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 U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday predicted the war in the Middle East could be over soon, even as Iran’s hardliners staged a show of loyalty to new ...

The U.S. government agreed to resolve its long-running criminal prosecution of Turkish state-run lender Halkbank HALKB.IS, saying the accord furthers Washington’s interest in curbing support for Iran. ...

Australians were downloading virtual private networks (VPNs) in droves, while one of the world’s largest porn distributors said it was blocking users from its platforms as the country rolled ...

Turkey said on Monday that NATO air defences shot down a second ballistic missile that was fired from Iran and had entered Turkish airspace, warning it will take any necessary ...

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei dismissed reports that Iranian munitions had been launched towards Turkey, Cyprus and Azerbaijan in the past few days. “No offensives were initiated from Iranian ...

A planned visit by King Charles to the United States should be cancelled after President Donald Trump repeatedly insulted Britain, the leader of the country’s third-biggest party in parliament ...

Oil prices surged to more than $119 a barrel on Monday, hitting levels not seen since mid-2022, as some major producers cut supplies and fears of prolonged shipping disruptions gripped the ...

Istanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, argued with the presiding judge on Monday in a chaotic start to a sweeping corruption trial that could extinguish the ambition of Tayyip Erdogan’...

Hezbollah said on Monday its fighters clashed with Israeli troops in eastern Lebanon during an Israeli airborne raid overnight, in what would be the second such operation in the area ...

A synagogue in the Belgian city of Liege was damaged by an explosion early on Monday, Belgian broadcasters VRT and RTBF reported, citing local police. No injuries were reported. The ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba was chosen by Iran’s Assembly of Experts to succeed his late father as supreme leader, in a sign that hardliners were still firmly ...

Oil prices surged more than 25% on Monday to their highest levels since mid-2022 as some major producers cut supplies and fears of prolonged shipping disruptions gripped the market due to ...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Sunday said it would be “unforgivable” for Greece to turn its back on Cyprus “at such a difficult time”, after deploying four fighter jets ...

Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi on Sunday urged Cypriots “not to confuse” the Lebanese state with insurgent group Hezbollah, after a drone fired from Lebanon hit Cyprus six days prior. ...

Iran’s hardliners staged a show of force on Monday, taking to the streets to proclaim their loyalty to new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, whose rise appeared to dash hopes ...

ANYONE who has spent any elongated period of time in Cyprus will be aware of the spectre of living in or adjacent to an unrecognised country, and the diplomatic, economic, ...

Cyprus “is only a target” because it hosts two British sovereign bases, former British prime minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday. “Given how much notice we had of these strikes, ...

Israel’s military said it struck Iranian commanders in the Lebanese capital early on Sunday, expanding the scope of strikes to the heart of Beirut after days of strikes that ...

A total of six Turkish F-16 fighter jets are set to arrive in Cyprus on Monday, the Turkish Cypriot civil aviation authority’s acting director Askin Meseli said on Sunday. ...

Soon after ​the first Iranian missile and drone attacks on Dubai last week, two Indian entrepreneurs based there tried to move more than $100,000 each from their local bank ‌accounts to ...

The clerical body that will choose Iran’s next supreme leader, succeeding the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has more or less reached a majority consensus, Assembly of Experts member Ayatollah ...

The US embassy in Oslo was hit by a loud explosion early on Sunday, causing minor damage but no injuries in what may have been a deliberate attack linked to ...

Israeli forces expanded their bombardment of Iran overnight, striking fuel depots near Tehran, while Bahrain said an Iranian attack had damaged one of its desalination plants, signalling a widening assault ...

Ukrainian manufacturers of cheap interceptor drones designed to knock out enemy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) say they have the capacity to export in large volumes, amid enquiries from the United ...