Iran will ‘never bend the knee’ Says Pezeshkian at UN
24 September 2026
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Iran, US hint at revival of talks
23 September 2026
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Hormuz vessel traffic falls to 2
23 September 2026
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Iran ready to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US eases military pressure and lifts blockade
22 September 2026
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US open to meeting Iran at UN, no meeting scheduled yet, Rubio says
22 September 2026
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Iran vows to ‘surprise’ US if it renews attack
22 September 2026
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GAZA atrocities / Situation ‘unjustifiable’
21 September 2026
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GAZA atrocities / Israeli strikes kill 4 more, including child
21 September 2026
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Iran says conveyed conditions to US for reopening Hormuz
21 September 2026
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‘Run! Get away!’ / Witnesses recount Israeli ‘double tap’ strike that killed child and medic in Gaza
19 September 2026
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Israeli raid on West Bank kills 6 Palestinians
Six Palestinians were killed in sweeping Israeli raids yesterday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, in what the army described as an assault targeting the emerging “Lion’s Den” armed group.
25 October 2022
Iran charges 300 in Tehran protests
More than 300 people have been indicted over Tehran protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, including four charged with an offence that
24 October 2022
Israel to spend millions on Einstein museum
The Israeli government yesterday decided to allocate millions of dollars for a museum to house the world’s largest collection of Albert Einstein documents, the Hebrew University said.
23 October 2022
Israeli forces shot dead Palestinian in West Bank
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Palestinian health officials said, and a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli in Jerusalem, police said.
22 October 2022
Masha Amini’s death: Family rejects official medical report
Lawyers for Mahsa Amini’s family have rejected an official Iranian medical report that found her death was not caused by beatings, they said in comments
20 October 2022
Khamenei advisor calls for reopening of Saudi, Iranian embassies
Iran and Saudi Arabia must reopen their embassies to facilitate a rapprochement between the two regional rivals, a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said
20 October 2022
Iran planning to criminalise sale of VPNs amid protests
Iran is planning to criminalise the sale of virtual private networks (VPNs) used to skirt internet restrictions, a minister said on Wednesday, amid protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death.
19 October 2022
Fears rise as climber Rekabi returns to Iran
An Iranian rock climber who competed in an international contest without a headscarf said she had done so unintentionally, after she was widely assumed to
18 October 2022
Iraq probes $2.5b ‘theft’ from tax agency
Iraqi authorities are investigating the “theft” of $2.5 billion from the tax authority, officials said yesterday, in the latest corruption case to hit the country.
16 October 2022
Another Palestinian killed in West Bank
Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian during a clash in the occupied West Bank and he later died of his wounds, Palestinian health officials said yesterday.
16 October 2022
Iran prison fire kills 4, hurts 61
A fire at Iran’s Evin prison late on Saturday killed four detainees and injured 61, state media reported, as anti-government protests sparked by a woman’s death in police custody continued yesterday, including at several universities.
16 October 2022
Raisi accuses Biden of fuelling "chaos and terror" in Iran
President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday blamed his U.S. counterpart for inciting "chaos, terror, and destruction" in Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported, amid protests that have rocked the country for the past four weeks.
16 October 2022
Iran prison fire: 4 killed, 61 injured as protests continue
A fire at Iran's Evin prison late on Saturday killed four detainees and injured 61, state media reported, as anti-government protests sparked by a woman's death in police custody continued on Sunday, including at several universities.
16 October 2022
Blaze, gunshots heard from prison in Iran's capital amid Mahsa Amini protests
A huge fire blazed Saturday at a notorious prison where political prisoners and anti-government activists are kept in the Iranian capital. Online videos and local media reported gunshots, as nationwide protests entered a fifth week.
16 October 2022
Tensions soar as West Bank violence rages on
Two Palestinians were critically wounded yesterday by Israeli military fire in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, amid heightened tensions in the occupied territory.
15 October 2022
Iran is a ‘mighty tree’ that can’t be uprooted
Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that no one should dare think they can uproot the Islamic Republic, in his toughest warning to protesters since Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody ignited nationwide unrest now in its fourth week.
15 October 2022
Turkey mine blast: 40 killed
Rescuers yesterday searched for the last miner missing at a coal mine in northern Turkey, where a methane blast the previous day killed at least 40 people in one of the country’s worst industrial accidents in years.
15 October 2022
Turkey passes media law setting jail terms for “disinformation”
Turkey ‘disinformation’ law, turkey media law,
14 October 2022
US seeking to destabilise Iran
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi yesterday accused arch-enemy the United States of seeking to destabilise the Islamic republic, which has been rocked by nearly a month of women-led protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.
13 October 2022
Syria army bus bombing kills 18 troops near Damascus
A bomb attack on a Syrian army bus near Damascus yesterday killed at least 18 soldiers and wounded 27 others, state media said, in one of the deadliest such operations.
13 October 2022