Iran's top diplomat said Friday that his country's missile and defence capabilities would "never" be on the negotiating table, as US...
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reopen the Rafah crossing between Gaza and...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to join US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" aimed at resolving conflicts..."President Putin also received an invitation to join this Board of Peace," spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists, including AFP
Russia was seeking to "clarify all the nuances" of the offer with Washington, he said, without adding if Putin was inclined to join
Iraq said on Sunday US-led coalition forces had finished withdrawing from bases within the country's federal territory, which excludes the...The vast majority of coalition troops withdrew from Iraq over previous stages, with only advisers remaining in the country
IS attacks in Iraq have massively declined in recent years, but the group maintains a presence in the country's mountainous areas
- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday held calls with the leaders of Israel and Iran, the Kremlin said, offering mediation amid...
On Friday, Russia announced Putin was in contact with both Israeli PM Netanyahu and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian
In his call with Pezeshkian, Putin pledged to further strengthen their countries' "strategic partnership", the Kremlin said
- Two diplomatic sources told AFP on Thursday that the security posture at Qatar's Al-Udeid Airbase had been lowered after a...
The Gulf trio "led a long, frantic, diplomatic last-minute effort to convince President Trump to give Iran a chance to show good intention", the Saudi official said
The United States has repeatedly warned it could intervene against Iranian government crackdown on protests, while Tehran has said it would retaliate with strikes
Iran on Wednesday vowed fast-track trials for people arrested over a massive wave of protests, after US President Donald Trump...Trump on Tuesday said in a CBS News interview that the United States would act if Iran began hanging protesters.
Iranian prosecutors have said authorities would press capital charges of "waging war against God" on some detainees.
- US President Donald Trump urged Iranians on Tuesday to keep protesting against the country's theocratic leadership, telling them "help is on...
Trump, who has repeatedly threatened Iran with military intervention, said Iranians should continue their nationwide protests
The Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR) said it had confirmed 648 people killed during the protests, including nine minors
Widespread jamming of the Starlink satellite internet service used by some Iranian opposition members is a likely first in peacetime but...Tehran has sought to completely cut off internet access as protests sparked by economic grievances have gathered pace
A blackout of the internet delivered by ground cables to PCs and mobile phone masts has lasted over three and a half days
President Donald Trump reposted a social media message on Sunday suggesting that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, born to Cuban...Repost comes a week after US forces seized Venezuela's authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro in an overnight operation
Cuba's government has yet to respond to Trump's provocative suggestion that an American citizen could rule the island
- Palestinian vice president Hussein al-Sheikh met on Friday with former UN Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov, who is expected to...
The meeting in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah comes a day after Mladenov held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu
Bulgarian diplomat Mladenov served as the UN envoy for the Middle East peace process from early 2015 until the end of 2020
- A Russian warship arrived off South Africa's main naval base Friday to join Chinese and Iranian vessels for military exercises that...
A Chinese destroyer and replenishment ship, as well as an Iranian forward base vessel, sailed into South African waters earlier this week
The UAE was also expected to send ships, South Africa's Deputy Defence Minister Bantu Holomisa told Newzroom Afrika television
