(MENAFN - IANS) Tehran, May 24 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Iran and the United States are working to finalise a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on ending the ...

The Trump administration was preparing Friday for a fresh round of military strikes against Iran, sources with direct knowledge of the planning told U.S. TV network CBS, even as diplomacy continued.

It may only be a matter of time before some people, driven by compounded ignorance, illusion, and a sharp sense of inferiority, stand in front of the burial sites of the Dilmun civilization in Bahrain or the palace of Petra in Jordan and declare that these are ours as well.

The Islamic Resistance continued confronting the Israeli occupation forces in South Lebanon and Galilee in northern Palestine. Hezbollah Military Media issued a series of statements to detail the Resistance attacks and their outcomes. Statement 1 In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the “Israeli” enemy’s violation of the ceasefire and its…

(MENAFN - The Peninsula) AFP Berlin: Germany is readying to admit and treat a US doctor who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the current deadly outbreak, the health ...

Beirut: Five Lebanese, among them children, were killed and multiple others were injured on Saturday after the Israeli occupation army's fighter jets conducted a new air offensive that targeted a residential building in Sir El Gharbiyeh in southern Lebanon, in a preliminary toll, the Lebanese National News Agency has reported. The agency added that ambulance…

The final draft of a possible agreement between the United States and Iran, mediated by Pakistan, is expected to be announced within hours, Al-Arabiya quoted sources as saying on Friday.

As Washington tightens sanctions on Lebanese political and security figures linked to Hezbollah and its allies, diplomatic and military coordination tracks with Israel move forward amid mounting pressure to reshape Lebanon’s security landscape.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei on Friday sharply rejected characterizations of the recent US-Israeli strikes on Iran as merely “an unnecessary war,” insisting the attack amounts to a clear act of military aggression in violation of the UN Charter. Responding to German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s recent remarks, Baghaei wrote on X that “the criminal…

(MENAFN - Gulf Times) In the ruined townships of southern Lebanon, a new kind of war has emerged - one that no Iron Dome can intercept and no electronic warfare suite can blind. A small quadcopter, ...

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said on Saturday the United States has “no role whatsoever” in the Strait of Hormuz, stressing that current priorities are focused on ending the imposed war on Iran and the region. Responding to questions on whether a deal is near, Baqaei said the situation is “far, yet close,” adding…

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday there was "slight progress" during talks with Iran amid uncertainty as to whether a deal will be reached or war will resume.

What began as a damaging tax controversy against Donald Trump evolved into a political reversal, exposing how rushed media battles and politicized handling of evidence can transform a potential liability into a narrative of victimhood and victory.

The Israeli enemy goes ahead with its crimes against Lebanon on Friday, with two air strikes targeting and killing six paramedics in the country’s southern district of Tyre. Al-Manar correspondent in southern Lebanon reported that two of Al-Risala Association’s paramedics were martyred in an Israeli drone strike in the town of Deir Qanoun Al-Nahr while…

(MENAFN - Live Mint) A day after Pakistan's Field Marshal Asim Munir arrived in Iran to hold negotiations with senior leadership to broker a peace deal between the US and Iran, a Pakistani official ...

A top UAE official denounced Iran's claim of control over Emirati waters in the blockaded Strait of Hormuz as a "pipe dream" Thursday, following an announcement by an Iranian body overseeing the strait.

From Andreotti’s failed diplomatic overture to Heikal’s warning, Libya’s Green Book was meant to reshape politics, but its legacy unfolded very differently from the revolutionary texts it is often compared to.

A new coalition of Jewish organisations has launched under the banner of the Jewish Diaspora Movement (JDM), seeking to advance a vision of Jewish life rooted outside the framework of Israeli state power and in explicit rejection of ethno-nationalism. The movement, launched on 18 May, brings together dozens of synagogues, prayer communities, cultural organisations and…

Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned on Saturday of a "crushing" response if Washington resumes hostilities, after US media reports raised the prospect of new strikes. Pakistan's powerful army chief -- a key mediator in diplomatic efforts to convert an April 8 ceasefire into a settlement -- left Tehran after talks with Iranian officials,…

Israel has released hundreds of activists who attempted to breach Israel's naval blockade of Gaza and are in the process of deporting them, according to a legal organization working with the flotilla.

In southern Lebanon, villages are being destroyed and lives displaced as residents describe a conflict that goes beyond conventional war, one that targets existence itself and reshapes an entire future.

The Iranian ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations has called on the Security Council to break its silence on the United States’ threats against the Islamic Republic and systematic violations of international humanitarian law during the recent illegal war of aggression. Amir-Saeid Iravani made the remarks on Wednesday in a statement delivered before…

Israel struck south Lebanon on Saturday despite a ceasefire as Hezbollah said its backer Tehran had pledged not to abandon the militant group. Hezbollah said its chief Naim Qassem had received a message from Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, saying the latest proposal through Pakistani mediators aimed ending the regional war emphasised "the demand to…

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed a new effort to reach a deal with Iran in a difficult call on Tuesday, three sources told U.S. news portal Axios, with one source saying Netanyahu's "hair was on fire" after the call.

