7 h. ago France, UK and Germany set deadline to restore UN sanctions on Iran

The three countries have agreed to reinstate the sanctions on Iran if there is no concrete progress on a nuclear deal

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17 h. ago Trump promised to be a ‘peacemaker’ president. He launched nearly as many airstrikes in five months as Biden did in four years

The administration has carried out more than 500 bombings so far, according to analysis from data watchdog

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3 d. ago 'Putin tells Iran to accept US nuclear deal supporting zero enrichment'

The Russian President is said to have told both Donald Trump and Iranian officials that he supports the deal, despite Russia being one of the Middle Eastern country's key allies.

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6 d. ago Iran says it could assassinate Donald Trump 'as he sunbathes at Mar

Javad Larijani, senior advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that Donald Trump could be killed "as he lies there with his stomach to the sun" at his Mar a Lago resort in Florida

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7 d. ago Another day, another US presidential fallout: Trump takes aim at Putin

This week Trump has set his sights on Putin after publicly knocking Iran and Israel’s heads together, but it remains to be seen if he loses patience with Netanyahu during his trip to the US, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew

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7 d. ago Iranian official chillingly warns Trump can no longer safely sunbathe at Mar

An Iranian official offered a chilling warning to Donald Trump, saying the president was not safe outside at his Mar-a-Lago home and could be assassinated.

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7 d. ago Trump could be 'assassinated' while topping up his tan in Mar

Javad Larijani, a close advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, said Trump’s actions have made him a marked man in a televised interview, weeks after the US President launched missile strikes on the country

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7 d. ago Iran 'could blast Trump with a drone 'in the navel while sunbathing at Mar

A senior Iranian official has reportedly warned that US president Donald Trump could be hit with a drone strike while sunbathing at Mar-a-Lago.

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7 d. ago Iranian woman living in US for 47 years released by ICE after Republican House Majority Leader intervenes

Mandonna ‘Donna’ Kashanian, 64, was detained by ICE officers last month as she gardened in the yard of her New Orleans home

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7 d. ago Chilling warning Iran won’t ditch plans to become nuclear state as it 'wants power'

A Middle East expert who worked undercover as a field agent for the French foreign intelligence has spoken out today after Donald Trump's US bombed Iran in June

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8 d. ago Trump: President compares his Iran bombing to Truman nuking Japan in WWII

President Donald Trump celebrates his latest Middle East intervention at dinner with Benjamin Netanyahu, who revealed he has nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

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8 d. ago Trump live: President compares his Iran bombing to Truman nuking Japan in WWII

President Donald Trump celebrates his latest Middle East intervention at dinner with Benjamin Netanyahu, who revealed he has nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

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8 d. ago Israeli PM Netanyahu reveals he's nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize

‘Coming from you in particular, this is very meaningful,’ Trump said as Netanyahu revealed the peace prize nomination during a meeting at the White House

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8 d. ago Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize just weeks after joint strike on Iran

Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu presented US President Donald Trump with the letter he sent to the Nobel Peace Prize committee nominating him during a dinner at the White House

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8 d. ago Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel peace prize at White House meeting expected to focus on Gaza

The prime minister made the announcement at a dinner with the president, with the US expected to push Israel to agree a Gaza ceasefireBenjamin Netanyahu told Donald Trump that he would nominate him for the Nobel peace prize on Monday, as the two leaders met for the first time since the US launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear program as part of a short-lived war between Israel and Iran.Trump was expected to press Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire in Israel’s 21-month-old war against Hamas in Gaza amid an outcry over the humanitarian cost of an offensive that has led to nearly 60,000 deaths, most of them Palestinian. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Israel's Netanyahu surprises Trump with coveted Nobel Peace Prize nomination as he gives update on Iran peace talks

President Donald Trump spoke before a dinner with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Monday. Their meeting came amid a push for a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

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1 week ago Maga influencer and de facto national security adviser Laura Loomer holds outsized sway on Trump

The 32-year-old was instrumental in high-profile national security firings, and has cheerled the attacks on IranAfter years of claiming to be the vanguard of a new “America First” isolationist movement rebelling against the neoconservative policies of the George W Bush administration that led to the bloody wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Maga’s online influencers are cheering for another war in the Middle East.And not just any war: they are applauding Donald Trump’s high-risk decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities, a move that was considered a war too far even by the Bush administration. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘It’s offensive’: voices from Iran as fans face 2026 World Cup travel ban

After Donald Trump banned Iranians from entering the US, one of the co-hosts, there are different views on what should be done“It’s offensive for any football fan to be prevented from participating in the World Cup, not just Iranians,” Ali Rezaei of Tehran’s Borna News Agency says. In March, the national team became the second to qualify for the 2026 World Cup that will be hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States. In June, Donald Trump authorised the dropping of bombs on Iran and hit the country with a travel ban. As things stand, while the national team will be able to enter the US next summer, fans – and perhaps media – will not.Residents of Tehran and other cities may have had enough to deal with of late, but still, being barred from entry stings, even if Iranians have long found it difficult to get into the US. “If the US government has issues with the Iranian regime for any reason, it should not result in discrimination against Iranian citizens,” Behnam Jafarzadeh, a writ...

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1 week ago Europe is scrambling to form a united front and regain relevance in the Iran crisis

Tehran now places little faith in the European countries who played a key role in brokering the Iranian nuclear dealExposed as divided and marginalised during the Iran crisis, European nations are scrambling to retrieve a place at the Middle East negotiating table, fearing an impulsive Donald Trump has diminishing interest in stabilising Iran or the wider region now he believes he has achieved his key objective of wiping out Tehran’s nuclear programme.On Tuesday the EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, was the latest senior European figure to phone the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, offering to be a facilitator and urging Tehran not to leave the crisis in a dangerous limbo by keeping UN weapons inspectors out of Iran. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Husband says he will continue to back Trump despite ICE detaining his Iranian wife

Federal agents targeted dozens of Iranian nationals legally in the United States in the wake of Trump’s airstrikes

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