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A senior Hezbollah figure has privately signaled that the group would stay out of any limited United States military action against Iran, while declaring that an attack aimed at Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei or a bid to topple the Islamic Republic would compel the movement to join the fight. The official, speaking to Agence France-Presse......
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that fundamental rights and the rule of law are facing an unprecedented global assault, telling the Human Rights Council in Geneva that human rights are now being openly challenged by those in positions of power. Opening what could be his final in-person address to the UN’s......
India has issued its strongest warning yet to its nationals in Iran, urging all citizens, including students, pilgrims, business travellers and tourists, to leave the country immediately using any available means of transport, including commercial flights. The latest advisory, dated February 23 and released by the Indian Embassy in Tehran,......
Oil prices retreated as traders weighed signs of progress in United States–Iran nuclear diplomacy against a fresh layer of uncertainty from President Donald Trump’s new across‑the‑board import tariffs. Brent crude futures slipped to around 71 dollars a barrel and US West Texas Intermediate hovered near 66 dollars, giving back......
Five Iranian Kurdish opposition parties have unveiled a new political alliance aimed at consolidating their long-fractured movement against Tehran at a moment of mounting domestic turmoil and renewed pressure from the United States on Iran’s leadership. The coalition, formally titled the Alliance of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan,......
Defence ministers from five of Europe’s leading military powers have warned that any eventual peace agreement in Ukraine must be underpinned by binding security commitments, insisting that a simple halt in fighting would leave the country exposed to renewed Russian attack. Meeting in Krakow on 20 February, the E5 group of Britain, France,......
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his country’s forces have retaken around 300 square kilometres of territory in the south in some of their most significant advances in months, even as efforts to secure a negotiated end to the war remain blocked. In an interview at the presidential headquarters in Kyiv, Zelensky argued that......
Cuba is sliding deeper into economic turmoil as a sweeping United States oil embargo has throttled fuel supplies to the island, triggering emergency rationing, prolonged blackouts and the grounding of flights during the peak tourism season. President Donald Trump has framed the measures as leverage to force Havana into concessions, warning......
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, has entered the Mediterranean Sea amid a rapid US military buildup aimed at pressuring Iran over its nuclear program. The carrier passed through the Strait of Gibraltar on Friday, a move confirmed by regional observers and ship-tracking data, and is expected to continue toward......
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Washington has not asked Tehran to halt uranium enrichment, directly contradicting repeated public statements by senior US officials who insist that Iran must abandon the activity entirely. In an interview published online Friday by MSNBC’s Morning Joe program, Araghchi stated that neither......
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Iran that any direct attack on Israel would trigger a response of a scale Tehran “cannot even imagine,” as coordinated military preparations with the United States intensify across the Middle East. Speaking at an Israel Defense Forces officers’ graduation ceremony, Netanyahu......
European gas prices have surged as rising tensions between the United States and Iran revive fears of supply interruptions through the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for liquefied natural gas shipments from the Gulf. The Dutch TTF benchmark, Europe’s main gas price reference, climbed back above recent lows in mid-February, extending gains......
Iran’s currency has tumbled to historic lows as capital flight accelerates and oil revenues decline under renewed US sanctions, deepening strains on an economy already grappling with high inflation and social pressure over potential bread price increases. The Iranian rial weakened to around 16.3 million rials per US dollar in free market......
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