Opinion: Is Iran the new regional superpower?
The Iran war, which began in February with a joint Israeli-US attack, has seen Tehran combine its trans-regional deterrence strategy with its domestic defence doctrine.
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Trump says Iran talks happening 'continuously'
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States and Iran were speaking "continuously", denying reports that Tehran had broken off contact over Israel's attacks on Lebanon.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday said Iran must commit to negotiating “severe and long-term” limitations on its nuclear programme as part of a peace deal.
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Israel strikes southern Lebanon but partial truce with Hezbollah appears to hold
Israel continued its attacks in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, but did not strike Beirut following a partial ceasefire agreement with the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah.
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Iran war disruption threatening delivery of lifesaving supplies for children, UN says
Surging global transport costs and supply chain disruptions linked to the Middle East crisis are threatening the delivery of lifesaving aid to children, Unicef warned on Tuesday.
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US pushing Oman to break ties with Iran, sees neutrality as threat - report
The United States is pushing Oman to break its ties with Iran, according to a Monday report by The Wall Street Journal.
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Mojtaba Khamenei is increasingly engaged at some level, Rubio says
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers on Tuesday that Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is increasingly engaged at some level and that Iran retains a large number of drones despite its "conventional shield" being substantially eroded by US-Israeli strikes.
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Iraq's Iran-backed group Asaib Ahl al-Haq to place weapons under government control
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Life sentence for Bahrain spy officer in Iran war-related death case
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Rubio says U.S. is in talks with Iran over nuclear program as senators press for war endgame
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the U.S. is in talks with Iran and that Tehran has agreed to negotiate parts of its nuclear program it had previously refused to discuss, as lawmakers pressed the Trump administration for a strategy to end the war.
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Iranian officials have announced plans for a massive funeral procession for former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes on Tehran.
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Trump ‘shouted and cursed Netanyahu over threat to resume Beirut bombing’
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British couple lose Iran jail sentence appeal, family says
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told newly minted Mossad Director Roman Gofman at his inauguration ceremony on Tuesday that he will remove Iran's Islamic regime from the world.
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Putin in Beijing, ‘China shock’ in EU: 7 global relations reads
From ‘miscalculation’ by the Dutch navy to China on Iran mediation, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in May 2026
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Trump might intervene in Cuba because of the Iran war – not despite it | The National
There’s an old slogan that used to be found on T-shirts sold to visitors in Havana, the Cuban capital – “Cuba Si!” or in English, “Yes, Cuba”. It goes back to a 1961 documentary about the Cuban communist revolution.
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Oil Spikes As Iran Denies Progress Despite Hasty Lebanon Truce: US Talks Halted For 'At Least A Few Days'
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Anuncian ceses del fuego en Irán, Líbano y Gaza, pero los combates continúan
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Trump, Netanyahu call halts Beirut strike as Barnea calls to topple Iran’s regime
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Israeli weapons exports hit record high of $19B amid criticism
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WATCH: Additional staffing planned for Iran World Cup matches in Los Angeles, sheriff says
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna says authorities are planning additional staffing and contingency measures for Iran's 2026 FIFA World Cup matches in the Los Angeles area, citing current world events and the potential for protests or other security-related activity around stadiums and fan zones.
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Israel ‘sacrificing global economy’ to prolong war on Iran – professor
Israel has a clear interest in prolonging US hostilities with Iran and has been successfully sabotaging efforts to reach a peace agreement, Tehran-based Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi has told RT.
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Inflación en Irán alcanza niveles de II Guerra Mundial y agrava la crisis económica
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Is Iran the new regional superpower?
The Iran war, which began in February with a joint Israeli-US attack, has seen Tehran combine its trans-regional deterrence strategy with its domestic defence doctrine.
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Fighting persists despite ceasefires in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran
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'Everybody hates you': Trump yells at Netanyahu over Lebanon escalation
US President Donald Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he is "fucking crazy" and that "everybody hates Israel", after Iran suspended peace talks over Tel Aviv's plans to renew an assault on the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
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Inflation in Iran reaches highest point since World War II
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How the war has made Iran’s water crisis worse
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Iran signals 'strategic desperation,' as regime attacks it own economic lifeline in UAE - interview
The Islamic Republic’s attacks on the United Arab Emirates, a key trading partner for Tehran, are a sign of “strategic desperation,” two experts on the region explained to The Jerusalem Post on Monday night.
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Oil prices slide on Hezbollah ceasefire and Iran peace talks | The National
Oil prices fell on Monday after surging in the previous session amid continued uncertainty over peace negotiations to end the Iran conflict.
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Iran-backed militia in Iraq announces plan to place weapons under state control | The National
Iran-backed militia Asaib Ahl Al Haq (AAH) said it has begun implementing a decision to disengage from the Popular Mobilisation Forces and place all of its weapons under state control, in a rare public move by one of Iraq’s most powerful armed factions.
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Air travel in the Gulf is ramping up amid a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran. The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority announced the full resumption of air traffic operations in the country on May 2 while Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait have reopened their airspace after large-scale closures following the outbr…
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Inflation hits 3.2% in the euro zone as Iran war pushes energy costs higher
Euro zone inflation rose to an estimated 3.2% in May, driven by surging energy prices.
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Iran war means larger Israeli influence among Arab states, top defense sources say
Following the Iran war, Israel will have even larger influence in the region among Arab states, despite a wide range of contradictory trends, top Israeli defense sources said on Tuesday.
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Still too risky to move seafarers out of Gulf — UN agency boss
ATHENS — Despite the current ceasefire between the United States and Iran, it remains too risky to move the thousands of sailors stuck in the Gulf, the head of the UN's shipping agency said.
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Trump's Iran negotiations walk him into a $300 b. extortion scheme by the IRGC - opinion
The media reports that the United States is negotiating with three different branches of Iran: the clerics, the political leadership, and the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The truth is that the United States is primarily negotiating with the IRGC, and here's why.
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Wars, sanctions and punishments: Iraq's 40-year World Cup wait
Iraq qualified for their first World Cup in 40 years with a play-off win in March
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