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Six months on, grief still raw for Iran school parents
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
For months, Masoumeh Zakeri has endlessly replayed the last night she spent with her nine-year-old daughter before she was killed in a strike on her school duri...
Iran says Hormuz strait still closed despite transit corridor talks
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Iran and Oman are discussing a temporary transit corridor and mine-clearing for the Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran warned on Wednesday that the vital waterway wil...
Experiencing turbulence: Gulf air hubs weather wartime downturn
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
After six months of war in the Middle East, the Gulf's major aviation hubs are navigating turbulence as a hefty portion of their lucrative transit traffic opts ...
CORRECTED: Netanyahu says no diplomatic deal possible with Iran 'savages'
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a diplomatic deal was not possible with the "savages" who rule Iran as he hailed US President Donald Trump's new ...
Netanyahu says no diplomatic deal possible with Iran 'savages'
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a diplomatic deal was not possible with the "savages" who rule Iran as he hailed US President Donald Trump's new ...
Iran president says new US sanctions will achieve nothing
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday said that the United States would achieve nothing with its new round of economic sanctions, local media reporte...
Greece to sign deal for two Italian frigates in September: ministry
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Greece, which has embarked on a major military modernisation, will next month complete a deal to buy two navy frigates from Italy, the defence ministry said Wed...
Iran says US sanctions will achieve nothing as Netanyahu dismisses diplomacy
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's president insisted on Wednesday that the United States will achieve nothing with its sanctions campaign after Washington laid out plans to collapse the c...
Iran-Oman talks on Strait of Hormuz: What we know
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Iran and Oman are negotiating the opening of a temporary shipping corridor and the clearance of mines in the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, which both nations bord...
CIA director was on 'semi-routine' mission in Moscow: Trump
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow was "semi-routine," while implying that the intelligence chief was i...
Italy arrests Frenchman after anti-tank missiles found in van
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
A Frenchman was arrested in Italy on arms trafficking charges after a police check found three anti-tank missiles and other military equipment in his van, autho...
Iran says US sanctions will achieve nothing
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's president insisted on Wednesday that the United States would achieve nothing with its new sanctions campaign after Washington laid out plans to collapse ...
South Korea says Russian military planes entered its air defence zone
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
South Korea said on Wednesday it had scrambled fighter jets in response to Russian military aircraft entering its air defence zone, the second such incursion in...
Six months of war: 20 dead in 68 incidents near Hormuz, IMO says
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
The Strait of Hormuz has been the main focus of the six-month war between Iran and the US and Israel, with many commercial vessels targeted in the vital conduit...
Six months into Iran war, Hormuz traffic way down, sailors stranded
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
Six months since the start of the Middle East war, the strategic Strait of Hormuz remains largely paralysed, with thousands of sailors still stranded in the Gul...
Trump says executions of Iran protesters must stop
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump expressed outrage on Tuesday at the mounting number of executions in Iran of people allegedly involved in mass protests earlier this y...
Israel defence minister vows to keep troops in Syria during visit
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz made a rare visit to troops in southern Syria on Tuesday, reiterating a pledge to keep forces in the area as long as there ...
CIA director Ratcliffe visiting Moscow: US media
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
US Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe is visiting Moscow for meetings, US media said Tuesday after flight data showed an American military airc...
China says will 'safeguard own interests' after US vows Iran sanctions
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
China said on Tuesday it would safeguard its interests after Washington laid out plans for the "economic asphyxiation" of Beijing's economic partner Iran.
Trump veers from boredom to denial after six months of Iran war
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
At an impromptu press conference last week, US President Donald Trump waxed lyrical about his helipad, his ballroom and his granite paving stones.
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