Middle East

Russia ‘strongly condemns’ Israel’s attack on Iran

The Foreign Ministry says West Jerusalem has violated the UN Charter and international law.

By Editors Desk

I gave Iran chance after chance – Trump

Despite the Israeli strikes, the US president has urged Tehran to comply with Washington’s demands over its nuclear program “before it is too late”
A weakened Iran has few options for striking back after Israel’s devastating blows

By Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh, CNN
Israel has inflicted unprecedented damage on Iran's elite - why now?

By Editors Desk

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Three of Iran’s most powerful men were killed in Israel’s attack. What you need to know about them

10 months ago

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Ross Adkin, Tamar Michaelis and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN

Hossein Salami, Ali Shamkhani and Mohammad Bagheri Getty Images

Trump tells Netanyahu to end Gaza war and stop Iran threats, source says, as US ramps up pressure on Israel

10 months ago

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Eugenia Yosef and Oren Liebermann, CNN

Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli strike in Gaza City, on June 1. Jehad Alshrafi/AP

U.K., Canada, Australia and Others Impose Sanctions on Far-Right Israeli Ministers

The coordinated move highlights the hardening of several countries’ stance toward Israel amid the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

10 months ago

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Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Mark Landler Matina Stevis-Gridneff reported from Ottawa, and Mark Landler from London.

The Israeli security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, left, and the finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich. The two ministers are among the most hard-line members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet.Credit...Pool photo by Abir Sultan

Greta Thunberg tells FRANCE 24 she was 'kidnapped' by Israel

Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg on Tuesday told FRANCE 24 she was "kidnapped" in international waters by Israel, after the Israeli navy prevented her and a group of fellow pro-Palestinian activists from sailing to Gaza. Thunberg spoke to journalists at a Paris airport after being deported from Israel.

10 months ago

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Editors Desk

Greta Thunberg takes part in a protest in front of the United Nations office building in Yerevan, Armenia, November 15, 2024.(Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via Reuters)

Iran’s Supreme Leader Rejects U.S. Nuclear Deal Offer

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said America’s initial proposal breached Tehran’s principles of independence.

10 months ago

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Benoit Faucon, Laurence Norman and Alexander Ward

Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader at an event marking the anniversary of the death of his predecessor in Tehran on Wednesday. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/Associated Press

Netanyahu says Israel killed elusive Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar in recent Gaza strike

11 months ago

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Oren Lieberman, Tim Lister and Eugenia Yosef, CNN

This screengrab from a video released by the Israeli army allegedly shows Mohammed Sinwar travelling in a car through a tunnel near the Erez crossing, close to the Israel-Gaza border, on December 17, 2023. Israel Defense Forces/Reuters

Netanyahu accuses Starmer, Macron and Carney of siding with Hamas

11 months ago

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Jamie McConkey & Yang Tian BBC News

Reuters / Israel's PM has accused the leaders of the UK, France and Canada of being on "the wrong side of history"

Shooting of Israeli embassy staff in Washington: What we know so far

A man and woman working for the Israeli embassy were shot and killed Wednesday evening as they were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC. The suspected gunman yelled, “Free, free Palestine” after he was arrested, police said.

11 months ago

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FRANCE 24 with AP)

nvestigators at the scene where two Israeli embassy staff were killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum on May 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. © Tasos Katopodis, Getty Images via AFP

Netanyahu’s forever war is killing Israel faster than its enemies

The ‘total victory’ the PM has set as his goal is impossible, with or without American support

11 months ago

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Editors Desk

US President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

U.K. suspends free trade talks with Israel and announces sanctions over West Bank settlers

11 months ago

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The Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a reception following the U.K.-EU summit, in London, Monday May 19, 2025. (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP)

Hamas hands over Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander to Red Cross

Hamas on Monday released Edan Alexander, the last known US hostage in the Gaza Strip, as part of a deal with the US aimed at broadening efforts to reach a ceasefire, a source close to Hamas said.

11 months ago

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Editors Desk

Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander next to Hamas terrorists and a Red Cross employee, May 12, 2025. (photo credit: screenshot/Al Jazeera )

Ukraine ceasefire call aimed at forcing Putin to reveal his war goals to Trump

11 months ago

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, France's President Emmanuel Macron and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky take a walk after visiting St. Sophia Cathedral,in Kyiv on May 10, 2025. Ludovic Marin/Pool via Reuters

‘Trump’s Gaza’ might actually be on

First, there was the bizarre statue video posted to Donald Trump’s socials. Now, it appears the US President is a step closer to his goal for “peace”.