Iran has reportedly fired six missiles at US bases in Qatar and Iraq, retaliating the bombing of its nuclear sites by the US military. Explosions have been heard over Doha after Iran launched a missile attack on a US base in Qatar. Qatar has confirmed the attack on the US-run Al Udeid base, calling it…
Iran’s judiciary said it executed on Monday a man found guilty of spying for Israel, as fighting between the two countries entered its 11th day. “Mohammad-Amin Mahdavi Shayesteh was hanged this morning for intelligence cooperation with the Zionist regime,” the judiciary said, using Iran’s term for Israel. Shayesteh was alleged to have had ties with…
Iran warned Washington on the activation of terrorist sleeper cells in the United States few days before the U.S. attack, NBC News reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources. U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly received a communiqué last week in which Iran threatened to activate such cells in the U.S. if Washington made a decision to…
Lawmakers in Iran yesterday voted to close the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil shipping route, as retaliation for US strikes on its nuclear facilities. The vote comes hours after authorities in the country threatened that the US strikes late Saturday night, which destroyed its three nuclear sites, would have everlasting consequences, saying there…
Foreign ministers from countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday urged Israel to end its “aggression” towards Iran, without mentioning the US strikes on the Islamic republic’s nuclear sites. Arch-rivals Israel and Iran have been at war since June 13 when Israel, claiming Tehran was on the verge of acquiring a nuclear…
At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a suicide attack on a church in Damascus, authorities said, with Syria’s interior ministry blaming a member of the Islamic State group. The United Nations condemned the attack, the first of its kind in the Syrian capital since Islamist-led forces toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December,…
Tensions in the Middle East escalated sharply following United States airstrikes on three key Iranian nuclear sites, Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow carried out early Sunday under orders from President Donald Trump. The strikes drew mixed international reactions, highlighting a deepening global divide over how to manage the growing crisis. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer defended…
As tensions between the United States and Israel on one side, and Iran on the other, threaten to escalate into a full-scale regional war, Pope Leo XIV has issued an impassioned plea for peace, warning that conflict only fuels greater suffering and leaves lasting scars on generations. In a message shared on his verified X…
The United States has justified its overnight airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, accusing Tehran of deception and failed diplomacy. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking on Fox News, said Iran “played” the United States during recent nuclear negotiations, leaving President Donald Trump with no choice but to act. Rubio revealed that the U.S. had…
Iran has carried out a barrage of missile attacks against Israel, hours after the United States attacked key Iranian nuclear sites. Loud explosions were heard in coastal hub Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on Sunday shortly after the Israeli military reported incoming Iranian missiles and activated air defences. Sirens rang in Israeli cities, with rescue services…