U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says relations between the United States and its Gulf Arab partners are rock solid despite concerns expressed by some about being left out of discussions aimed at ending the war with Iran
June 25, 2026
Dozens of Turkish journalists have been denied accreditation for a NATO summit in the Turkish capital Ankara next month, media outlets and journalist associations said on
June 25, 2026
Shiite Muslims around the world are marking Ashoura, a holy day symbolizing sacrifice and martyrdom that holds special significance for many this year after months of war in Iran and Lebanon
June 25, 2026
Australia faces multi-faceted threats from autocratic regimes, hackers and antisemitic extremists that present a systemic challenge to national security and
June 25, 2026
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte sought to calm tensions with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday, using a mix of flattery and
June 24, 2026
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has met with President Donald Trump, advocating for the military alliance that the U.S. leader has sharply criticized
June 24, 2026
Democratic congressional primary results in New York City are accelerating the party's debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
June 24, 2026
U.S.
June 24, 2026
Al-Nazir Al-Sadig sought safety in Egypt from the civil war in Sudan.
June 24, 2026
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that work was underway on a legal framework that would speed up the disbandment of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (
June 24, 2026
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were busy with other issues, but that it expected contacts with them over Ukraine would
June 24, 2026
The U.S.
June 24, 2026
The U.S. and Iran disputed whether Tehran had agreed to allow U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites
June 23, 2026
Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday two Italian pro-Palestinian campaigners detained in Libya had been released after spending about a month in custody.
June 23, 2026
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in the United Arab Emirates on the first leg of a three-nation tour of Gulf countries aimed at easing their concerns about the result of an agreement intended to end the war with Iran
June 23, 2026
Bank of England policymaker Alan Taylor said on Tuesday that an "extended hold" for interest rates was the right response to the increase in price pressures spurred by
June 23, 2026
Rep. Dan Goldman addresses Brooklyn coffee shop banning him over his views on Israel
June 23, 2026
A former Israeli prime minister acknowledged on Tuesday that Israel had smuggled Starlink internet receivers into Iran to help
June 23, 2026
Three stranded supertankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, while seven empty Qatar-linked
June 23, 2026
Authorities in eastern and western Libya have intensified a crackdown on migrants and refugees in the last month with mass arrests, detentions and
June 23, 2026
Lebanon and Israel began a new round of talks on Tuesday in Washington, with Beirut determined to press ahead with direct negotiations even as they appear
June 23, 2026
American allies of President Donald Trump this week defended him to an Israeli public anxious about a U.S. interim deal with Iran
June 22, 2026
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June 22, 2026
Iran’s man in charge: Who is the negotiator leading Tehran through talks with the US?
March 24, 2026
Last month, Ali Rizkallah, a commander in the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, was welcomed to Sudan’s capital
June 22, 2026
A ceasefire largely held in Lebanon on Monday as the country experienced the longest lull yet in three months of war between
June 22, 2026
European shares edged higher on Monday as investors assessed the latest round of U.S.-Iran negotiations for signs of progress
June 22, 2026
High-level negotiations in Switzerland seeking a permanent end to the Iran war have ended
June 21, 2026
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said on Sunday that Israel will not stay in Lebanon, adding that the group would respond to any violation from the Israeli side.
June 21, 2026
Israeli soldiers are free to act without restriction to eliminate threats in Lebanon, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said
June 21, 2026
Iran's Tasnim news agency, citing a source close to the negotiating team, reported on Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz would not be reopened as long as a ceasefire in Lebanon was
June 21, 2026
U.S. and Iranian negotiators are on their way to a venue in Switzerland to discuss details of their interim agreement to halt the war
June 20, 2026
Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed at least 20 people on Saturday, Lebanon's state news agency NNA said, one day
June 20, 2026
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman
June 20, 2026
Iran's top joint military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said on Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz would be closed to vessel traffic, citing alleged violations
June 20, 2026
Protestors against political executions in Iran gathered in Paris on Saturday in defiance of a ban on the rally, at which police arrested 20 people, according to organisers.
