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Trump announces fresh Iran talks amid Gulf mediation efforts
Washington: US President Donald Trump said that negotiations with Iran will begin on Monday, August 3, noting that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar had asked the United States…
- Middle East
Iran rejects Hormuz reopening deal as Trump claims breakthrough
On the 46th day after the signing of the memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran, and 155 days after the outbreak of the war, Iran denied on Sunday, August 2, that…
- Middle East
Iran leaders show united front over war but divided over the goal
Cairo: With escalating attacks against United States bases and its allies over the past week, Iran’s leaders are showing considerable unity over their war strategy: hanging tough, determined to show Iran can…
- Middle East
Iran executes 20-year-old convicted for ‘war against God’
New Delhi: Iran has executed 20-year-old protester Arvin Kheirkhah at Shahroud prison, reports said on Sunday, August 2. This comes amid concerns that many detainees arrested during the January protests could also…
- Middle East
Iran war deal taking shape, US to stop new strikes: Trump
Washington: President Donald Trump, in a Saturday, August 1, evening social media post, claimed that Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the Iran war and said that…
- World
Trump threatens more strikes on Iran; Iranian FM warns US
Cairo: US President Donald Trump threatened more strikes on Iran as the United States presses for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Hours later on Saturday, August 1, Kuwait said it…
- Middle East
Trump says Iran ‘being decimated’, vows US strikes will continue
US President Donald Trump on Friday, July 31, said the United States would continue its military campaign against Iran, claiming Tehran had been “decimated” by five months of sustained attacks and insisting…
- Middle East
CIA, Mossad launch search for Mojtaba Khamenei: Report
The United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel’s Mossad have shifted to human intelligence in an effort to locate Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, according to a report by The Times,…
- Middle East
Iran hits two oil tankers, four others turn back in Hormuz
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Friday, July 31, that it struck and halted two oil tankers attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz via what it described as…
- India
US sanctions India-based agent of Iran’s Mahan Air
Washington: The US sanctioned six entities and individuals, including India-based Skiez Travels, for supporting Iranian airline Mahan Air, claiming that they helped sustain a terrorist enterprise. The US Department of Treasury announced…
- Middle East
X bans Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, IRGC’s semi-official media arm
The social media platform X (formerly Twitter) suspended Iranian military-affiliated Tasnim News Agency on Thursday, July 30. Its English account and other related handles were all displayed as banned for violating X’s…
- Middle East
Lebanese lawyers file complaint over banker’s Netanyahu meeting
Beirut: More than a dozen Lebanese lawyers filed a complaint at the prosecutor’s office in Beirut on Wednesday, July 29, against a prominent local banker, saying he violated the country’s laws by…
- Middle East
Iran strike kills one at Chinese firm building in Kuwait
Cairo: An Iranian strike hit a Chinese firm’s building in northern Kuwait Thursday, July 30, morning, severely damaging the structure and killing a worker, Kuwait’s military said, hours after Jordan’s air defences…
- Middle East
Trump vows to ‘beat the f*****g s**t’ out of Iran after Iraq strikes
Washington: United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday, July 29, issued an expletive-laden warning to Iran, declaring that Tehran was “going to get a beating” following an attempted attack on US forces…
- Middle East
Jordan intercepts Iranian missiles as US, Saudi strike Iraq
Cairo: Jordan’s air defences intercepted five missiles launched from Iran early Wednesday, the country’s military said, hours after the US military said it had knocked down an Iranian missile barrage launched against…
