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Senior military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Mohsen Rezaei, said that missiles were ready to be launched after Israeli threats to target Beirut’s southern suburbs.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that Washington did not need a deal with Iran to get enriched uranium from the country.
To the many Kuwaitis angered by Wednesday’s deadly Iranian attack on their country’s international airport, the notion that there is a credible ceasefire in the Iran war will seem unconvincing. Such doubts about the truce between Washington and Tehran will have been compounded by US President Donald Trump’s remark l…
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SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares traded nearly 4 percent lower as investors locked in profits from a recent tech-led rally while monitoring uncertainty over U.S.-Iran peace negotiations.
European companies from Spanish hotels to German shipping lines are ending their Cuban operations as Washington on Friday moved to intensify its decades-old embargo, expanding its focus from the regime in Havana to EU business ties to the island.
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Federal authorities arrested 63 year old Newport Coast technology executive Jamshid Ghomi during an early-morning operation at his luxury Orange County residence on Wednesday, according to the NY Post.
Hamas said in a statement that its leader, halil al-Hayya, received a phone call from Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, where they discussed the war on Iran and the latest developments in Gaza.
US secretary of state Marco Rubio says anyone providing services to listed entities ‘is at risk of sanctions themselves’
South Korean stocks opened sharply lower Friday as investors took a breather following a recent rally in tech shares amid uncertainty over the U.S.-Iran peace deal.
SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened sharply lower Friday as investors took a breather following a recent rally in tech shares amid uncertainty over the U.S.-Iran peace deal.
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Iran's Foreign Minister indicated on Thursday that they would have joint management of the Strait of Hormuz with Oman.
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Foreign ministry rebutted Marco Rubio’s claim that Cuba sponsors terrorism and demanded an end to US sanctions on the island
Foreign ministry rebutted Marco Rubio’s claim that Cuba sponsors terrorism and demanded an end to US sanctions on the island
Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel, second left, and Raul Castro’s grandson Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, center back, take part in a rally in support of former President Raul Castro in front of the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 22, 2026, after U.S. prosecutors filed an indictment accusing him of orde…
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would be "honored" to meet Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.
The International Monetary Fund has warned that global oil inventories are expected to sink to a five-year low next month as the Iran war affects energy supplies.
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 215-208 to curb President Donald Trump's war-making authority on Iran until he seeks congressional approval.
Aviones de American Airlines en la terminal de pasajeros del Aeropuerto Nacional Washington Ronald Reagan, el 29 de enero de 2026, en Arlington, Virginia. (AP Foto/Cliff Owen, Archivo)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visits a Petrobras refinery on May 18. (Photo by Niki Mizuguchi)
Nearly 40 ships previously stranded in the Persian Gulf have exited through the Strait of Hormuz over the past three weeks as vessels quietly coordinate with the U.S. Navy, according to Lloyd's List Intelligence.
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Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud has met his Russian counterpart in St Petersburg and called for stability in global energy markets as OPEC+ grapples with disruptions caused by the wars in Iran and Ukraine, which have sent oil prices skyrocketing.
By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 215-208 to curb President Donald Trump's war-making authority on Iran until he seeks congressional approval.
The UAE has been ranked as the world's leading real estate investment destination in a new property market league table, as the industry retains momentum amid challenges posed by the Iran war.
An exchange of strikes between the US and Iran has placed an already precarious ceasefire under further strain, with analysts suggesting that Tehran considers a show of force to be the best way to reinforce its position in peace negotiations.
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Trump, still negotiating to conclude the war, claims it’s already over. Some Republican lawmakers have had enough
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At a moment when headlines paint the Israel-EU relationship as one in freefall, Ben-Gurion University professor Sharon Pardo sat down with host Jacob Laznik on The Deep Dive to offer a far more nuanced and sobering picture.
Iranian officials demanded that the Islamic Republic begin developing intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in a letter addressed to Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the reformist Iranian newspaper Asriran reported on Wednesday.
United States President Donald Trump has condemned lawmakers, including members of his Republican Party, for voting in favour of a resolution to rein in his ability to wage war with Iran.
Late Wednesday saw President Trump receive a rare and much belated rebuke from the House of Representatives as it voted to pass a war powers resolution related to Iran. The passed resolution directs the withdrawal of US troops from armed hostilities with Iran, in a closely divided 215–208 vote, aided by four Republi…
The UN nuclear watchdog sent a report to member states on Thursday, repeating its calls on Iran to urgently inform the agency of the fate of its enriched uranium since its atomic sites were bombed a year ago and let inspections resume fully.
Contemporary western political systems are the result of centuries of gradual evolution. At various times during the modern era, countries such as France and Germany have been able to co-ordinate all available instruments of power – military, economic and diplomatic – under the umbrella of a coherent long-term “gran…
The apparel company behind Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger was hammered in early U.S. cash trading, falling as much as 30%, its steepest intraday crash since 1987. Analysts were spooked by sustained pressure across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region, where the prolonged U.S.-Iran conflict and softer consumer…
Iran’s inaction over Israel’s escalating war on Lebanon has drawn criticism from figures within the Iranian establishment.
VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog has been unable to inspect nuclear facilities in Iran affected by the war last June according to a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog circulated to member states and seen Thursday by The Associated Press.
The self-proclaimed world’s greatest dealmaker just can’t seem to close the deal with Iran after weeks of saying an agreement was imminent. It could come any day, not for weeks, or maybe never.
BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah rechazó el jueves el más reciente acuerdo de alto el fuego alcanzado entre Israel y el gobierno libanés, y exigió una retirada completa del ejército israelí mientras los continuos combates dificultan las acciones para poner fin a la guerra.
Esmail Qaani, the head of the Quds Force within the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), has put out a statement that appears to seek to pressure the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire deal. The deal was agreed in Washington overnight. Now, Qaani and Iran appear concerned. He demanded that Israel withdraw from L…
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday slammed a vote in the US House seeking to order the withdrawal of American troops from the Iran war, suggesting the "unpatriotic" move disrupted negotiations with Tehran.
Iraq’s push to bring Iran-backed militias under state control could face new obstacles, as some powerful hardline factions say they will not disarm until all US troops leave the country, The National has learnt.