June 20, 2026
Inside Trump’s mad dash to sign an agreement with Iran
June 20, 2026
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June 20, 2026
Diplomatic niceties broke down at the United Nations on Friday when Israel's ambassador and the U.N. secretary-general's special representative for children and armed conflict
June 20, 2026
Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group agreed to halt the heavy fighting in southern Lebanon that had threatened to unravel an interim peace agreement between the United States and Iran
June 19, 2026
Abed Hachem rebuilt his home when it was damaged in a conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah militants in 2024, but is at a loss now that most of his
June 19, 2026
Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a ceasefire set to begin at 4 p.m. local time on Friday, a senior U.S. official told
June 19, 2026
French police banned the Paris-based NCRI Iranian opposition from holding a rally on Saturday, saying there was a risk of clashes between activists holding
June 19, 2026
Oil prices are falling and stocks are up. Traders worry they’ve gone too far
June 19, 2026
France wants to play a role in talks dealing with Iran's nuclear programme and will not approve the lifting of UN sanctions unless it is satisfied by the terms of a final
June 19, 2026
Guy Gilboa-Dalal, an Israeli man who says he was sexually abused while held hostage in Gaza, is speaking out to highlight sexual abuse in conflict zones
June 19, 2026
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has set up secretive new cells in Iraq to carry out attacks on Gulf countries that host American forces, bypassing established
June 19, 2026
A territory-wide shutdown in Pakistan-administered Kashmir has brought daily life to a standstill after the region's deadliest unrest in
June 19, 2026
Talks that had been planned for Friday between the United States and Iran at the Burgenstock mountaintop resort in Switzerland have been postponed, according to a Swiss foreign
June 19, 2026
Islamic Society of Milwaukee President Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian American detained by U.S.
June 19, 2026
Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are voicing strong reservations —- and some outright condemnation — of the Trump administration’s agreement to end the fighting in Iran
June 19, 2026
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday he had authorised a memorandum of understanding signed by the Iranian and U.S. presidents, despite holding a different view,
June 18, 2026
The White House provided a copy of the interim U.S.-Iran agreement to the U.S.
June 18, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron's effort to court U.S. President Donald Trump culminated in a surprise moment at the Versailles Palace
June 18, 2026
While many of the World Cup’s competing nations are wracked by social divisions, some of the teams offer strikingly positive examples of how players from different backgrounds and religious faiths can cooperate
June 18, 2026
Germany is deploying two ships to the Red Sea in preparation for a possible military mission in the Strait of Hormuz, Germany's defence minister, Boris Pistorius, said on
June 18, 2026
Israel published a map on Thursday showing an expanded military control zone in southern Lebanon and said it would not
June 18, 2026
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Thursday he was severing "all contact" with European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas over what he said were remarks
June 18, 2026
Rising fuel prices driven by the Iran war are boosting demand for new and used electric vehicles across
June 18, 2026
U.S.
June 18, 2026
The U.S. and Iran released the text of an interim agreement their presidents have signed to end their
June 17, 2026
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June 17, 2026
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June 17, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that it would be unfair for Iran not to have ballistic missiles if other countries have them.
June 18, 2026
Major stock indexes fell, bond yields rose and the U.S. dollar extended gains on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve held the benchmark interest
June 17, 2026
U.S.
June 18, 2026
Leaders at the Group of Seven summit have backed U.S. President Donald Trump's tentative agreement with Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz and extend a ceasefire
June 17, 2026
The interim deal between the U.S. and Iran is supposed to usher in a two-month period that would address Tehran’s nuclear program
June 17, 2026
Both Iran and the U.S. can walk away from the memorandum of understanding they are set to sign on Friday, and upcoming talks are
June 17, 2026
Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could use a "softer touch" in the fight against Hezbollah militants in
June 17, 2026
Israel on Wednesday approved the expansion of a Jewish school for settlers living in the centre of the Palestinian city of Hebron
June 17, 2026
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June 17, 2026
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June 17, 2026
U.N. experts on Wednesday expressed grave concern for two Britons convicted in Iran of espionage who are now on hunger strike in jail.
June 17, 2026
U.S President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that an interim accord with Iran was not final, and that he could resume a bombing campaign if he did not like
June 17, 2026
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June 17, 2026
Shortly after the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran on February 28, U.S.
