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TEHRAN : Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in his latest written message the Islamic republic did not want war with the United States and Israel, but would protect its rights as a nation, state television reported Thursday. "We...

UNITED NATIONS : The United Nations secretary-general on Wednesday warned that deadly Israeli strikes on Lebanon posed a "grave risk" to the fragile US-Iran truce, his spokesperson said in a statement. "The ongoing military activity in Lebanon poses a grave...

US President Donald Trump pulled back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran in the early hours of Wednesday, swerving to deescalate the war less than two hours before the deadline he set for Tehran to capitulate...

WASHINGTON : The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire Tuesday barely an hour before President Donald Trump's deadline to obliterate the rival country was set to expire, with Tehran to temporarily reopen the vital Strait of...

WASHINGTON : US President Donald Trump made an expletive-filled threat Sunday to destroy Iran's civilian infrastructure, demanding Tehran bow to his demands for a deal to reopen the Gulf to shipping as oil prices surge. As Christians marked Easter, Trump...

TEHRAN : Iran's central military command warned on Monday of "much more devastating" retaliation if its adversaries hit civilian targets. "If attacks on civilian targets are repeated, the next stages of our offensive and retaliatory operations will be much more...

WASHINGTON : President Donald Trump said Saturday that Tehran had 48 hours left to cut a deal or face "all Hell", as US and Iranian forces scrambled to find a downed American airman. Trump's latest threat came after a strike...

JERUSALEM : Israel was targeted by missiles launched from Iran on Sunday, the Israeli military said, in the latest salvo in the Middle East war. "A short while ago, the IDF identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of...

TEHRAN : Iranian and American forces were racing each other early Saturday to recover a crew member of the first US fighter jet to go down inside Iran since the start of the war. Tehran said it had shot down...

SEOUL : French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that a military operation to liberate the Strait of Hormuz would be "unrealistic". "There are those who advocate for the liberation of the Strait of Hormuz by force through a military...