Category: World

WASHINGTON: The United States imposed sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday, saying it wanted to restrict the tribunal’s ability to operate. The announcement came hours after former ICC judge Navi Pillay was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her work promoting peace and international law. US Secretary of State Marco […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim): A large liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier caught fire after being struck while trying to pass through a route south of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy said Friday, reported by Tasnim News Agency. The IRGC Navy identified the vessel as the NV Sunshine, owned by Vietnamese company Nhat […]

KABUL: Twenty five years ago, on October 7, 2001, then U.S. President George W. Bush ordered military strikes on Afghanistan, marking the start of a long and costly war that would reshape the country’s future. Speaking that day, Bush said the operation was a direct response to the September 11 attacks and aimed to dismantle […]

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has declared negotiations with the United States “meaningless,” accusing Washington of launching military attacks each time Tehran comes to the table, according to Mehr News Agency. Speaking in Tehran on Monday during a visit by Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, Pezeshkian said Iran could no longer trust the US after what […]

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered Iran’s UN delegation, including Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, to leave the United States after high-stakes diplomacy in New York broke down, a US official told Anadolu on Wednesday. According to Axios, which first reported the move, the US mission to the UN told Iran’s mission late Monday […]

IRGC: US warships pull back 500km from Hormuz as Tehran vows to drive them out TEHRAN: US warships have withdrawn at least 500 kilometres from the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf, according to the spokesperson for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who framed the move as evidence of American defeat […]

CAIRO: Mediators were working Monday to bring Iran and the United States closer to a deal aimed at ending their war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, three officials told The Associated Press. The indirect talks were expected to resume as the conflict entered its eighth month. The war has caused widespread economic hardship and […]

Behind closed doors in the Gulf, diplomats are trying to coax a wary Iran back to the negotiating table, and the task is as delicate as crossing a tightrope in a storm. According to The Wall Street Journal, mediators are urging Tehran to soften its stand on its nuclear program in the hope of reviving […]

UNITED NATIONS: Before the UN General Assembly on Friday, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Kamal Madbouly delivered a sweeping rebuke of the international order, calling the Palestinian crisis a mirror reflecting the world’s deepest failures. Madbouly insisted that Palestinian suffering must never harden into an accepted or endless tragedy. Ending the Gaza ceasefire violations, withdrawing troops, […]

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the United Nations on Wednesday that Iran would not be bullied into surrender, but remained ready for dialogue and negotiations without accepting the language of force. His defiant speech came a day after US President Donald Trump threatened to “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if no deal was reached. The US […]