The nations doing deals with Iran to get ships through Strait of Hormuz
A growing number of countries are bypassing maritime law and gaining safe passage for their tankers via direct diplomacy with …
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Intelligence chief for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards killed in US-Israeli airstrike
Khademi becomes latest key figure from Iranian leadership to be confirmed killed by strikes
Iran rejects call for temporary ceasefire to reopen Strait of Hormuz after reviewing new peace proposal
The US president appears to have extended his stated deadline for strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure to Tuesday evening
Iran-US war latest: Tehran says intelligence chief killed by US and Israel after warning Trump of ‘devastating’ strikes
The US and Iran have reportedly received a new proposal for an immediate ceasefire with a move towards a lasting …
US war latest: Trump tells Tehran to ‘open the Strait or you’ll be living in hell’ in swear-laden rant
US president has threatened to hit Iran’s power plants if it doesn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Monday
At least 11 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon
An Israeli airstrike on Kfarhata, a village in south Lebanon, killed seven people, including a four-year-old child, Lebanon's health ministry …
With One Million Displaced, Lebanon Turns to Digital Wallets for Aid
Amid mass displacement and collapsing trust in institutions, digital wallets are becoming critical conduits for aid, connecting diaspora donors directly …
US aircraft destroyed as pilot rescued
US forces staged a rescue operation of an airman behind enemy lines after Iran downed a fighter jet, officials said …
US war latest: Trump threatens to rain down ‘hell’ on Iran in 48 hours unless Tehran opens Strait of Hormuz
US president says ‘time is running out’ for Iran to open up the waterway in sinister threat to Tehran
Man held in Iran faces possible execution
The family of a man detained in Iran accused of being involved in the killing of three members of the …
Israeli occupation of south Lebanon 'very dire', says MP
A Lebanese MP has described the Israeli military's occupation of southern Lebanon as "very dire".
US war latest: Kuwait oil refinery hit in drone strike as Trump threatens to destroy bridges and power plants
Trump’s inflammatory comments come after Macron urged the US president to ‘be serious’ and ‘let things quieten down’
McEntee's Lebanon trip cancelled on Defence Forces advice
The Minister for Defence had to abandon a trip to Lebanon on security advice from the Defence Forces.
US vows to target more Iranian infrastructure
President Donald Trump said the US "hasn't even started destroying what's left in Iran", reiterating vows to increase the ferocity …
US war latest: Macron tells Trump ‘you don’t need to speak every day’ in scathing attack on war policy
The French president said reopening the Strait of Hormuz using force would not work and urged Trump to ‘be serious’
European nations urge Israel, Hezbollah to cease conflict
Eighteen European countries have urged Israel and Hezbollah to stop fighting as their latest conflict reached one month and with …
Eight dead, 95 wounded after strike on Iranian bridge
US President Donald Trump has said the tallest bridge in Iran had been destroyed, hours after threatening to bomb the …
Trump threatens to pull out of Nato and warns he’ll bomb Iran ‘back to the Stone Age’
US president claims alliance is a ‘paper tiger’ and the UK ‘doesn’t even have a navy’
US war latest: Trump says conflict will end in ‘two to three weeks’ as drone sparks fire at Kuwait airport
Donald Trump said the US will be leaving the Middle East ‘very soon’
I’ve studied Iran for 50 years. Here’s how its friendship with the US fell apart
Iran and the United States have a deep history of mutual respect and friendship, Daniel Thomas Potts writes