As Donald Trump reemerges on the world stage alongside powerful tech elites, the fusion of politics, capital, and technology is reshaping state sovereignty and testing the limits of democracy.

Iran is pursuing negotiations with the United States “in good faith” despite viewing Washington with “deep suspicion,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday night, confirming that multiple rounds of messages have been exchanged through Pakistani intermediaries based on Tehran’s 14-point peace proposal. Speaking in a televised interview, Esmaeil Baghaei elaborated on the latest…

Senior US and Iranian officials said on Saturday they could be close to a breakthrough in talks to strike a draft deal to end the war in the Middle East. Iran said gaps remain between the parties, and the dispute over its nuclear programme would not be part of the initial talks. But US Secretary…

A final agreement between the U.S. and Iran may be announced within hours, unnamed sources told Al-Arabiya television on Wednesday.

As U.S.-Iran talks drag on, doubts grow over whether diplomacy is containing conflict or buying Tehran time. Key issues, from the nuclear program to regional militias, remain largely unaddressed. The longer this continues, the greater the risk of rising instability across the Middle East.

Iran has resumed parts of its drone production during the six-week ceasefire that began in early April, signaling a rapid effort to rebuild military capabilities damaged by US-Israeli strikes, the CNN repoted on Thursday, citing sources familiar with US intelligence assessments. Multiple sources told CNN that Tehran’s military recovery is proceeding far faster than initially…

(MENAFN - Live Mint) United States President Donald Trump on Saturday said that negotiations between the Washington and Tehran were–getting a lot closer– to a final agreement aimed at ending the ...

As negotiations with the United States hang in the balance, a hard-line Iranian general linked to notorious attacks at home and abroad over the past decades is believed to have seized a place near the center of power.

A divided political arena, weakened institutions, and rival factions raise urgent questions about representation, governance, and the future of national decision making.

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir sparked international outrage on Wednesday after posting a video showing detained activists from the “Steadfastness Flotilla” with their hands bound and kneeling. The footage, shared on X with the caption “Welcome to Israel,” shows dozens of activists on the deck of an Israeli military vessel and later inside a…

By Michael Martina, Jana Choukeir and Eman Abouhassira NEW DELHI/DUBAI, May 23 (Reuters) - Iran, the United States and mediator Pakistan all said on Saturday that progress had been made in talks on ending almost three months of war. Tehran is focused on finalising a memorandum of understanding, Iran's foreign ministry said after Iran's top…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has remained in power for most of the past 17 years due in part to a tight alliance with ultra-Orthodox religious parties.

Between Washington’s reluctance for war, Tehran’s refusal to fall, and a Gulf adapting with strategic resilience, the region is drifting into a managed gray zone where power is abundant, but decisive outcomes remain out of reach.

The Iranian body overseeing the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf has delineated a specific supervisory zone for managing the strategic waterway. In a statement posted late Wednesday on its official X account, the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) defined the supervisory management zone of the waterway in both Persian and English languages. It…

The Israeli army on Saturday continued to pound the Gaza Strip and Lebanon despite ceasefires in effect, Anadolu reports. Two Palestinians were injured when an Israeli drone dropped a bomb on a group of civilians in the town of Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, a medical source told Anadolu. Witnesses also said that an Israeli quadcopter…

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni slammed as "unacceptable" the treatment of Gaza flotilla activists detained by Israel, after an Israeli minister posted a video of them bound and forced to kneel.

As uncontrolled weapons challenge state authority and strain ties with Gulf nations, Iraq’s new government faces a defining test of sovereignty, security, and regional credibility.

Israeli enemy soldiers are now restricting their movements in southern Lebanon to nighttime hours, after a daytime patrol near the Litani River ended in a deadly drone strike that killed a Golani Brigade platoon commander. That strike which also targeted the commander of the 36th Division has exposed what Israeli media calls a deepening military…

The Israeli enemy launched a series of air and artillery strikes on villages and towns south of the Litani River from dawn on Saturday, targeting residential and civilian areas in the western and central sectors of the Tyre and Bint Jbeil region. Enemy warplanes bombed a building in the town of Abbasiyeh at the Ma’rakah…

The UAE demanded on Wednesday that Iraq "immediately" prevent further attacks from its territory, following an accusation by the Emirates that a drone targeting a nuclear plant was launched from there.

From drone strikes and shifting rhetoric to decades-old tensions, the conflict exposes a deeper structural divide between Tehran and the Gulf, one that no ceasefire is likely to resolve.

Several countries, including Italy, France, the Netherlands and Canada, have summoned the Israeli ambassadors to their capitals to express their indignation over Israel’s treatment of the abducted Gaza flotilla activists. The condemnation came on Wednesday, shortly after Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir published a video on social media, in which he was seen…

(MENAFN - The Peninsula) AFP Beirut, Lebanon: Israel kept up strikes on Lebanon on Saturday, hours after overnight raids on the country's south and east, including one that damaged a hospital, its ...

Iranian Revolutionary Guard members now regularly show the public in Tehran how to handle Kalashnikov-style assault rifles. Parades through the capital feature military vehicles mounted with belt-fed Soviet-era machine guns. And at one mass wedding, a ballistic missile, like the one that rained down cluster munitions on Israel, adorned the stage.