Iran

Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump speaks, as he holds a campaign rally for the first time with his running mate, Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Senator JD Vance (R-OH) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US July 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File photo
USA

FBI investigating after Trump campaign says it was hacked by Iran

The former president said on Saturday that Microsoft had informed his campaign that Iran had hacked one of its websites. Trump said Iran was "only able to get publicly available information....

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, leaves a meeting of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in Vienna, Austria, June 12, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File photo
Middle East

Iran's new president picks pragmatist as top diplomat in proposed cabinet

Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian. File Photo: Collected
Middle East

Iran's president proposes an ex-nuclear negotiator as foreign minister. A woman is also on the list

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with Iran's parliament members in Tehran, Iran, July 21, 2024. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Middle East

Iran set to carry out leader's order to 'harshly punish' Israel, Guards deputy chief says

An employee of Luxor's International Airport walks next to an EgyptAir plane in Luxor, Egypt April 9, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo
Middle East

UK, Egypt issue alerts for Iran, Lebanon airspace as risks of military conflict rise

People walk at a square where Israeli flags are displayed, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Tense Israel in waiting as attack threat looms

A supporter holds a poster of late top commander of Iran's Quds Force Qassem Soleimani and late Hezbollah top commander Fuad Shukr before the speech of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, during a commemorative ceremony marking the first week since the killing of Hezbollah's top commander Fuad Shukr, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon August 6, Photo: 2024. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Middle East

US has communicated need to not escalate conflict to Iran and Israel, says Blinken

Russian Security Council's Secretary Sergei Shoigu attends a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with commanders of troops of military districts, in Moscow, Russia May 15, 2024. Photo: Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

Iranian president, in talks with Putin ally, calls for expanded ties with Russia

Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, hold firearms next to a poster of assassinated Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, at the rally to show solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, August 2, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo
Middle East

US passes message to Iran not to escalate at 'critical moment' for Middle East

Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi attends a joint press conference at the "Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza" conference, at the Dead Sea, Jordan June 11, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni/File photo
Middle East

Jordan's foreign minister to hold talks in Iran as tensions rise

US President Joe Biden arrives at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church to attend mass in Wilmington, Delaware, US, August 3, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Middle East

Biden voices hope Iran will stand down but is uncertain

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah appears on a screen as he addresses his supporters during a ceremony to honour fighters killed in the recent escalation with Israel, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon November 3, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Middle East

Iran, allies ready Israel response as funerals held for Hamas, Hezbollah leaders

Palestinians attend a protest after the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran, in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank July 31, 2024. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
Hamas-Israel war

Killing of Hamas chief in Iran stirs fears of retaliation, regional conflict