Year 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a “secret trip” to the United Arab Emirates during the US-Israeli conflict with Iran and met with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, according to a statement from Netanyahu’s office on Wednesday. The…

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrives in St. Petersburg, Russia, on April 27 to engage in discussions with President Vladimir Putin. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is calling for the release of four Iranians held by Kuwait, which…

Smoke rises from the location of an assault that struck the southern region of Burj al-Shamali, as observed from the city of Tyre on May 13. Kawant Haju/AFP/Getty Images Today, Israeli assaults on Lebanon have claimed the lives of at…

A supertanker flying the Chinese flag has successfully navigated the congested Strait of Hormuz and is currently located in the Gulf of Oman, with its destination being the Chinese island city of Zhoushan, according to tracking data. The crossing occurs…

Narges Mohammadi is in her Tehran apartment on January 16, 2025. Nooshin Jafari/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images/Archive More than 100 Nobel Prize winners stated in a letter that Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, recently granted bail and moved to a hospital in…

Human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh captured in the garden of her workplace in Tehran on December 9, 2014. Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images/Archive Iranian human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh was provisionally freed from detention today, as reported by her daughter, over a…

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon reports that several Hezbollah drones have struck its bases lately, urging both the Iranian-backed group and Israel to refrain from activities close to its locations. The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported…

Security personnel maintain their positions while first responders assist a vehicle struck by an Israeli drone at the entrance of the southern city of Sidon on Wednesday. Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images Israeli assaults resulted in the deaths of at least 12…

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee attends a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 23. Alex Wong/Getty Images US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee urged Gulf Arab nations to “choose a side” between Israel and Iran,…

Israeli troops have crossed the Litani River in southern Lebanon this week, a military source informed Xenix News, violating an important border as the tenuous ceasefire faces rising dangers of failure. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Tuesday that…