6+ hour, 44+ min ago   (975+ words) DUBAI – Even as Iran projects resilience in the war with the United States, its leaders are worried that a threat of more economic punishment by Donald Trump could increase hardships, reignite unrest and further erode the Islamic Republic’s legitimacy. The…...

1+ hour, 40+ min ago   (933+ words) BAGHDAD – Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah has threatened to retaliate against what it called “provocative” government actions against its members and their families, while setting sweeping conditions for any talks with Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi over the future of militia weapons. The…...

1+ hour, 57+ min ago   (851+ words) IDLIB, Syria – Israeli warplanes carried out four airstrikes on the abandoned Abu al-Duhur military airport in southeastern Idlib province early Tuesday, according to local sources, in the latest reported Israeli attack on a strategic military site in Syria since the…...

6+ hour, 2+ min ago   (326+ words) ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged US President Donald Trump in a phone call to pursue talks with Iran to de-escalate tensions between the two countries, and offered Ankara’s support for peace efforts, the Turkish presidency said on Tuesday....

4+ hour, 43+ min ago   (1039+ words) DUBAI/ERBIL – Iraqi Kurdistan President Nechirvan Barzani has been quietly carrying messages between Washington and Tehran for months, acting as a discreet channel between the United States and Iran at a time when direct contacts between the two sides were…...

8+ hour, 10+ min ago   (405+ words) BEIRUT/JERUSALEM – Israeli flags planted on a main coastal highway in southern Lebanon are a violation of a UN Security Council resolution, the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon said on Monday, urging all sides to avoid “provocative actions.” Israel’s military…...

4+ hour, 32+ min ago   (719+ words) JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has placed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani alongside the leaders of Iran, Hezbollah and Turkey on a campaign billboard in central Tel Aviv, turning a bitter personal and political feud into an…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (888+ words) CAIRO – Hamas political bureau chief Khalil al-Hayya is due to arrive in Cairo on Sunday at the head of a senior delegation for talks with Egyptian officials, in his first visit to Egypt since taking over the Palestinian group’s leadership,…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (601+ words) BEIRUT – At least 11 people were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday, the Lebanese health ministry said, some of the deadliest in the weeks since the country agreed to a US-mediated peace framework with neighbouring Israel. The Israeli…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (911+ words) FASAYIL, West Bank – On a searing summer day, Israeli settlers splashed in a West Bank pool created by siphoning off water that had irrigated Palestinian crops, one of many seizures of water resources across the occupied territory. The spring served…...