June 17, 2026
A $300 billion private fund designed to trigger investment into Iran is outlined in the U.S.-Iran framework agreement and
June 16, 2026
US officials downplay text of the Iran agreement, saying it doesn’t account for back-channel commitments
June 17, 2026
Iran’s top diplomat says the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon — a condition Israel has already rejected and that could sink the agreement
June 16, 2026
Hezbollah said on Tuesday it believes Iran will not sign a final nuclear deal with Washington unless Israel withdraws from Lebanon, as Iran's top diplomat said Israel's continued
June 16, 2026
Pope Leo on Tuesday praised the interim deal between the United States and Iran to end the regional war in the Middle East, saying "thanks be to God" that
June 17, 2026
An Israeli strike killed at least two Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip, health officials said, as residents of an area in
June 16, 2026
Turkey's foreign minister said on Tuesday he told his Russian counterpart about the need to avoid steps in the Black Sea that threatened regional security and Turkey's
June 16, 2026
Fadi Al-Arawi, a footballer in the Gaza Strip Premier League, hasn't been able to take the pitch since pro
June 16, 2026
Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf will be present for the signing of an interim agreement to end the war with the U.S., an Iranian deputy foreign minister said on
June 16, 2026
Whistles drowned out parts of Iran's national anthem while other fans sang along, setting the tone for a World Cup opener that often felt more
June 16, 2026
Iranian American demonstrators amassed outside Iran’s first World Cup match, waving the pre-revolutionary lion-and-sun flags banned inside the stadium and calling for change in Tehran
June 15, 2026
Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon eased significantly on Monday but did not halt completely despite a U.S.-Iran
June 15, 2026
Benjamin Netanyahu bet that his joint war alongside Donald Trump would topple Iran's clerical rulers and bolster himself ahead of
June 15, 2026
President Donald Trump has started his visit to the G7 summit by hailing an agreement aimed at ending the U.S. conflict with Iran
June 15, 2026
Israelis from across the political spectrum are angry about the interim deal between the U.S. and Iran, calling it a disaster for Israel and directing their fury at one man: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
June 15, 2026
An initial agreement between the United States and Iran to extend their shaky ceasefire is inching toward a formal signing
June 15, 2026
The United States and Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding to end a near four-month war, senior U.S. officials said on
June 15, 2026
Oil prices settled down $4 a barrel to a three-month low on Monday after President Donald Trump said the United States and Iran have signed a
June 15, 2026
Europe's STOXX 600 hit a record high on Monday, boosted by a relief rally across most sectors after the United States and Iran
June 15, 2026
France and Britain are pushing plans for a multinational naval mission to safeguard shipping through the Strait of Hormuz
June 15, 2026
EU foreign ministers have not reached a consensus to approve sanctions against Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, EU's top diplomat Kaja
June 15, 2026
U.S. energy shares fell on Monday as crude prices dropped after Washington and Tehran agreed terms to end their months-long conflict and reopen
June 15, 2026
U.S. and Iranian officials said they had agreed on a framework to end their war, halt the U.S. blockade of Iran and
June 15, 2026
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will repeat Turkey's offer to host talks between Russia and Ukraine on a visit to Moscow this week at which he will also discuss Black Sea
June 15, 2026
The United Nations' human rights chief on Monday welcomed the peace deal between the United States and Iran, urging maximum restraint on all sides so
June 15, 2026
ECB President Christine Lagarde on Monday welcomed news of a U.S.-Iran ceasefire, saying it could help reopen the Strait of
June 15, 2026
Europe's STOXX 600 hit an all-time high on Monday after the United States and Iran reached a preliminary pact to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, surpassing
June 15, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. Markets had suspected President Trump wanted to wrap up the war for his birthday, and so it happened.
June 15, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump is in France this week for a G7 summit
June 15, 2026
E4 nations including the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy said on Sunday the countries were prepared to lift sanctions on Iran in response to steps on its nuclear program
June 15, 2026
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said early on Monday that the United States and Iran have reached a peace deal.
