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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. File | Photo Credit: AP The new attacks by the U.S. on Iran were “absolutely necessary”, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday (July 8, 2026). The U.S. military unleashed a new wave of strikes against Iran on Tuesday (July 7, 2026) and revoked a license allowing Tehran to…
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Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has extended the countrywide austerity drive till June 13, 2026 in the wake of uncertainty caused by the U.S. and Iran’s failure to strike a deal to end the conflict in West Asia amid a fragile ceasefire. The government announced…
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Iranian women walk past an anti-Israeli billboard in Tehran, Iran. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran on Thursday (February 19, 2026) that it must reach a deal over its nuclear program or “bad things” will happen, and appeared to set a 10-day deadline before the U.S. might take action. Amid a…
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Demonstrators rally in solidarity with the Iranian protest movement in Los Angeles. File | Photo Credit: AFP Tensions remained high in West Asia on Thursday (February 19, 2026) as the U.S. continued to bolster its military presence in the region, Iran conducted naval drills along with Russia in the Persian Gulf and Supreme Leader Ayatollah…
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Protesters hold posters during a solidarity protest outside the U.S. embassy for the people of Venezuela, Iran and Palestine, in Cape Town, South Africa, on January 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran will treat any attack “as an all-out war against us,” a senior Iranian official said on Friday (January 23, 2026), ahead of…
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The “Lion and Sun” pre-Iranian Revolution national flag is displayed at the entrance of a store along Westwood Boulevard in Los Angeles on January 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Mobile phones in Iran were able to call abroad on Tuesday (January 13, 2026) after a crackdown on nationwide protests in which the internet and…
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump said “anything can happen” when asked about the chances of going to war with Iran during his next term in an interview with Time, coinciding with his being named the magazine’s Person of the Year. “Anything can happen. Anything can happen. It’s a very volatile situation,” Trump said, before going…