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Oil prices fall, global stocks increase

Oil prices tumbled and global stocks mostly rose Monday on relief that Israel’s strikes on Iran avoided the country’s energy infrastructure...

Israel pounds Gaza, Lebanon after Iran strikes

Israel bombarded Hezbollah and Hamas targets in Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday, with no respite in the conflict one day after its strikes on Iran raised fears of a broader war...

Bangladesh unequivocally condemns Israeli attacks on Iran

Bangladesh on Sunday unequivocally condemned the recent Israeli military strikes on Iran, viewing these actions as a severe violation of Iran’s sovereignty and a breach of the United Nations Charter and international law...

10 cops killed in Iran attack

At least 10 police officers were killed in a ‘terrorist attack’ in an area of southeastern Iran long plagued by unrest, local media reported on Saturday.

Nations call for de-escalation, condemn Israel for Iran strike

The US, Britain and the European Union called for ‘de-escalation’ after Israel on Saturday hit military targets across Iran in deadly retaliatory strikes as Muslim countries and Russia blamed...

Two dead in Israeli strikes on military targets: Iran

Iran said an Israeli attack targeted military sites in the Islamic republic on Saturday, killing two soldiers, almost a month after Israel vowed to avenge a missile barrage that raised fears of a full-scale Middle East war...

Israel hits Iran military sites

Israel bombed military targets in Iran on Saturday, killing at least two soldiers, fulfilling a vow to avenge a missile barrage and stirring fears of a full-scale Middle East war.

Four executed in Iran over deadly bootleg alcohol

Iranian authorities executed four people on Wednesday who had been convicted of selling contaminated bootleg alcohol that fatally poisoned 17 people in the past year...

US imposes curbs on firms over support of Pakistan, Iran weapons programmes

The United States added more than two dozen entities to a trade blacklist Monday over alleged support of weapons and drone development programs in Pakistan and Iran, and for other...

Iran says neighbours won’t allow use of their ‘soil or airspace’ for attack

Iran’s neighbours have pledged they will not allow the use of their ‘soil or airspace’ for any attack, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Tuesday, as Israel weighs a retaliation for the...

US, Iran in ‘tug of war’ over Lebanon, analysts say

With Iran-backed Hezbollah on the defensive after a series of heavy Israeli blows, the United States and Iran are locked in a showdown over Lebanon’s future, analysts said....

Israel pushing Iran to take legitimate steps: Turkey

Iran warns Israel to hit ‘painfully’ if attacks targets

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards chief Hossein Salami warned Thursday of further retaliation against Israel if it attacks Iranian targets, which Israel has vowed to do after Iran’s missile attack...

Iran warns of ‘decisive’ response if Israel strikes

Iran’s top diplomat has warned UN chief Antonio Guterres that Tehran is ready for a ‘decisive and regretful’ response if Israel attacks his country in retaliation for a missile attack.

Iran condemns unjustified US sanctions

Iran condemned Sunday what it called an ‘illegal and unjustified’ expansion of US sanctions targeting its oil industry following Tehran’s missile attack on Israel earlier this month.

Iran considers ‘no red lines’ in defending itself

Iran’s top diplomat vowed Sunday there would be ‘no red lines’ for the country in defending its people and interests, ahead of Israel’s expected retaliation for Iran’s recent missile attack.

Iran bans pagers, walkie-talkies on flights

Iran has banned pagers and walkie-talkies on all flights, local media reported Saturday, weeks after deadly sabotage attacks in Lebanon which were blamed on Israel. 

Iran speaker visits Israeli strike site in Beirut

Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Saturday denounced Israel’s ‘crimes’ as he visited the site of the deadliest Israeli strikes on central Beirut in...

Russia, Iran hail ‘close’ world views

Vladimir Putin and Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday hailed their ‘close’ views on world affairs, with the Russian leader saying ties with Tehran were a ‘priority’ for Moscow.

Iran top diplomat in Qatar as Israel warns of attack

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi met his Qatari counterpart in Doha on Thursday, after Israel warned it would retaliate against his country for a missile attack last week.

Netanyahu’s dangerous militarism

THE mainstream media has been largely critical of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s dangerous use of military power, and largely supportive of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s equally dangerous use of military power.  The leading proponents of these contrasting views have been David Ignatius in the Washington Post and Bret Stephens...

Israel readying response to Iran missile attack

Israel was preparing a military response to Iran’s missile attack this week that heightened fears of a wider regional war, an Israeli official said Saturday, as fighting raged in Lebanon and in Gaza.

Iran says its allies ‘will not back down’ in war with Israel

Iran’s supreme leader vowed in a rare address on Friday that his allies around the region would keep fighting Israel, as he defended his country’s missile strike on its arch-foe.

Khamenei in rare sermon vows to keep up fight against Israel

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivering a rare Friday sermon in Arabic, defended this week’s missile attack on Israel that deepened fears of a regional war and praised allies’ defiance....

Oil prices rise on ME worries

Stock markets wavered while oil prices extended a rally Wednesday as Iran’s missile attack on Israel fanned fears of a Middle East-wide conflict...

Israel declares UN chief ‘persona non grata’

Israel declared UN chief Antonio Guterres ‘persona non grata’ on Wednesday, accusing him of failing to specifically condemn Iran’s missile attack on Israel.

World leaders call for restraint after Iran strikes Israel

World leaders have urged Iran and Israel to step back from the brink after Tehran fired a barrage of rockets at its arch-rival.

Iran fires missiles at Israel in new escalation

Israel was under missile attack from Iran on Tuesday, the Israeli military and Iranian state media said, the latest escalation after Israeli raids against Iran-backed militants in Lebanon...

Israel’s attack on Hezbollah and Iran’s response

HEZBOLLAH, Iran’s long-time strategic ally in Lebanon, has come under tremendous Israeli attacks in recent days. There are all-out war conditions against Hezbollah by Israel. Hezbollah is also retaliating with its capabilities. Amid speculation of another broader regional conflict, Iran remains silent, which is very unusual in its history of retaliation...

Iranians protest against Gaza, Lebanon ‘bloodbath’

Thousands of Iranians protested on Friday in the capital Tehran and other cities to condemn Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Gaza, AFP journalists and state media reported.