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US President Donald Trump lashed out Tuesday at “foolish” Nato over Iran, saying the United States needs no help after allies rebuffed his calls to join efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said most US allies had rejected his push to escort ships through the crucial waterway, with French President Emmanuel Macron saying his country would “never” do so until the situation was calmer. “I think Nato is making a very foolish mistake,” Trump told reporters as he hosted Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin in the Oval Office. “I’ve long said that I wonder whether or not Nato would ever be there for us. So this was a great test.” But Trump insisted that Washington was ready to go it alone against Iran, saying that even Nato allies had agreed that Tehran needed to be confronted over its nuclear programme. “We don’t need too much help. We don’t need any help,” Trump said. Minutes before the meeting, Trump made a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform saying US forces “no longer need” military help in the I...

QUETTA - Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti on Tuesday has termed the large-scale repatriation of Pakistani citizens from Iran as a result of an organized and coordinated government effort.

Economistul american Joseph Stiglitz, laureat al Premiul Nobel pentru Economie, a declarat marți că „marele câștigător” al conflictului din Iran este Rusia, în timp ce populația obișnuită din multe state va suporta costurile economice ale războiului.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's attempt to gain support by warring with Iran and Hezbollah ahead of elections is already backfiring. What happens when his base realizes the repeated promises of 'total victory' were a lie?

A senior US counter-terrorism official resigned on Tuesday to protest the US-Israeli war against Iran and said the Islamic Republic posed no imminent threat to the United States. “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran,” Joseph Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Centre, said in his resignation letter to President Donald Trump. Kent — a former member of the Green Beret special forces who served multiple combat tours — said “Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.” Kent is the first senior US official to resign from the Trump administration to protest the war against Iran. “Until June of 2025, you understood that the wars in the Middle East were a trap that robbed America of the precious lives of our patriots and depleted the wealth and prosperity of our nation,” Kent said in his letter to Trump. “Early in this administration, high-ranking Israeli officials and influen...

România se află pe axa amenințărilor care vin dinspre Iran și Rusia. E pregătită să riposteze? Ce fel de măsuri a luat Bucureștiul pentru a-și proteja populația?

The Israeli claim of killing Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani, if confirmed, would mark the most consequential setback for Iran since the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei at the start of the US-Israel war on the Islamic republic, which is now in its 18th day. Larijani is one of the few remaining figures who straddle the political, security and diplomatic layers of the Iranian system at a time of war. He is not merely a senior insider, but part of a small cohort that can reconcile competing power centres within the state and translate battlefield developments into coherent political signalling. His role extends beyond messaging to quietly shaping external engagement, including maintaining channels that could, if required, support de-escalation. His loss, if confirmed, would not fracture the system. It would rather narrow the space within which strategy is formulated, tilting the balance further toward a security-driven approach and reducing flexibility for any future political exit. ...

From sea turtles to birds and the gentle dugong, the Persian Gulf’s diverse but fragile marine life is threatened by the bombs and oil of the war in the Middle East. The ecosystem was already under pressure from climate change and maritime traffic before the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran at the end of February. More than 300 incidents involving environmental risks — including attacks on oil tankers — have been recorded in the region since the conflict broke out, according to a March 10 report by the Conflict and Environment Observatory, a UK non-governmental organisation. The geography of the Gulf makes its ecosystem particularly vulnerable. A semi-enclosed and shallow sea about 50 metres deep on average, it is connected to the Indian Ocean through the Strait of Hormuz. Its slow water renewal — every two to five years — limits the dispersion of oil or other pollutants. The region hosts the world’s second-largest population of dugongs — herbivorous marine mammals known as “sea cows” that ...

