Ukrainian President Volodymyr says U.S.-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine have stalled as the war in the Middle East pulls focus away
March 05, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the United States and its allies in the Middle East are seeking Ukraine’s expertise in countering Iran’s Shahed drones
March 05, 2026
Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran, and the U.S. has asked Iraqi Kurds to support them, Kurdish officials have told The Associated Press
March 05, 2026
Soccer player Sara Didar has expressed the national team's concern for their families and all Iranians amid the war back home while they're in Australia competing in the Women's Asian Cup
March 04, 2026
‘No Winston Churchill’: Trump opens new rift with Europe as leaders try to avoid being sucked into Iran war
March 04, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says “someone from within” Iran’s government might be best suited to take power once the U.S.-Israeli war on the country ends
March 03, 2026
CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say
March 04, 2026
If the adage “geography is destiny” holds true, then Cyprus should be a prime candidate as its poster child
March 04, 2026
A criminal trial in New York is airing claims that Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was entangled in a foiled 2024 assassination plot that eyed then-candidate Donald Trump as a possible target
March 04, 2026
President Donald Trump is threatening to cut off trade with Spain
March 04, 2026
A covert US campaign in the mid-20th century helped steer Iran toward the intense anti-American sentiment that has distinguished its government policy for decades.
March 04, 2026
Purim celebration at Palm Beach synagogue brings joy amid Middle East conflict
March 04, 2026
The killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes has sparked anger across Shiite communities worldwide and is raising fears of wider unrest
March 04, 2026
The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has fueled a disagreement between U.S. President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer
March 03, 2026
Kash Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before US strikes, sources say
March 03, 2026
Group safely returns to US from Israel amid Iran strikes
March 03, 2026
Europe is gradually being pulled into the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, even as it avoids direct combat
March 02, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has steered his country along two pillars of foreign policy throughout his political career
March 03, 2026
Trump’s Iran war message marked by exaggerated threats and shifting, contradictory goals
March 03, 2026
Many in the Iranian American diaspora spent the weekend glued to their TVs, watching news of U.S. and Israeli bombs falling on Iran, some hoping for a brighter future for their homeland but terrified relatives would suffer harm
March 03, 2026
The war in the Middle East has spiraled further as Israel and the U.S. pounded Iran, while Tehran and its allies hit back
March 02, 2026
The war in the Middle East spiraled further as Israel and the U.S. pounded Iran
March 02, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has spoken to widening concerns the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran could spiral into a protracted regional conflict by declaring: “This is not Iraq
March 02, 2026
U.S. first lady Melania Trump is presiding over a U.N. Security Council meeting that will focus on children in conflict, one of her signature issues
March 03, 2026
Bay Area Iranian community takes to streets of SF in celebration, hope for regime change
March 03, 2026
Immigration lawyer fears family safety in Iran after US strikes and pleads for resolution
March 03, 2026
Russia has condemned U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and urged an immediate stop to the campaign and a return to diplomacy
February 28, 2026
World leaders have been responding cautiously amid U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, reports of its supreme leader's death and fears of a wider war
February 28, 2026
Iran’s leaders are scrambling to replace Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for 37 years before he was killed in the surprise U.S. and Israeli bombardment
March 02, 2026
Britain says it is not at war, despite an Iranian-made drone strike on a U.K. base in Cyprus and a decision to let the U.S. use British bases during its conflict with Iran
March 02, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says U.S.-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine expected later this week may take place in Switzerland or Turkey if a planned meeting in Abu Dhabi is not possible due to the war in the Middle East
March 02, 2026
The U.S. and Israel are pounding targets across Iran, dropping massive bombs on its ballistic missile sites and wiping out warships
March 01, 2026
Three U.S. service members have been killed and five others seriously wounded during the attacks on Iran
March 02, 2026
Three close allies of the United States say they are ready to join forces to defend their interests in the Middle East and stop Iran’s retaliatory strikes following the killing of its supreme leader
March 01, 2026
The Associated Press is using the word “war” to refer to the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran’s retaliation
March 02, 2026
President Donald Trump has taken the United States into war with Iran despite decades of self-professed aversion to foreign entanglements, particularly in the Middle East, and repeated pledges to focus primarily on the Western Hemisphere with an “America first” agenda
March 02, 2026
Trump officials decline Sunday show invitations amid Iran strikes
March 02, 2026
Who’s running Iran now that the supreme leader is dead?
March 02, 2026
CIA closely watched Khamenei for months before fatal strikes in Iran
March 02, 2026
Who might replace Iran’s supreme leader? There’s no clear successor
March 01, 2026
What we know about why the US and Israel attacked Iran and Tehran’s retaliation
February 28, 2026
Exclusive: Trump crossed a ‘very dangerous red line’ with killing of supreme leader, Iranian official tells CNN
March 01, 2026
Afghanistan says it has thwarted an attempted Pakistani airstrike on Bagram Air Base
March 01, 2026
Saturday’s military operation against Iran shows the dramatic evolution in risk tolerance that President Donald Trump has made in a matter of months
March 01, 2026
Israel has killed multiple senior officials with Iran's armed proxies like Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023
March 01, 2026
The United States and Israel have clashed with Iran at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, where the U.N. chief and many countries urged a halt to their attacks and a return to negotiations
March 01, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s “not happy” with the latest talks over Iran’s nuclear program but has indicated he'll give the negotiators more time to reach a deal to avert another war in the Middle East
February 27, 2026
Pakistan’s defense minister says latest clashes with Taliban mean ‘open war.’ What’s happening?