June 15, 2026
The tanker disabled by the American military while trying to run the U.S. blockade of Iran had dismissed nearly 60 verbal warnings as well as other shows of force before being fired upon
June 14, 2026
Israel said its military attacked Hezbollah targets in Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday
June 14, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed efforts to end the Iran conflict during a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump, Downing Street said on Saturday.
June 13, 2026
The exact timing of the signing of the Islamabad memorandum will not be on Sunday, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said, according to state media on Saturday.
June 13, 2026
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that the United States and Iran have agreed to a framework for a peace deal that would end the months-long conflict in the
June 13, 2026
Funeral for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will begin in Tehran on July 4 and conclude with his burial in the northeastern city of Mashhad on July 9, state media
June 13, 2026
President Donald Trump says the U.S. is close to signing a deal with Iran to wind down the war, with a memorandum of understanding to be signed in Europe as soon as this weekend
June 13, 2026
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June 12, 2026
The relationship between U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron began with a handshake nearly a decade ago
June 12, 2026
The Bank of England will leave its key interest rate unchanged at 3.75% on June 18, according to all 65 economists polled by Reuters, who remained
June 12, 2026
President Donald Trump is anticipating a significant weekend for his presidency
June 12, 2026
About half of evangelical Christians - a core component of President Donald Trump's political base - believe his
June 12, 2026
Gwyneth Paltrow faces online backlash for starring in luxury Israel real estate ad
June 12, 2026
Iran's top joint military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said on Thursday the United States would receive a more severe response than before if it attacks
June 11, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants to take over Kharg Island, Iran's oil infrastructure hub.
March 27, 2026
The economic fallout from the Iran war — higher energy prices and increased uncertainty — will drag down global growth this year, the World Bank said Thursday
June 11, 2026
European shares closed higher on Thursday, snapping a four-day losing streak, as investors looked past escalating rhetoric from U.S.
June 11, 2026
The European Central Bank on Thursday became the first major central bank to raise interest rates in response to the Iran war
June 11, 2026
Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are set to dominate next week’s Group of Seven summit, as host France crafts an agenda aimed
June 11, 2026
No U.S. warships have been struck in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. military said on Wednesday, after Iran's state media said initial reports indicated U.S. ships near the strait
June 11, 2026
A prominent Palestinian doctor captured by the Israeli military
June 11, 2026
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June 11, 2026
By Ali Sawafta TAYBEH, West Bank, June 10 - Israeli settlers obstructed Palestinians putting out a large blaze near a Christian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank late on Tuesday, a local
June 10, 2026
Pakistan has launched new airstrikes on Afghanistan, ending a month of calm and escalating what Islamabad previously called “open war” between the neighbors
June 10, 2026
The UN human rights office will deploy a team of investigators to Lebanon next week to assess potential violations of international law by all parties during the current
June 10, 2026
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June 10, 2026
The United States, Australia, European allies and other countries condemned Iran-backed groups' plots to kill Iranian dissidents, journalists and Jewish communities in
June 10, 2026
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Israel's attacks on Syria and Lebanon had reached a point where they also
June 10, 2026
UK's FTSE 100 closed higher on Wednesday with energy and consumer staples stocks providing a lift, though the index remained stuck near three-week lows as investors monitored a
June 10, 2026
The U.S. military launched airstrikes and Iran retaliated following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic
June 09, 2026
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Iran shot down a U.S.
