle East kept investors cautious, while they also assessed a range of
April 15, 2026
An international conference to raise funding commitments for Sudan has produced pledges of more than 1.5 billion euros ($1.77 billion)
April 15, 2026
Euro zone government bond yields edged up towards recent peaks on Monday after the U.S. and Iran failed to secure a deal to end the war https:/
April 13, 2026
NATO allies said on Monday they would not get involved in U.S.
April 13, 2026
The U.S. military on Monday detailed the boundaries of its Strait of Hormuz blockade, saying it would extend east to the
April 13, 2026
Why are some ships going through the Strait of Hormuz during a blockade?
April 15, 2026
The International Committee of the Red Cross said it was deeply
April 13, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran wants to make a deal and that he will not come to any agreement that allows Tehran to have a nuclear weapon.
April 13, 2026
(Corrects 14th paragraph to make clear that damage to the Burj Al Arab hotel was caused by debris after an interception; changes headline to clarify that story is about UAE malls, not just Dubai Mall)
April 13, 2026
Israeli troops launched an attack on Monday to seize a key town in south Lebanon from Hezbollah fighters holed
April 13, 2026
Dozens of protesters were detained by police in New York City on Monday during demonstrations calling for the blocking of arms sales to Israel and an
April 14, 2026
The United States made a lot of progress in talks with Iran, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said in an interview on Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier on Monday.
April 14, 2026
There have been no discussions between Qatar and Iran over the payment of funds to stop Iranian attacks on Qatar and any suggestions that such discussions took place are
April 14, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran talks could resume in Pakistan over the next two days, according to an interview with the New York Post.
April 14, 2026
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni lacks courage and has let Washington down, U.S.
April 14, 2026
South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said on Wednesday a high-level Israeli offical said it accepted Seoul's explanation of President Lee Jae Myung's social media
April 15, 2026
The U.S.-sanctioned tanker Rich Starry made its way back to the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday after exiting the Gulf the day before
April 15, 2026
U.S.
April 14, 2026
Journalist detained in Kuwait after posting Iran war video, advocates say
April 15, 2026
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday the indication the United Nations had was that it was highly probable talks to end the Iran war will restart. U.S.
April 14, 2026
Diplomats are working through back channels to arrange more talks between the United States and Iran
April 14, 2026
The Middle East and North Africa region is expected to have sharply slower growth this year as oil-exporting countries grapple with the fallout from the Iran war, the
April 14, 2026
The Lebanese government made it clear during U.S.-brokered talks with Israel that they no longer want to be "occupied" by Hezbollah and that there were conversations
April 15, 2026
Israeli fire killed at least 11 Palestinians, including two children, in separate incidents across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday,
April 14, 2026
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday her government had suspended a defence
April 14, 2026
U.S.
April 15, 2026
Iranian student Mahdieh Esfandiari arrived in Iran after being released in France, Iranian state TV reported on Wednesday, after two French nationals facing security charges were
April 15, 2026
Israel’s new spymaster is a Netanyahu aide who believed war with Iran would topple the regime
April 15, 2026
Antisemitic violence worldwide in 2025 killed highest number of Jews in 30 years, study finds
April 14, 2026
The annual luxury watch fair “Watches and Wonders” opens this week in Switzerland, with the Iran war casting new doubt over an industry that had hoped to rebound from tariff turmoil and a contracting market over the last two years
April 14, 2026
The Iran war has stalled the world’s economic momentum this year, likely pushing growth lower compared to 2025, the International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday
April 14, 2026
Pope Leo XIV responded to criticism from President Trump and defended his position of seeking peace and opposing violence amid the war in Iran.