February 27, 2026
A new Gallup poll shows that American sympathies in the Middle East have shifted dramatically toward the Palestinians after decades of overwhelming support for the Israelis
February 27, 2026
Pakistan and Afghanistan have traded attacks in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the countries
February 27, 2026
US ambassador to Israel tells embassy staff if they want to leave they ‘should do so TODAY’
February 27, 2026
Afghanistan and Pakistan exchange cross-border strikes in escalating retaliatory attacks
February 27, 2026
Iran and the United States held hours of indirect negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program but walked away without a deal
February 26, 2026
The family of independent U.N. investigator Francesca Albanese has sued the Trump administration over U.S. sanctions imposed on her last year for her criticism of Israel’s policies in Gaza
February 26, 2026
An Israeli strike has killed at least two Palestinians and wounded five others east of Gaza City, according to Fadel Naeem, director of Al-Ahli Hospital, where the casualties arrived
February 26, 2026
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to stand with Israel “shoulder-to-shoulder, opposing terrorism and its supporters.”
February 26, 2026
Syria reports ‘mass escape’ from detention camp holding ISIS-linked families amid reports thousands fled
February 25, 2026
Iranians face a sudden surge in prices for food and daily essentials, and many families say they cannot keep up
February 25, 2026
US offers diplomatic services in West Bank settlement for first time. Critics warn it’s ‘normalizing annexation’
February 25, 2026
Many Iranians are worried as the United States assembles its greatest military firepower in decades in the Middle East and the next round of talks in Geneva get closer
February 24, 2026
Protesters have gathered on the Greek island of Crete following the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier that is part of a major buildup of American forces in the Middle East
February 24, 2026
Seventeen international aid groups have petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court to allow them to keep working in the Gaza Strip and other Palestinian areas as Israel is set to bar them for refusing to comply with new rules
February 24, 2026
The Pentagon is building up the largest force of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades
January 23, 2026
The United States has ordered nonessential diplomats to leave Lebanon as tensions over Iran rise with the threat of a potentially imminent military strike
February 23, 2026
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro may be the nation’s most prominent Jewish politician as antisemitism surges across America
February 23, 2026
Palestinian Authority officials say Israeli settlers have attacked a West Bank mosque
February 23, 2026
There is fresh outrage over U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee's remarks in an interview that Israel could “take it all” when asked about biblical claims to Middle East land
February 22, 2026
Middle East states condemn US ambassador’s comments appearing to support ‘expansionist’ Israel
February 21, 2026
Arab and Muslim countries are sharply condemning comments by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, who said in an interview that Israel had a right to much of the Middle East
February 21, 2026
A woman adopted as a toddler by an American war veteran, who he found in the 1970s in an Iranian orphanage and raised as a Christian, is being threatened with deportation to Iran, a country notoriously dangerous for Christians and on the brink of war with the United States
February 21, 2026
Israeli airstrikes on eastern Lebanon have killed eight Hezbollah members
February 21, 2026
President Donald Trump has warned that limited strikes against Iran are possible even as the country’s top diplomat says Tehran expects to have a proposed deal ready in the next few days following nuclear talks with the U.S. Trump's remarks Friday came a few hours after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said on MSNOW’s “Morning Joe” show that his country was planning to finalize a draft deal in “the next two to three days” to then send to Washington
February 20, 2026
Britain blocking use of air bases Trump says would be needed for strikes on Iran, UK media reports
February 20, 2026
Iran held annual military drills with Russia as a second American aircraft carrier drew closer to the Middle East
February 19, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to travel to Israel next week to update Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks
February 19, 2026
US military prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend, but Trump has yet to make a final call, sources say
February 18, 2026
Members of the United Nations Security Council are calling for the Gaza ceasefire deal to become permanent and blasting Israeli efforts to expand control in the West Bank as a threat to prospects of a two-state solution
February 18, 2026
Trump launches his ‘Board of Peace’ with billions pledged for Gaza, but many allies are wary
February 18, 2026
Vatican will not participate in Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
February 18, 2026
As Iran talks drag on, questions emerge over how long Trump will indulge diplomacy
February 17, 2026
Iran has announced the temporary closure of the Strait of Hormuz for live fire military drills
February 17, 2026
Australia refuses to repatriate ISIS-linked citizens in Syria as escape attempt fails
February 17, 2026
Israeli producer Dana Eden, best known for co-creating the Emmy-winning drama “Tehran,” has died suddenly in Greece
February 16, 2026
Israeli move to designate large parts of West Bank as state land condemned as ‘de facto annexation’
February 15, 2026
Nasser Hospital in Gaza has condemned the decision by Doctors Without Borders to suspend most work at the facility due to concerns over armed men in the compound
February 15, 2026
About 250,000 people have demonstrated against Iran’s government on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders in Germany
