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Arab, Iranian Foreign Ministers to Meet this Week in Norway
Arab, Iranian Foreign Ministers to Meet this Week in Norway

The foreign ministers of Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Oman will meet in Norway this week at an annual peace forum, the Norwegian government announced on Tuesday. The ministers, including Iran's foreign minister and chief nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi, will take part on Wednesday and Thursday in the Oslo Forum, an annual gathering ...

Mullahs Inc.: Inside Iran’s Shadow Banking Network
Mullahs Inc.: Inside Iran’s Shadow Banking Network

With nuclear talks stalled, Washington has opened a new front in its standoff with Tehran: financial warfare. On Friday, the United States imposed sanctions on more than 30 individuals and entities tied to a sprawling money-laundering network that covertly funnels funds to the Iranian regime. This clandestine financial system — a covert, ...

Israel Strikes Yemen's Huthi-Held Hodeida Port
Israel Strikes Yemen's Huthi-Held Hodeida Port

Yemen's rebel-controlled media reported Israeli strikes on the port of Hodeida on Tuesday, with the Israeli army saying its navy had hit the area following calls on civilians to evacuate three Huthi-held ports. "Israeli Navy Missile Ships struck terror targets belonging to the Huthi terrorist regime in the port of" Hodeida, the ...

Ukraine says Russian Drone Attacks hit Kyiv, Odesa, Killing Two
Ukraine says Russian Drone Attacks hit Kyiv, Odesa, Killing Two

Russia carried out fresh drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and the port city of Odesa early on Tuesday, killing two people and hitting a maternity hospital, Ukrainian officials said. Moscow has escalated its attacks on Ukraine, which has hit back with strikes deep inside Russian territory, as peace talks held in Turkey fail to yield a ...

Apple Plays it Safe on AI Despite Wall Street Pressure
Apple Plays it Safe on AI Despite Wall Street Pressure

Apple on Monday remained on its cautious path to embracing generative AI even as rivals race ahead with the technology and Wall Street expresses doubts over its strategy. The pressure was on Apple not to disappoint at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) a year after the iPhone juggernaut made a promise it failed to keep -- to ...

Iran says New Round of US Talks Planned for Sunday
Iran says New Round of US Talks Planned for Sunday

Iran's foreign ministry has said a new round of nuclear talks with the United States is being planned for Sunday, after President Donald Trump said it was expected on Thursday. "The next round of Iran-US indirect talks is being planned for next Sunday in Muscat," foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said in a statement Tuesday, adding ...

The Iranian Regime of War and Death
Op-edThe Iranian Regime of War and Death

When I was in elementary school in Baghdad, in the early 1980s, teachers took us to the streets to shout angry slogans against “Khomeini the Hypocrite” for refusing to end Iran’s war with Iraq. Little did I know that, decades later and well into middle age, I would still be discussing the seemingly endless wars driven by the Islamist ...

Trump Deploys Marines as Tensions Rise Over Los Angeles Protests
Trump Deploys Marines as Tensions Rise Over Los Angeles Protests

President Donald Trump ordered active-duty US Marines and 2,000 more National Guard troops into Los Angeles on Monday, vowing those protesting immigration arrests would be "hit harder" than ever. Trump's extraordinary mobilization of 700 full-time professional military personnel -- and thousands of National Guard troops -- came on the fourth day ...

Israel Issues Evacuation Warning for Three Houthi-Controlled Yemeni Ports
Israel Issues Evacuation Warning for Three Houthi-Controlled Yemeni Ports

The Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee on Monday issued an urgent warning in a post on X, to all individuals present at three seaports controlled by Yemen’s Houthis, urging immediate evacuation due to escalating security threats. The warning specifically targets Ras Issa, Hodeidah, and As-Salif ports, which are under ...

Iran Says Has Intel to Strike Israel in Response to 'any' Attack on Nuclear Sites
Iran Says Has Intel to Strike Israel in Response to 'any' Attack on Nuclear Sites

Iran's top security body said on Monday that using intelligence it had obtained about Israeli nuclear facilities, Iranian forces could launch counterattacks should Israel strike the Islamic republic. Israel has repeatedly warned that it could attack Iranian nuclear sites, vowing to stop its arch foe from acquiring an atomic bomb, which Tehran ...

Trump Signals Iran Nuclear Talks Will Resume on Thursday After Netanyahu Talks
Trump Signals Iran Nuclear Talks Will Resume on Thursday After Netanyahu Talks

US President Donald Trump spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday about Iran, according to a White House official as reported by Reuters. The call occurred as Trump sought to expedite aid to Gaza and persuade Iran to abandon its nuclear program. Trump said he is actively engaged in efforts involving Iran, describing Tehran’s ...