China said on Tuesday it will provide humanitarian assistance to Middle Eastern countries, including Iran and Lebanon, targeted in US and Israeli strikes in the conflict now in its third week. China’s foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said the war had caused “grave humanitarian catastrophes” in Iran and other Middle Eastern nations. “China has decided to provide emergency humanitarian assistance to Iran, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. It is hoped this will help alleviate the humanitarian plight faced by the local populations,” Lin told a press conference, without providing further details. “China will continue to make every effort to promote peace and stop the war … and to prevent further spreading of the humanitarian crisis,” he added. China has sought to mediate in the war, with its special envoy to the Middle East, Zhai Jun, urging de-escalation when he recently met Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister for talks. China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, has also said that the war “should never have happened” and called for ...

Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iran, Mudassir Ali Tipu, has expressed gratitude to the Iranian government for ensuring smooth transit trade between the two countries during challenging times.

While reluctant to join the war effort and expand the conflict, after having been hit by Iranian strikes, the Gulf states are now fearful of an emboldened Iran in control of oil routes. 'We have to live through the results,' a top adviser to Qatar's prime minister warns

A total of 5,615 Pakistani citizens have returned from Iran since the outbreak of the ongoing conflict on February 28, Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said on Tuesday.

Another Pakistani national was killed due to “falling debris” following the interception of a ballistic missile in the United Arab Emirates, the country’s media office said on Tuesday. The development marks the third instance of a Pakistani national losing their life in an attack in the UAE during the ongoing war between Iran, the US, and Israel. The Abu Dhabi Media Office, in a statement on X, said that the authorities “responded to an incident involving falling debris in the Baniyas area, following the interception of a ballistic missile by air defence systems”. “The incident resulted in the death of a Pakistani national,” it said. The Pakistan Embassy in the UAE, in a statement on X, expressed sorrow at the death and said it was in “close coordination” with local authorities. The embassy said that it will extend “all possible support to the bereaved family,” and added that the embassy will “facilitate the repatriation process at the earliest possible time”. “In this hour of grief, we share in the family’s ...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi have reportedly resumed direct communication in recent days, Axios reported, citing a US official and a source familiar with the matter. Both officials had previously managed negotiations between Washington and Tehran before Israel and the United States launched an attack on Iran. Axios noted that it is unclear how substantive the messages exchanged were, but the contacts mark the first known direct communication between the parties since the conflict began. According to the US official and the source, Araghchi sent text messages to Witkoff focused on ending the war. However, Drop Site News reported on Monday that Witkoff had sent messages to Araghchi, quoting Iranian officials who said the foreign minister was ignoring the White House envoy’s messages. The US official told Axios that it was Araghchi who was attempting to engage, but the US “is not talking” to Iran. Neither source provided details...

Iran heeft opnieuw raketten afgevuurd op Israël. Dat meldt het Israëlische leger (IDF). In meerdere delen van Israël, waaronder Tel Aviv, klonk het luchtalarm en werd de bevolking opgeroepen dekking te zoeken in de schuilkelders. En in de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten (VAE) is het luchtruim tijdelijk gesloten vanwege inkomende raketten en drones uit Iran. Volg alle ontwikkelingen in het Midden-Oosten in ons liveblog.

The U.S. president said that 'no expert would have known' that Iran would attack Gulf states in response to U.S. strikes, even though experts did, in fact, warn of such retaliation, and Iran explicitly said that countries hosting U.S. armed forces were legitimate targets

Fragmente de rachete și interceptori au căzut în mai multe zone din Ierusalim, inclusiv în apropierea unor locuri sfinte, după lansarea de rachete din Iran. Potrivit autorităților, mai multe rachete au fost interceptate de sistemele de apărare aeriană deasupra orașului.

Islamabad - Pakistan’s diplomatic outreach during the ongoing tensions in the Middle East has drawn appreciation from Iran, highlighting Islamabad’s attempt to maintain a balanced foreign policy in a highly sensitive regional environment.

The lawmakers note that if the administration 'believes its approach toward Iran has been successful and justified, then it should welcome the opportunity to explain its decisions to Congress'

The debate about the relationship between America and Israel is legitimate and overdue. But right now, during the war on Iran, it's colliding with a much older, darker and more dangerous argument about 'Jewish interests,' secret control and power