Iran

The mayor of the town where a projectile killed four women believes the intended target was the nearby city of Haifa, home to Israel’s largest oil refinery

Tehran, promising a ‘severe’ response, launches 100 drones toward Israeli territory. The United States maintains it did not participate in the offensive ordered by Netanyahu

Some 123.2 million people were living as refugees in 2024, double the number a decade ago, but UNHCR has noted a slight change in the trend in recent months

The advance of a secret Iranian atomic program, the distrust of US allies under Washington’s protection, and the rise of China are fueling a complicated reconfiguration of the atomic landscape

The measure affects Afghanistan, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Yemen, among others, and also imposes partial restrictions on Venezuela

The US president no longer cares about the near-term political consequences of his actions, says the former senior official in an interview in Washington

The Taliban cling to the argument that the game involves gambling (prohibited by the Quran), a justification previously used by Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini — who reversed his stance in 1988

The US president is reaching out to Gulf countries on a trip that underscores his friction with Netanyahu, especially over Gaza

The new government in Beirut is seeking peace while trying to rebuild the state and the country’s economy

The US president will visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, but not Israel as relations are currently strained

After a dazzling career in poetry, the Iranian American author makes his novelist debut with a story based on his alcoholic recovery and the experiences of his family, who migrated to the US

Hundreds are dead after the Israeli military launched large-scale attacks from north to south of the Palestinian enclave at dawn during Ramadan. Netanyahu warns he will act with ‘increasing military strength’ against Hamas

Residents doubt that Hezbollah has been defeated and some are not confident of returning to their homes despite the ceasefire and an Israeli military presence

The U.S. president’s hardline policies have impacted the Darién Gap, which is now detaining both Venezuelans who have given up on the trip north and deported individuals from Asian countries

The US withdrew from the nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration and European partners in 2018, during Trump’s first term

The White House says the president does not want to impose his proposal to evacuate the Strip but rather seeks ‘creative solutions’ with Israel and Arab nations

Tehran uses the arbitrary imprisonment of Westerners as a foreign policy tool. The latest case is that of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala

UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns of growing impunity, and the head of the Atomic Energy Agency denounces the expansion of nuclear arsenals

Friendly countries like Ukraine and even enemies of the United States such as Iran have offered to send assistance. Mexico has sent search-and-rescue experts who found four bodies on Tuesday as the death toll continues to rise

The director, who has been exiled in Germany since May, releases ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig,’ a portrayal of the Women, Life Freedom movement in Iran and how dictatorships are sustained by middle management

The fall of the regime brings to light the scheme by which Damascus produced 80% of this substance during the war. The rebel authorities are burning the pills, which they discovered in workshops and mansions during their lightning advance

The Democrat, whose influence grew after leaving the White House, served only one term (1977-1981), weighed down by inflation and the Iran hostage crisis

Saudi Arabia is leading opposition at the UN to a treaty to curb polymer production that would jeopardize the fossil fuel sector’s plans to offset the decline in gasoline use due to the rise of electric cars

Israeli forces have entered the Arab country for the first time in half a century to try to prevent the new authorities from using military capabilities against the Jewish State