- In a statement, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei described the claims as "baseless", calling them "an attempt to divert...
In a statement, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei described the claims as "baseless", calling them "an attempt to divert public attention from genocide in Gaza
The United States, Britain, France and Germany condemned in a joint statement on Thursday "the growing number of state threats from Iranian intelligence agencies."
- The United States and Russia control the vast majority of the world's nuclear weaponry, and Washington keeps nuclear-armed submarines on...
Trump did not say whether he meant nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed submarines, and he also did not elaborate on the locations, which are kept secret by the US military
Trump did not refer specifically to what Medvedev had said to prompt the highly unusual public display of nuclear saber-rattling
- Rome, Italy -- Award-winning Israeli author David Grossman called his country's campaign in Gaza "genocide" and said he was using...
This came days after a major Israeli rights group also used the same term, amid growing global alarm over starvation in the besieged territory.
"This word is an avalanche: once you say it, it just gets bigger, like an avalanche. And it adds even more destruction and suffering," he said.
- The visit by Steve Witkoff came as a report from global advocacy group Human Rights Watch accused Israeli forces of...
The UN human rights office in the Palestinian territories said at least 1,373 people had been killed seeking aid in Gaza since May 27 -- 105 of them in the last two days of July.
"Most of these killings were committed by the Israeli military," the UN office said, breaking down the death toll into 859 killed near GHF food sites.
- The tariffs are a demonstration of raw economic power that Trump sees putting US exporters in a stronger position while...
But the muscular approach has raised fears of inflation and other economic fallout in the world's biggest economy.
Stock markets in Hong Kong and London slumped as they digested the turmoil.
- Stockholm, Sweden - A Stockholm court on Thursday handed down a life term to Swedish jihadist Osama Krayem over the...
Judge Anna Liljenberg Gullesjo said "the investigation has shown that the defendant was at the execution site, uniformed and armed, and allowed himself to be filmed."
Krayem, who is serving long prison sentences for his role in the Paris and Brussels attacks in 2015 and 2016, was given a life sentence for "serious war crimes and terrorist crimes
- President Donald Trump has expressed displeasure with leaders of France, the United Kingdom and Canada for saying they plan to...
Recent announcements by some of Washington's closest allies have only hardened the US president's stance against the move
He dismissed Macron's decision, which got the ball rolling last week for other countries to consider similar steps, saying the statement did not matter.
- Israel said it carried out strikes on Thursday on sites used by Hezbollah to manufacture and store missiles in Lebanon,...
Defence Minister Israel Katz said targets included "Hezbollah's --- missile manufacturing site", and military said it had hit "infrastructure that was used for producing weapons
Both Katz and the Israeli military accused Hezbollah of attempting to rebuild its military infrastructure and demanded that the Lebanese army move to disarm the militant group
- Witkoff has been the top US representative in indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas but the discussions broke down last...
Witkoff, who has been involved in months of stalled negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage release deal, met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shortly after his arrival
Gaza's civil defence agency reported at least 58 Palestinians killed late Wednesday when Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd attempting to block an aid convoy
- The last-gasp scramble to strike bilateral accords came as an appeals court in Washington considered the legality behind Trump's strategy...
Trump doubled down on the wide-ranging levies, posting on Truth Social: "Tariffs are making America GREAT & RICH Again."
So far, Washington has announced pacts with Britain, Vietnam, Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea and the European Union.





