February 14, 2026
The Swiss Foreign Ministry says Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks over Tehran’s nuclear program this week
February 14, 2026
Tatreez explained: Why Palestinian women are preserving this embroidery
February 14, 2026
A month after Iran launched a crackdown on nationwide protests, widespread arrests are roiling the country
February 14, 2026
President Donald Trump says a change in power in Iran “would be the best thing that could happen” as the U.S. administration weighs whether to take military action against Tehran
February 13, 2026
The husband of imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says his wife's health condition is worsening, in part because of the beating she endured during her arrest two months ago
February 13, 2026
Fears are rising of the outbreak of another war that could spread into a regional conflict in the Middle East as U.S. President Donald Trump raises the pressure on on Iran to give up its nuclear program
February 13, 2026
The Great Omari Mosque in Gaza City was hit by an Israeli strike during the war with Hamas
February 13, 2026
The Trump administration is ending Operation Metro Surge, a sweeping immigration crackdown in Minnesota that sparked weeks of protests and left two U.S. citizens dead
February 12, 2026
Activists say the death toll from a crackdown over Iran’s nationwide protests has reached at least 7,005 with many more people still feared dead
February 12, 2026
Netanyahu leans on Trump ties as Israel heads toward elections
February 12, 2026
Iranian authorities subjected Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to ‘life-threatening mistreatment,’ Nobel Committee says
February 11, 2026
President Donald Trump met privately with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and says he pushed Israel to back continued U.S. talks with Iran on a nuclear deal
February 11, 2026
Iran marks the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution as leaders face pressure from the U.S. and anger at home
February 11, 2026
Iranian security official Ali Larijani is in Oman, the country currently mediating talks between Tehran and Washington over Iran's nuclear program
February 10, 2026
Two Palestinian men riding bicycles were killed in an Israeli drone strike Tuesday, hospital officials said, as deadly violence continued in Gaza despite an October ceasefire
February 10, 2026
Netanyahu to discuss potential Iran strikes with Trump as Washington and Tehran resume talks
February 10, 2026
Israeli military strikes on Monday killed three people west of Gaza City, according to the hospital where the casualties arrived
February 09, 2026
Pakistan’s president warns that the Taliban's government in Afghanistan has created conditions “similar to or worse than” those before the 9/11 attacks in 2001
February 09, 2026
A Norwegian ambassador who was involved in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts in the 1990s and most recently served in Jordan has resigned as she faces scrutiny over her contacts with Jeffrey Epstein, the country’s Foreign Ministry says
February 09, 2026
Clashes in Sydney over Israeli president’s visit as police disperse mass protests
February 08, 2026
Israel tightens grip on West Bank ahead of Netanyahu’s visit to US
February 08, 2026
Israelis forces have seized a local Sunni Islamist politician and an ally of the Palestinian militant Hamas group and took him to Israel for questioning
February 09, 2026
Iranian security forces have launched a campaign to arrest figures within the country's reformist movement
February 09, 2026
Iran has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison
February 08, 2026
Kushner, Witkoff visit USS Abraham Lincoln carrier amid tension with Iran
February 07, 2026
President Donald Trump plans to convene the first meeting of his Board of Peace this month in Washington to raise money for the reconstruction of Gaza
February 07, 2026
Patrick Reed is on a tear in the Middle East
February 07, 2026
President Donald Trump has taken an unusual step of turning to military leaders for high-level diplomacy
February 07, 2026
Pakistani security forces have arrested four suspects linked to a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque near the capital that killed 31 people
February 07, 2026
AIPAC allies picked a candidate to target in New Jersey. They may have boosted a stronger critic of Israel
February 07, 2026
Iran and the United States have held indirect talks in Oman
February 06, 2026
Patrick Reed is atop the leaderboard again on the European Tour
February 05, 2026
A global hunger monitoring group says that famine is threatening more areas in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region, where acute malnutrition has been registered in two more towns there
February 05, 2026
As Israeli strikes killed two dozen Palestinians on Wednesday, many in Gaza wondered what had become of the ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas in October
February 05, 2026
President Donald Trump says he and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the situation in Iran in a wide-ranging call as the U.S. administration pushes Beijing and others to further isolate Tehran
February 04, 2026
Envoys from Moscow and Kyiv have met in Abu Dhabi for U.S.-brokered talks to end the nearly four-year war
February 04, 2026
A collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios late Tuesday has left at least 15 migrants dead, while a search and rescue operation involving patrol boats, a helicopter and divers was underway in the area, the coast guard says
February 03, 2026
US carrier shoots down Iranian drone as tensions escalate and diplomatic talks hit a snag
February 03, 2026
Japanese town sours on the crowds coming to see cherry blossoms and Mount Fuji
Russia's internet crackdown leads to a spring of growing discontent
Oil prices rise again and Asian stocks retreat on the fragile Iran ceasefire
Vilma Jää Brings herding calls and mocking songs to Met Opera’s production of 'Innocence'
Connor McDavid nets hat trick on 5-point night as Oilers surge into first place in Pacific Division