- Tehran, Iran -- Iranian lawmakers voted Wednesday in favor of suspending cooperation with the United Nations' atomic energy watchdog, state...
The decision still requires the approval of the Guardian Council, a body empowered to vet legislation.
Should it be ratified, Ghalibaf said "the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran will suspend its cooperation with the IAEA until the security of the nuclear facilities is guaranteed".
- "I think great progress is being made on Gaza," Trump said, adding that his special envoy Steve Witkoff had told...
Key mediator Qatar announced Tuesday that it would launch a new push for a ceasefire, with Hamas on Wednesday saying talks had stepped up.
Gaza's civil defense agency, meanwhile, said Wednesday that Israeli fire killed another 35 people, including six who were waiting for aid.
- The Hague, Netherlands - NATO leaders are set to sign off Wednesday at their Hague summit on a defence spending...
Trump has insisted NATO countries hit the five-percent bar -- well beyond the current two percent baseline level currently required by the alliance
Only a handful of allies -- such as Poland and the Baltic states -- are coming close to five percent at the moment, with the United States itself under 3.4 percent in 2024
- China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) said the placement of what amounted to job advertisements on social media platform X...
China said the placement of what amounted to job advertisements on social media platform X was an "amateurish gambit" to convince people to spy for America
CIA director John Ratcliffe said that the videos posted last month -- which implored the sharing of state secrets -- were aimed at "recruiting Chinese officials to help the US".
- Trump rejected that claim on Tuesday, posting on his Truth Social account that “the nuclear sites in Iran are completely...
Trump rebuffed that claim on Tuesday, posting on his Truth Social account that "THE NUCLEAR SITES IN IRAN ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED!"
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had previously confirmed the authenticity of the assessment but said it was "flat-out wrong".
- Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that 21 people were killed and around 150 wounded by Israeli fire near...
The territory of more than two million people is suffering from famine-like conditions after Israel blocked all supplies from early March to the end of May.
France condemned what it called deadly "Israeli fire" against civilians in a statement from the foreign ministry apparently referring to the Netzarim corridor incident.
- The main international and US oil contracts briefly bounced off their lows as Israel and Iran accused each other of...
Prices were also brought down by Trump saying that China could continue to buy oil from Iran, in what appeared to be relief from sanctions Washington had previously imposed.
There was also relief that Iran has refrained from closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for about one-fifth of the world's oil supply.
- As a fragile ceasefire with Israel took hold after 12 days of fighting that also included US strikes, Pezeshkian told...
The war between the longtime regional foes saw Israel strike Iranian nuclear facilities and killed nuclear scientists and the country's top military brass.
On Sunday, Israel's ally the United States launched unprecedented strikes of its own on Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz.
- Mahmoud Khalil, one of the most prominent leaders of pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses, recounted his experience surviving 104 days...
Khalil, a legal permanent resident in the United States who is married to an American citizen and has a US-born son, had been in custody since March facing removal proceedings
"I shared a dorm with over 70 men, absolutely no privacy, lights on all the time," the 30-year-old said Sunday on the steps of Columbia University, where he was a graduate student
- From meeting his spending demand to limiting the participation of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, everything is being done to try...
The overriding focus of the gathering - which kicks off with dinner hosted by the Dutch king - has been on keeping Trump happy after his return to power
From meeting his spending demand to limiting the participation of Ukraine's President Zelensky, everything is being done to avoid chances of confrontation with volatile leader




