April 13, 2026
A senior Hezbollah official says the Lebanese militant group will not abide by any agreements made in upcoming direct talks between Israel and Lebanon in the United States
April 13, 2026
President Donald Trump says the U.S. military has begun a blockade of Iranian ports and coastal areas, and Iran responded with threats on ports in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
April 13, 2026
Dozens of protesters were arrested at a demonstration urging Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to block the sale of U.S. bombs to Israel
April 14, 2026
A new study says that 2025 saw the highest number of deaths from antisemitic attacks in over 30 years around the world
April 13, 2026
South Korea’s president draws Israeli anger by using old video to make point about human suffering
April 13, 2026
Iranians have reacted with a mixture of disappointment and patriotism after peace talks with the United States failed to reach an agreement
April 12, 2026
UK forced to halt Chagos Islands deal after Trump criticism
April 11, 2026
U.S. Vice President JD Vance is heading to Pakistan for high-level talks with Iranian officials, as Israel and Hezbollah traded fire and Tehran maintained its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz
April 10, 2026
World anxiously waits to see if US-Iran peace talks can deliver. Here’s what we know
April 10, 2026
President Donald Trump says the only reason the Iranians are alive today “is to negotiate,” as he sends Vice President JD Vance overseas to work on a resolution to the war
April 10, 2026
How Vance is navigating peace talks with Iran — and his own political future
April 10, 2026
Since the ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. was announced, leaders in President Donald Trump's administration have been quick to say the Iranian military and its capacity have sustained significant damage during the weeks of fighting
April 10, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian military personnel shot down Iranian-designed Shahed drones in multiple Middle Eastern countries during the Iran war, describing the operations as part of a broader effort to help partners counter the same weapons used by Russia in Ukraine
April 10, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has authorized direct negotiations with Lebanon aimed at disarming Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants and establishing relations between the neighbors
April 09, 2026
The Board of Immigration Appeals has denied Mahmoud Khalil's latest attempt to dismiss his deportation case
April 10, 2026
What is Israel’s war in Lebanon, and why could it shatter the Iran ceasefire?
April 09, 2026
Israeli government secretly approves over 30 new settler outposts
April 09, 2026
Iranian Americans are experiencing uncertainty as the Trump administration imposes deadlines and intermediaries seek paths to avoid escalation of the war in Iran
April 09, 2026
Lebanon’s health ministry says that Israeli strikes during the day killed 182 people, the highest single-day death toll in the Israel-Hezbollah war
April 08, 2026
Australia has agreed to underwrite two companies buying fuel at inflated prices, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese warning of extended supply disruptions even if the Iran ceasefire holds
April 09, 2026
Iran, the United States and Israel have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, an 11th-hour deal that headed off U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to unleash a bombing campaign that would destroy Iranian civilization
April 08, 2026
President Donald Trump repeated his complaint about NATO after a private meeting with the alliance's Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday
April 08, 2026
Over the course of a single day, President Donald Trump went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that Iran's leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a two-week ceasefire
April 08, 2026
A ceasefire deal between the United States and Iran appears to be in jeopardy
April 09, 2026
The mother of an freelance American journalist who was released from captivity in Iraq says she hopes her daughter will finally return home to rural Wisconsin after living abroad for decades
April 08, 2026
The Diamond League track meet in Qatar has been postponed from next month to June 19 if conditions allow amid ongoing uncertainty caused by the conflict in the Middle East
April 08, 2026
Turkish authorities have detained nine people in connection with an attack on police outside the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul
April 08, 2026
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire in the war
April 07, 2026
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed that American journalist Shelley Kittleson, who was kidnapped last week in Iraq, has been released
April 07, 2026
The president who yearned for a Nobel Peace Prize and once reveled in the appearance of solving conflicts turned to the language of annihilation as he struggled to find a resolution to his war in Iran
April 08, 2026
Visualizing the US-Israeli war with Iran and retaliation in maps and charts
March 01, 2026
WHO driver killed by Israeli gunfire in Gaza, relatives say
April 08, 2026
Tanner Horner pleads guilty in killing of 7-year-old Athena Strand, case moves to sentencing phase
April 08, 2026
President Donald Trump is suspending his threatened attack against Iran less than two hours before the deadline the president set for Tehran
April 07, 2026
What to know about Trump’s threat to bomb Iran’s power plants and bridges, and why this could be a war crime
April 07, 2026
In his news conference Monday, President Donald Trump threatened to blow up every bridge and power plant in Iran, action that would be so far-reaching that some experts in military law said it could constitute a war crime
April 07, 2026
Trump threatens to jail unspecified reporter over airmen rescue leaks
April 07, 2026
The U.S. stock market drifted higher in tentative trading ahead of a deadline President Donald Trump has set to bomb Iranian power plants
April 06, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff, urging peace through dialogue and calling for an end to conflicts worldwide
April 05, 2026
Pope Leo urges those who ‘unleash wars’ to choose peace in his first Easter message
April 05, 2026
Sources say one of the two US crew members have been rescued after a fighter jet was shot down over Iran. CNN’s Kristen Holmes reports.
