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Iranian IRGC forces after US strike on Larak Island in Strait of Hormuz

Iran Fires Back: Drones Strike Jordan and UAE After US Breaks Hormuz Pause

The United States ended a month-long ceasefire by striking IRGC forces on Larak Island; Iran retaliated with drones and missiles at US bases in Jordan and UAE targets. Iranian FM Araghchi accused

September 5, 2026

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Nickolay Mladenov, Board of Peace envoy, addresses the UN Security Council on August 26, 2026, warning that Gaza's ceasefire is at a point of no return

Gaza Ceasefire on Brink of Collapse as Netanyahu Rejects Peace Plan, Envoy Warns UN

Trump's Board of Peace envoy Mladenov warned the UN Security Council that Gaza's ceasefire faces collapse after Netanyahu rejected the 15-point peace plan and Israeli strikes continued killing Palestinians under the truce.

September 4, 2026

by Arab Desk

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian at SCO summit in Bishkek on September 1 2026 as Iran fires missiles toward US bases

Iran Fires Missiles at US Bases After CENTCOM Confirms Direct Strikes on Iranian Soil

Iran's state media reported missile launches toward US military bases on Tuesday, hours after US Central

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the SCO summit in Bishkek amid Iran nuclear denial controversy

Iran Denies Nuclear Activity at Pickaxe Mountain as Trump’s July Threat Lingers

Iran's Foreign Ministry denied nuclear activity at Pickaxe Mountain, known in Iran as Kolang, on Tuesday.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a map of the E1 settlement project at a press conference near Maale Adumim in the West Bank, August 2025

France Bans Smotrich, Closing Its Borders to the Ideological Core of Netanyahu’s Coalition

France has barred Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from its territory, making him the second member of Benjamin Netanyahu's inner cabinet to be personally banned by Paris in three weeks. The coordinated

June 9, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

EUNAVFOR warship escorts a container ship through the Red Sea as part of EU Operation ASPIDES

EU Calls on Houthis to Halt Red Sea Threats as Brussels Runs Out of Diplomatic Tools

The European Union urged Yemen's Ansar Allah movement to refrain from any action that could derail prospects for regional peace, a day after the Houthis formally joined the Iran war and threatened

June 9, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Canada UK France Norway Australia coordinated sanctions against Israeli settler violence West Bank June 2026

Five Western Nations Target Financiers of Israeli Settler Violence in Coordinated West Bank Sanctions Push

Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Norway and Australia announced coordinated sanctions on Tuesday targeting the financial networks behind Israeli extremist settler violence in the occupied West Bank — a structural escalation that

June 9, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

IAEA Board of Governors quarterly meeting Vienna Iran nuclear November 2025

Iran Calls US IAEA Draft Resolution Absurd, Says Bombing Made Compliance Impossible

Iran's Permanent Mission in Vienna rejected the US draft resolution before the IAEA Board of Governors as legally absurd, arguing that American airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities have rendered the demanded access

June 9, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Ruins of a residential area in Tehran damaged in US-Israeli strikes, June 2026

Trump Tells Netanyahu He Could Be ‘On His Own’ as Iran Ceasefire Holds — but the Blockade Stays

Trump warned Netanyahu that Israel risks fighting alone if strikes on Iran continue, even as the US naval blockade — his only concrete lever over Tehran — remains fully in place. The

June 9, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at JFK Airport before boarding Air Force One after confirming US Apache helicopter crash near Strait of Hormuz

US Apache Helicopter Crashes Near Strait of Hormuz — Cause Unknown as Trump Claims Iran Deal Is Days Away

A US Army Apache gunship went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night, with the cause — hostile fire, mechanical failure, or something else — still unconfirmed as President Trump

June 9, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Iran fires missiles toward Israel after Israeli strikes on Beirut cross red lines, June 7 2026

Trump Holds the Blockade, Not the Bombs — and That Is the Real Leverage in the Iran Deal

With Israeli strikes and Iranian missiles still trading across the region, Donald Trump is leaning on a weapon quieter than bombs — a naval blockade that has sealed the Strait of Hormuz

June 9, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Iran national football team arrives for the 2026 World Cup wearing pins for children killed in the Minab school strike

Iran’s World Cup Team Lands in America Wearing Pins for 168 Dead Schoolchildren

Iran's national team arrived to play its World Cup games in the United States wearing gold pins reading 168, the number of children killed when a US cruise missile hit their school

June 9, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News·Sports

Smoke plume rising over buildings in Tehran following Israeli airstrikes on June 8 2026

Trump Said He Calls All the Shots. Then Israel Bombed Iran.

Israel struck Iranian air defense sites in Tehran, Isfahan, Tabriz and Mahshahr overnight on June 8 — hours after Trump told the Financial Times he 'calls all the shots' and a senior

June 9, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Demonstrators wave Iranian flags at a pro-government rally in Tehran

A US Resolution Scolds Iran for the Inspectors It Lost, and Says Nothing About the Bombs That Drove Them Out

Iranian state media says it obtained the US-drafted censure resolution before the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna. It rebukes Tehran over a year without inspector access and could open a path

June 9, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

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Iran Fires Back: Drones Strike Jordan and UAE After US Breaks Hormuz Pause

Gaza Ceasefire on Brink of Collapse as Netanyahu Rejects Peace Plan, Envoy Warns UN

Iran Fires Missiles at US Bases After CENTCOM Confirms Direct Strikes on Iranian Soil

Iran Denies Nuclear Activity at Pickaxe Mountain as Trump’s July Threat Lingers

France Bans Smotrich, Closing Its Borders to the Ideological Core of Netanyahu’s Coalition

EU Calls on Houthis to Halt Red Sea Threats as Brussels Runs Out of Diplomatic Tools

Five Western Nations Target Financiers of Israeli Settler Violence in Coordinated West Bank Sanctions Push

Iran Calls US IAEA Draft Resolution Absurd, Says Bombing Made Compliance Impossible

Trump Tells Netanyahu He Could Be ‘On His Own’ as Iran Ceasefire Holds — but the Blockade Stays

US Apache Helicopter Crashes Near Strait of Hormuz — Cause Unknown as Trump Claims Iran Deal Is Days Away

Trump Holds the Blockade, Not the Bombs — and That Is the Real Leverage in the Iran Deal

Iran’s World Cup Team Lands in America Wearing Pins for 168 Dead Schoolchildren

Trump Said He Calls All the Shots. Then Israel Bombed Iran.

A US Resolution Scolds Iran for the Inspectors It Lost, and Says Nothing About the Bombs That Drove Them Out

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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