
MADRID – On June 23, 2025, as tensions between Iran and Israel reached their highest point in years, several Iranian ballistic missiles struck the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. This was no ordinary target: it is the main hub for U.S. military operations in West Asia and a key symbol of American power projection

President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened 30 percent tariffs on two major U.S. trading partners — the European Union and Mexico, Politico reported. In letters posted to Truth Social, the president said each country would face the new tariffs starting Aug. 1, though he left the door open to further talks to bring down that

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has cautioned European powers that activating the so-called “snapback mechanism” to restore United Nations sanctions would mark the end of their involvement in Iran’s nuclear dossier. Speaking during a meeting on Saturday with ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, and heads of diplomatic missions in Tehran, Araghchi stated, “If European countries

TEHRAN – Relations between Iran and Egypt have reached a turning point and the two countries are currently engaged in intense diplomacy despite having yet to officially restore diplomatic ties, said Mohammad Hossein Soltanifar, the outgoing head of Iran’s Office for the Protection of Interests in Egypt, which functions as a de facto embassy in

The State Department began firing more than 1,350 U.S.-based employees on Friday as the administration of President Donald Trump presses ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its diplomatic corps, a move critics say will undermine U.S. ability to defend and promote U.S. interests abroad, Reuters reported. The layoffs, which affect 1,107 civil service and 246

Israeli media confirmed two security incidents in Khan Younis and Gaza’s al-Shujaiya neighborhood, reporting intense close-quarters combat along multiple battlefronts in recent hours, Al Mayadeen reported. Both incidents resulted in military casualties, with wounded soldiers evacuated by military helicopters to Tel Hashomer, Beilinson, Soroka, and Ichilov hospitals, according to Israeli media. Meanwhile, the Israeli army

TEHRAN – For Israel and the U.S., the war on Iran was all but sure to rack the political system, get the disaffected population on the streets, and eventually bring about the collapse of the Iranian government. That explains why they decided to undercut the very negotiations Donald Trump had been wanting for years, attack

At least 79 Palestinians have been killed since Saturday dawn in Israeli attacks across Gaza, with dozens of children dying from malnutrition during Israel’s punishing months-long blockade, as ceasefire talks reportedly stall. Among the victims on Saturday, 14 were killed in Gaza City, four of them in an Israeli strike on a residence on Jaffa