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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.

Iran power plant damaged during US-Israeli strikes in the 40-day war of 2026

Iran Says US-Israeli Strikes Destroyed 7% of Its Power Generation Capacity — and Summer Is Coming

Iran's energy deputy minister says the 40-day US-Israeli military campaign destroyed more than 7,000 megawatts of power generation capacity — roughly 7% of the national total — with peak summer demand weeks

June 7, 2026

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Pakistan Delivers Joint Military-Civilian Message to Iran’s Supreme Leader as Nuclear Deal Stalls

Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi handed a joint letter from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir to Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on Sunday, addressed

June 7, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Rescue workers at the scene of an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon June 2026

Israeli Strike on Saksakiyeh Kills Civilians as Lebanon’s Ceasefire Frays at the Seams

An Israeli airstrike on the town of Saksakiyeh in Lebanon's Sidon district killed civilians days after the US announced a ceasefire agreement. Hezbollah was not party to the Washington talks and has

June 7, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Headquarters of Lahav 433 Israel national major crimes unit in Lod

Israel’s Anti-Corruption Unit Questions Three Senior Government Officials, Including a Ministry Director General

Israel's Lahav 433 questioned a government ministry director general and two senior officials on suspicion of fraud, breach of trust, and abuse of authority on Sunday — the latest case in a

June 7, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Smoke and damage from Israeli air strikes on Saksakieh village south Lebanon June 6 2026

Two Israeli Soldiers Killed in Lebanon as Ceasefire Collapses Into Daily Attrition

An elite Egoz Unit captain died of drone wounds and a Givati Brigade sergeant was killed by suspected friendly fire in separate incidents in southern Lebanon — losses absorbed quietly as a

June 7, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Smoke rises over Lebanon following Israeli airstrikes as ceasefire and Hezbollah Litani withdrawal talks stall June 2026

Berri Offers Hezbollah Withdrawal — With a Condition Israel Won’t Accept

Nabih Berri, who speaks for Hezbollah in Lebanon's parliament, offered Friday to withdraw the group's fighters south of the Litani River — but only if Israel simultaneously pulls out of the Lebanese

June 7, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

North Korean paramilitary forces march during a military parade at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang

North Korea’s Defense Ministry Escalates Arms Rhetoric as US Approves $106M Precision Bomb Sale to Seoul

Pyongyang's General Armaments Bureau issued its second condemnation of US arms transfers to Seoul in three weeks, this time targeting a $106 million sale of JDAM precision-guided munitions approved just days earlier.

June 7, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Magen David Adom emergency vehicles at Kochav Yair shooting scene central Israel

Gunman Kills One, Wounds Five in Rampage Across Three Sites in Central Israel

An Arab Israeli gunman shot and killed one man and wounded five others across at least three locations in Israel's central Sharon region on Sunday, in what police described as a nationally

June 7, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

IDF targeted strike in southern Gaza Strip against Hamas Nukhba commander June 2026

IDF Kills Hamas Nukhba Commander Who Led Kisufim Raid on October 7

Israel's military and Shin Bet say they eliminated Sakr Abu Karim, a Hamas Nukhba cell commander who led the infiltration of the Kisufim area on October 7, 2023 — and who continued

June 7, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un at the Beijing Victory Day Parade September 2025 ahead of Pyongyang summit

North Korea Tests Beijing’s Red Line Before Xi Arrives — With a Uranium Plant and a Warning

Days before Xi Jinping arrives in Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un unveiled a uranium enrichment facility and Kim Yo Jong publicly rejected the US-China denuclearization goal — a sequence analysts say is engineered

June 7, 2026

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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

Iran Says US-Israeli Strikes Destroyed 7% of Its Power Generation Capacity — and Summer Is Coming

Pakistan Delivers Joint Military-Civilian Message to Iran’s Supreme Leader as Nuclear Deal Stalls

Israeli Strike on Saksakiyeh Kills Civilians as Lebanon’s Ceasefire Frays at the Seams

Israel’s Anti-Corruption Unit Questions Three Senior Government Officials, Including a Ministry Director General

Two Israeli Soldiers Killed in Lebanon as Ceasefire Collapses Into Daily Attrition

Berri Offers Hezbollah Withdrawal — With a Condition Israel Won’t Accept

North Korea’s Defense Ministry Escalates Arms Rhetoric as US Approves $106M Precision Bomb Sale to Seoul

Gunman Kills One, Wounds Five in Rampage Across Three Sites in Central Israel

IDF Kills Hamas Nukhba Commander Who Led Kisufim Raid on October 7

North Korea Tests Beijing’s Red Line Before Xi Arrives — With a Uranium Plant and a Warning

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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