Pakistan tables last minute proposal to avert further US-Iran hostilities as Trump’s deadline for Tehran to reopen Strait of Hormuz looms
On Sunday, the United States, Iran, and regional intermediaries were reportedly holding talks centred on a 45-day pause in hostilities, the first stage of a broader two-phase agreement that may bring the conflict to a temporary close.
David’s Sling: Israel’s capacity to land hammer blow in Middle East multiple wars wanes as missile stockpile thins out
In the following years, according to the Israeli military, the country has faced threats on “seven fronts” – from Palestinian factions in Gaza and the West Bank, armed groups in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, Houthi forces in Yemen, and its arch foe Iran.
Portraying Iran as a threat is a ‘product of political and economic whims of the powerful’ – Iran president tells Americans
The Iranian people harbour no enmity toward other nations, including the people of America, Europe or neighbouring countries.
Israeli strikes hit Tehran on Persian New Year as Iranian drones target Gulf energy sites
Iran hit a Saudi refinery on the Red Sea, set Qatari liquefied natural gas facilities and two Kuwaiti oil refineries ablaze and caused minor damage to an oil refinery in Israel. The strikes, in retaliation for an Israeli attack on a key Iranian gas field, sent fuel prices soaring. Brent...
Iranian missiles and drones hit and inflict some damage on six US military bases in the Gulf, six American soldiers killed in Kuwait
Satellite imagery from Planet Labs confirms infrastructure damage at the US Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait following Iranian strikes since February 28, including to over a dozen structures, aircraft shelters, and areas near runways.
Understanding Iran’s new Ayatollah Mojtaba: ‘It’s humiliation for US to kill an 86-year-old man only to have him replaced by his hard-line son’
Mojtaba Khamenei has spent years building influence within Iran’s political and security apparatus. Palestinian political analyst Abdul Qader Hammad of Al-Aqsa University in Gaza noted his close ties to the IRGC, which bolster his credibility and make it possible to secure support from hard-line factions.
Israeli PM Netanyahu vows to intensify airstrikes as military claims ‘superiority’ over Tehran
The Israeli military said it plans to call up 100,000 reservists to bolster readiness along borders with Syria and Lebanon, as well as in the occupied West Bank, Gaza Strip and southern Israel. The call-up comes amid the potential for escalation on multiple fronts following the joint Israeli-US strikes on Iran on Saturday.
‘Truce is not peace’: In the media, truce means bombing has stopped, in Gaza it’s a frightened breath and an ache of survival
The truce there is a short breath between two suffocations. And here, the calm feels like betrayal. Words lose meaning when you know the distance between language and reality is measured in pain. I saw a short video of a woman still searching for her son’s body under the rubble – even after the truce. She said: “The war didn’t stop inside me.”
Trump to receive hero’s welcome in Israel’s parliament as fragile Gaza ceasefire holds
The US, along with Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, mediated what has been described as a first phase agreement between Israel and Hamas. The next phase of Trump’s plan calls for an international body – a “Board of Peace” led by Trump.
End of two years of war doesn’t guarantee immediate rebound in Israel’s economy
At 3.25 to the dollar, the shekel has appreciated nearly 20 per cent against the US currency since October 2023, aided by Bank of Israel stabilisation measures. The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange’s benchmark index is up nearly 300 per cent, compared to 56 per cent for the S&P 500. Israel has also maintained access to international debt markets, raising a record $8 billion in March 2024 and $5 billion in February 2025.
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