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US President Donald Trump halted planned strikes on Iran hours before a deadline, agreeing to a two-week ceasefire in a 40-day conflict, as Tehran claimed victory.
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Iran rejects US ceasefire, demands a permanent end to war, sanctions relief, and guarantees, warning any temporary truce would only escalate future conflict.
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US President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran does not meet his latest deadline for the Islamic Republic to agree to a deal.
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With the West Asia crisis deepening and Donald Trump issuing a stark deadline to Iran, India has issued an urgent advisory asking its citizens to stay indoors amid fears of further escalation.
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US President Donald Trump threatens strikes on Iran infrastructure over Strait of Hormuz closure, drawing condemnation from Amnesty International and raising war fears.
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Iran claims it shot down an F-35 fighter jet and captured the pilot, also alleging a failed rescue attempt. The reports, carried by state media, remain unverified by independent sources.
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Amid the second month of the U.S.–Iran war and rising tensions, President Masoud Pezeshkian issued a strong letter to Americans, defending Iran and questioning the U.S.–Israeli campaign.
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US President Donald Trump expressed growing frustration with America’s allies on Tuesday, accusing them of failing to support Washington’s military campaign against Iran, as the conflict drives global oil prices higher
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Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei appointed Iran’s Supreme Leader after his father’s assassination, marking a major power shift as war escalates and tensions rise across the Middle East.
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Iran confirms Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was assassinated in an Israeli strike in Tehran, a major escalation with global implications and rising tensions involving the US.
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As unrest persists and rhetoric hardens, Iran’s internal crisis is increasingly entangled with a broader geopolitical struggle—one in which economic grievances on the streets risk becoming the spark for a far more danger
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Iran’s moderate government, led by President Masoud Pezeshkian, has called for dialogue with protest leaders after the country’s largest demonstrations in three years over a plunging currency and declining living conditi
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Turkey’s Anadolu Agency said on Wednesday that prosecutors had launched an investigation into why Turkish special forces, who stormed the exhibition after Karlov’s killing, gunned down Altintas, instead of capturing him
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The UN Security Council unanimously called for UN officials to observe the stalled evacuation of thousands of residents and fighters from the last rebel-held districts in the city of Aleppo.
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Russia, Iran and Turkey said they were ready to help broker a Syrian peace deal after the three countries held talks in Moscow on Tuesday and adopted a declaration.
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On Tuesday, the state-run Anadolu agency said the attacker’s mother, father, sister and two other relatives were being held in the western province of Aydin.
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A Turkish policeman crying Aleppo and revenge shot dead Russia's ambassador to Turkey at an art exhibition in Ankara on Monday, in what Moscow said was a “terrorist act”.
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Saudi Arabia has finally admitted that it used UK-manufactured cluster bombs against Houthi led rebels in Yemen, increasing pressure on the British government.
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Iraq’s parliament on Saturday voted to ban the sale, import and production of alcohol, in a surprise move likely to anger some minorities but also to please influential religious parties.
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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani unveiled a landmark bill of rights on Monday, guaranteeing freedom of speech, protest, fair trials and privacy, saying the achievement was "one of my oldest dreams".
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Russia declared on Tuesday that the four-year battle over Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, was over, as the last remaining rebel fighters agreed to turn over their territory to the Syrian government.
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A rocket attack by Islamic State militants in northern Syria caused symptoms of chemical gas in 22 Syrian rebels, state media cited the Turkish armed forces as saying on Sunday.
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Israel’s attorney-general has ordered police to open a criminal investigation in two unspecified matters involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Channel 10 television said on Wednesday.
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