June 09, 2026
Britain, Canada, France and Norway announced new coordinated sanctions on Tuesday against Israeli networks involved in
June 09, 2026
A Tunisian court sentenced prominent journalist Khaoula Boukrim to four years in prison in absentia, she said on Tuesday, in a ruling critics say highlights a growing crackdown on
June 09, 2026
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun made a rare direct appeal to the Israeli government and its people to come to the negotiating table to end the war, warning in a CNN interview
June 09, 2026
Afghan security officials dispersed a women's rights protest in the western province of Herat on Tuesday that started after Taliban morality police
June 09, 2026
Israel struck the historic port city of Tyre in southern Lebanon on Tuesday killing at least eight people, the Lebanese health ministry said, and minutes later ordered the
June 09, 2026
Italian prosecutors put Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir under investigation over the treatment of activists who were part of a Gaza flotilla last
June 09, 2026
Oil prices settled $1 higher after rising more than 5% earlier in the session on Monday as Iran and Israel said they had halted attacks on each other
June 08, 2026
Tehran will turn the naval blockade established by the United States into another defeat for the "enemy", Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said in a message
June 08, 2026
Israel and Iran have exchanged fire, marking the first such incident since a ceasefire two months ago
June 08, 2026
Iran has fired missiles at Israel, marking the first such attack in two months since a ceasefire
June 08, 2026
More than a third of lawmakers from Britain's governing Labour Party signed a letter on Monday calling on the British government to end trade with Israeli
June 08, 2026
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday that they would ban Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, adding to challenges for global shipping through the Middle East
June 08, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that both Israel and Iran are looking to "do an immediate ceasefire", and that final negotiations on "peace" are proceeding.
June 08, 2026
Israel has carried out nearly 3,500 air strikes on Lebanon and hundreds of controlled
June 08, 2026
Pope Leo calls war a ‘painful defeat’ of negotiations as Israel and Iran trade worst strikes in months
June 08, 2026
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern over the arrest and detention of women in a western province for allegedly failing to comply with "dress
June 08, 2026
As soaring jet fuel prices triggered by the Iran war send ripples across the global travel market, a
June 08, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz will be open but under new conditions to be set by Iran and Oman, including a transit fee, Iran's ambassador to Moscow was quoted as saying on Monday.
June 08, 2026
Israel's military said on Sunday its police criminal investigation unit was investigating the killing of a Palestinian infant by an Israeli soldier in the Israeli-
June 08, 2026
The U.S. naval blockade of Iran and its green light on Sunday for Israel to escalate attacks in Lebanon make U.S. bases and Israeli assets in the Middle East legitimate
June 07, 2026
A Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship has opened fire in central Israel
June 07, 2026
Israeli strikes on a Hamas-run police station and a vehicle in the Gaza Strip killed at least nine people and wounded 20 others, health officials said,
June 07, 2026
One killed, several wounded in suspected terror attack in central Israel
June 07, 2026
A gunman in a car opened fire at three locations in Israel close to the border with the occupied West Bank on Sunday, killing one man and wounding several other people,
June 07, 2026
Israeli settlers could face further sanctions in coming days in protest at the escalation of illegal settlements in the West Bank and a surge in violence by settlers against
June 07, 2026
Iran has fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait
June 06, 2026
An Israeli strike killed at least seven Palestinians including two women in Gaza on Saturday, health officials said, as mediators restarted talks in
June 06, 2026
Israeli soldiers open fire on car in West Bank, killing 7-month-old baby
June 06, 2026
Iran’s World Cup soccer team is traveling from Turkey to their training base in Mexico
June 06, 2026
Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed nine people, including three Lebanese military members, according to the Lebanese army and state media
June 06, 2026
Armenia's parliamentary elections Sunday will focus on its geopolitical future as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks closer ties with the EU and the U.S. That is despite Armenia's longstanding relations with Russia that are favored by most of the country's opposition parties
June 06, 2026
Lebanon’s president and prime minister are criticizing Iran for rejecting the latest ceasefire deal between the Lebanese government and Israel
June 05, 2026
Two Romanian men whom British prosecutors said were acting as proxies for the Iranian government were on Friday found guilty of stabbing a journalist working for a Persian-
June 05, 2026
Poland charges Ukrainian with vandalising war memorials to stir ethnic tensions
Italy's parliament backs Meloni's contested electoral reform
Wall St futures pause after two-day rally as investors await data, earnings
Seven & i near deal to invest in Poland's Zabka, Nikkei says
With midterms on deck, Trump to deliver primetime speech on election security
Meta Oversight Board finds top AI models less likely to criticize repressive regimes
EU prosecutors indict four acting lawmakers over farm aid fraud
Deadly Bangkok bar fire exposes Thailand’s safety loopholes for nightlife venues
Nike out of World Cup contention as Adidas-outfitted teams head to final