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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...
Iran, Oman say discussed temporary Hormuz corridor, mine-clearing
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
Iran and Oman's foreign ministers on Tuesday said they discussed a framework for a temporary transit corridor through the Strait of Hormuz and a mine-clearing p...
Arms trade watchdog slams countries' lack of transparency
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
Countries are failing in their obligations to report the weapons they are buying and selling, the monitor charged with overseeing the global Arms Trade Treaty s...
Iran, Oman say discussed Hormuz temporary corridor, mine-clearing
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
Iran and Oman's foreign ministers on Tuesday said they discussed a framework for a temporary corridor through the Strait of Hormuz and a mine-clearing project i...
Once its saviour, US puts Kuwait in Iran's crosshairs
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
Like many Kuwaitis, Salem Al-Ghanem still vividly remembers Iraqi tanks rolling through his hometown when his small Gulf state faced extinction had US troops no...
Those behind hybrid attacks against Germany 'will pay': Merz
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Tuesday that the perpetrators of hybrid attacks against Germany, such as an explosive drone found at an airport, "will pay for th...
Iranians queue for petrol after US announces new sanctions
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
Long queues formed at petrol stations in Tehran on Tuesday after the United States announced fresh sanctions aimed at pressuring Iran into submission.
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.
Swedish military seeks to seize Russian property near naval base
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
The Swedish armed forces said Tuesday they had asked the government to expropriate a property owned by a Russian near a naval base in Stockholm's archipelago.
US military plane flies to Moscow: Flightradar24
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
A US military transport plane used by the United States Air Force flew from Latvia to Moscow's Vnukovo airport early Tuesday, data from Flightradar24 showed.
Controversial Uganda ex-speaker released from house arrest: army chief
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
Uganda's army chief announced Tuesday that investigations into the former speaker of the house had been dropped and she would be released, months after her hous...
CORRECTED: Oman's top diplomat in Iran for talks
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
Oman's top diplomat held talks in Iran on Tuesday, Tehran said, as the two countries seek a way to regulate transit through the Strait of Hormuz, which has emer...
Sanctions-weary Iranians fear toughest US squeeze on economy
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
Iranian architecture student Taneen was a mixture of despair and resignation on Tuesday after the United States announced its toughest sanctions on the Iranian ...
Netanyahu got his Iran war, but maybe not his desired result
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
After decades of urging the United States to attack Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally got his wish. But after six months of inconclusive h...
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...
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...
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.
Greece moves Patriot system over reported Iran threats to US bases: media
Aug 24, 2026 (AFP)
The Greek military on Monday moved one of its Patriot missile interceptor systems to the island of Crete in response to Iranian threats to hit US military bases...
China's Xi urges 'diplomatic' Mideast solution in talks with Jordan's king
Aug 24, 2026 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged a "diplomatic" solution to the Middle East crisis as he told the King of Jordan on Monday that the sovereignty of countries i...
Tanker on fire off Saudi Arabia after strike by 'unknown projectile': maritime agency
Aug 24, 2026 (AFP)
A tanker struck by an "unknown projectile" caught fire off Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast on Monday, a British maritime agency said, as Yemen's Houthis target Sau...
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