The U.S. military used "one-way attack" drones in its attacks on Iran over the weekend — the first time the world’s most powerful military employed the weapons in combat — in what was seen as a message to allies and rivals alike.
Soldados sandinistas caminan entre restos tras derribar un avión de suministro de los rebeldes con apoyo estadounidense en Loma El Arenal, Nicaragua, e 24 de enero de 1988. (AP Foto/Mario Tapia, Archivo)
Sandinista soldiers walk amid the debris after shooting down a supply plane of the U.S.-backed rebels in Loma El Arenal, Nicaragua, on Jan. 24, 1988. (AP Photo/Mario Tapia, File)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday expressed condolences over what he called the “assassination” of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday expressed condolences over what he called the “assassination” of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian top officials vowed Sunday to avenge their slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and declared a new wave of strikes on US bases in the Gulf, defying US President Donald Trump's threat of an unprecedented escalation in force.
Large crowds of Iranian people gathered at Tehran's Enqelab Square on Sunday morning to mourn Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S.-Israeli attacks on Saturday.
Iran has carried out a large-scale attack on US bases across the Gulf Arab states and the Israeli army’s headquarters, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Sunday morning. The retaliatory strikes come after Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials, including the IRGC…
AFP correspondents and residents in Riyadh heard loud explosions in the east of the Saudi capital on Sunday, as Iran presses on with a second day of retaliatory strikes across the Gulf.
Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in the attacks by the United States and Israel, alongside his top security officials, as Tehran vows to take “revenge” for the killing of the supreme leader.
The US-Israeli strikes on Iran are unlikely to trigger regime change and risk escalating into a wider geopolitical confrontation, former Pentagon security policy analyst Michael Maloof has told RT.
US intelligence officials had tracked Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for months, learning and understanding his movement until he met with top regime officials inside his fortified compound during the deadly strikes Saturday.
More explosions have been heard across the Gulf states as Iran carries out attacks in retaliation for attacks by the United States and Israel that killed its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials.
At least six people were killed in clashes with police Sunday after hundreds of protesters stormed the US Consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, authorities said.
At least nine people have been killed near a United States consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi after protests broke out following the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an official has told Al Jazeera.
KARACHI, Pakistán (AP) — Al menos seis personas murieron en enfrentamientos con la policía el domingo después de que cientos de manifestantes asaltaran el consulado de Estados Unidos en la ciudad portuaria paquistaní de Karachi, informaron las autoridades.
VIENNA, Austria — The United Nations' nuclear agency will hold an extraordinary meeting on Iran on Monday in the wake of the US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic, aimed in part at Tehran's atomic programme.
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — At least six people were killed in clashes with police Sunday after hundreds of protesters stormed the U.S. Consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, authorities said.
Loud blasts were heard in Dubai and the Qatari capital Doha for the second day on Sunday, witnesses said, as Iran’s retaliatory strikes on neighboring Gulf states in response to US and Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic widened.
Pasajeros cuyos vuelos fueron cancelados esperan en la terminal de salidas del aeropuerto internacional de Rafik Hariri en Beirut, Líbano, el sábado 28 de febrero de 2026, después de que las aerolíneas cancelaran vuelo debido al conflicto entre Estados Unidos, Israel e Irán. (AP Foto/Hassan Ammar)
Former NCAA and Team USA women’s basketball player Destiny Littleton shared footage Saturday of her experience fleeing Iranian counterstrikes in Israel.
Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar closed their airspace on Saturday. Airspace in southern Syria was also closed. Several airlines announced temporary flight cancelations.
A second wave of explosions was heard in Dubai on Sunday morning, as Iran carried out retaliatory attacks on the Gulf following US and Israeli strikes that killed the supreme leader, news agency AFP reported.
El primer ministro británico, Keir Starmer, habla con estudiantes y personal en el Walbottle Academy Campus en Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Inglaterra, el jueves 26 de febrero de 2026. (Scott Heppell/PA via AP)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The Asian Football Confederation has postponed continental club championship playoffs scheduled in the Middle East this week in response to the U.S. and Israel attacks on Iran.