Global markets posted broad gains Friday as investors showed cautious optimism ahead of high-stakes US-Iran peace talks set to begin Saturday in Islamabad, Pakistan. The rebound remains fragile. Israeli strikes in Lebanon threaten to shatter the two-week truce, and the Strait of Hormuz stays largely......
Spain has strongly condemned recent Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon, accusing Israel of violating international law and a recently brokered two-week ceasefire. Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares highlighted the attacks as reckless and illegal during a parliamentary address in Madrid. Madrid......
Israeli Air Force jets carried out a large-scale overnight operation targeting three Tehran airports, destroying dozens of aircraft, helicopters, and military infrastructure in what the Israeli military described as an effort to degrade Iran's aerial capabilities. The strikes, confirmed Monday by......
A third Turkish-flagged vessel has successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz, Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced Monday, marking another incremental diplomatic step for Ankara as it works to free its merchant fleet from a waterway effectively closed by Iran......
Debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck the facade of Oracle's building at Dubai Internet City early Saturday morning as the Gulf conflict entered its fifth week with no sign of abatement. Dubai's Media Office confirmed the incident in a post on X, describing it as a "minor incident"......
More than a month after Israeli warplanes struck the supreme leader's compound in Tehran, Mojtaba Khamenei has not appeared in public, and a hospital source told The Media Line that he remains in a medical intensive care unit at an underground location with devastating injuries, including a non-functioning......
Pope Leo XIV held separate telephone conversations with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Good Friday, April 3, 2026, pressing both leaders to pursue diplomatic paths to end the wars ravaging the Middle East and Ukraine. The calls, confirmed by the Vatican in......
More than a month into the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran, a growing number of analysts and business leaders are warning that the conflict may not end in regime change or capitulation, but in the transformation of the Islamic Republic into a closed, militarized garrison state modeled on......
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a pointed warning to Russia and China on Tuesday over their alleged support for Iran, saying the United States is addressing the matter directly as the war enters its fifth week with no diplomatic breakthrough in sight. Speaking at a Pentagon briefing alongside......
Yemen’s Houthi forces launched their first direct strikes on Israel on Saturday, marking a new phase in the ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran. The escalation has raised concerns that the Red Sea, now a critical alternative route for oil shipments, could become a major......
Israel and the United States intensified their air campaign against Iran over the weekend, striking power plants, missile production sites, and nuclear facilities across Tehran and surrounding provinces as the conflict entered its second month. Iran retaliated with waves of drones and missiles targeting......
The United Kingdom has expressed growing concern over Israel’s stated intention to expand its ground operations in Lebanon, warning of the risk of further escalation in an already volatile region. British Foreign Office Minister Hamish Falconer said the situation......
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that he has instructed the military to expand the existing security buffer zone in southern Lebanon, aiming to significantly alter the security situation along Israel’s northern border. In a video statement from the Northern Command,......