April 03, 2026
The Trump administration has revoked the green cards or U.S. visas of at least four Iranian nationals connected to the current or former Iranian government, including two who have been detained by immigration authorities and are to be deported
April 04, 2026
Iran shooting down two American military jets marks an exceedingly rare assault for the U.S. that hasn't happened in more than 20 years
April 04, 2026
China is stepping up its diplomacy as the Iran war drags on
April 04, 2026
Two U.S. military planes were shot down in separate incidents on Friday, escalating tensions in the ongoing conflict
April 03, 2026
Milwaukee Islamic Society president detained by ICE
April 04, 2026
There has been little sign Friday of the war in the Mideast winding down as Israel says it faced incoming fire from Iran, and Kuwait and Bahrain also reported being under attack
April 02, 2026
The president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque was detained by federal immigration agents, drawing accusations from local officials and religious leaders that the arrest was motivated by his statements against Israel
April 03, 2026
Europe didn’t want an Iran war, yet Trump is saddling it with the consequences
April 02, 2026
Is Iran war really ‘America First,’ Iranian president asks in letter to US public
April 02, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump’s prime-time address at 9 p.m. EDT offers an update on the progress made toward achieving his goals in the war with Iran, which are to destroy the country’s missile production and Navy, ensure its proxies can no longer destabilize the region and guarantee Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon
April 01, 2026
President Donald Trump has prioritized efforts to calm the financial markets during the Iran war, but his go-to moves are starting to fall flat
March 31, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO, yet he failed to mention the alliance in his speech to the American public about the Iran war
April 01, 2026
U.S. and Iraqi officials say U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson was warned of threats before she was kidnapped in Baghdad
April 01, 2026
Trump suggests in new interviews he is ‘absolutely’ considering withdrawing US from ‘paper tiger’ NATO
April 01, 2026
Trump’s threats of targeting water plants in Iran, a potential war crime, alarm Gulf allies
April 01, 2026
U_S_ President Donald Trump says the responsibility for keeping the Strait of Hormuz open should belong with countries that rely on it, rather than the U_S_ Trump expressed frustration earlier Tuesday with allies who have been unwilling to do more to support the U_S_ war effort, telling them to “go get your own oil.”
March 31, 2026
President Donald Trump lashed out at allies who have been unwilling to do more to support the U.S. war effort against Iran
March 31, 2026
President Donald Trump entered his war of choice against Iran without consulting global allies
April 01, 2026
Trump lashes out at Europe as growing number of allies reject US calls for help
April 01, 2026
Iraqi officials say an American journalist was kidnapped in Baghdad and security forces are pursuing her captors
March 31, 2026
Israel’s parliament votes to expand death penalty for Palestinians
March 31, 2026
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has promised to “continue to support” Iran’s preparations for the World Cup
March 31, 2026
Top European diplomats are visiting Ukraine to mark the anniversary of atrocities committed in a town near Kyiv by Russia’s invading forces four years ago
March 31, 2026
Since the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran on Feb. 28, the Trump administration claims to have all but “obliterated” the Islamic Republic’s military capabilities
March 31, 2026
Europe’s inflation rate rose to 2.5% in March, according to official figures released Tuesday, as the Iran war sent energy prices sharply higher
March 31, 2026
Thousands of people have protested in Italy against wars in the Middle East and proposed judicial reforms by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
March 15, 2026
Turkey’s foreign minister says diplomacy between the U.S. and Iran is stalled, but he thinks quiet back-channel talks remain possible
March 15, 2026
President Donald Trump says the U.S. bombed military sites on an island vital to Iran’s oil network
March 13, 2026
Wall Street’s losses deepened as the ongoing fallout from the war in Iran keeps pushing oil prices higher, ratcheting up inflationary pressure on the global economy
March 13, 2026
British man charged with cybercrimes in Dubai for allegedly filming missile strikes, UK authorities confirm
March 13, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the U.S. 30-day waiver on Russian oil sanctions amid the Iran war is “not the right decision” and won’t help bring a stop to Russia’s more than 4-year-old invasion of Ukraine
March 13, 2026
Pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments, Iran’s national soccer team says “no one can exclude” it from playing in the men’s World Cup in the United States
March 13, 2026
An American military refueling plane taking part in the operation against Iran has crashed in Iraq and rescue efforts are underway
March 13, 2026
Assault charges against Israeli soldiers dropped in controversial end to a yearlong scandal
March 13, 2026
The Israeli military said it is dropping charges against five soldiers accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an encounter partially caught on camera
March 12, 2026
US Central Command says it destroyed multiple Iranian naval ships -- including 16 minelayers -- near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
March 11, 2026
Outdated intelligence has likely led to the United States carrying out a deadly missile strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed over 165 people, many of them children, in the opening hours of the conflict, according to a U.S. official and a second person briefed on findings of a preliminary U
March 12, 2026
Iran targeted the world’s busiest international airport Wednesday and attacked commercial ships as U.S. and Israeli strikes rocked Tehran, while the United Nations’ most powerful body demanded a halt to the Islamic Republic’s strikes on its Gulf neighbors that threaten global oil supplies
March 11, 2026
The US military accidentally struck an Iranian elementary school, in an attack that state media said killed at least 168 children and 14 teachers, likely due to outdated information about a nearby naval base, according to two sources briefed on the preliminary findings of an ongoing military investigation. In response to a request for comment, a Defense Intelligence Agency spokesperson said, “The incident is under investigation; we defer to the Pentagon for further comment.” A spokesperson for US Central Command also declined to comment on the preliminary findings, citing the ongoing investigation.
March 12, 2026
US strike likely hit a school in Iran due to outdated intelligence, sources briefed on initial findings say
March 12, 2026
Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon are driving thousands of families to flee again, and some longtime Hezbollah supporters are now openly blaming the group
March 11, 2026
Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano say their meeting on May 16 is the biggest fight that can be made in mixed martial arts, and they’re both thrilled to end their lengthy retirements for the long-awaited showdown
March 11, 2026
Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has been left stranded in Qatar amid the war in the Middle East
March 11, 2026
'Genuine person': Community remembers hometown soldier killed in Iran war
March 10, 2026
Seven members of Iranian women’s soccer team granted visas as rest of squad leaves Australia
March 10, 2026
Asian shares have rebounded from their sharp declines a day before
March 10, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says the war against Iran could be short-lived
March 09, 2026
The State Department has designated Afghanistan as a sponsor of wrongful detention as the U_S_ ambassador to the United Nations separately called out the country for engaging in what he said was “hostage diplomacy.”
March 10, 2026
China moves to regulate digital humans, bans addictive services for children
US judge upholds block on subpoenas to Fed's Powell, teeing up likely appeal
US labor market posts largest jobs gain in 15 months, but clouds brewing from Iran war
Congo in talks with US over third-country deportations, sources say
Musk asks SpaceX IPO banks to buy Grok AI subscriptions, NYT reports
Kazakhstan releases endangered saker falcons in Saudi-backed restoration drive
Stick to Easter travel, Australians told, though hundreds of petrol stations dry
Trump issues executive order to bolster college sports rules