•United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Israel declared UN chief Antonio Guterres “persona non grata” today, accusing him of failing to specifically condemn Iran’s missile attack on Israel, reports AFP. “Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran’s heinous attack on Israel does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil,” said Forei...
•Projectiles being intercepted by Israel above Jerusalem yesterday World leaders yesterday urged Iran and Israel to step back from the brink after Tehran fired a barrage of rockets at its arch rival. Tehran said the attack — which took place as Israel said it was mounting a ground offensive against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon — […]...
•A projectile flying above the Jordanian capital Amman towards Israel yesterday Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel yesterday in response to the killings of Iran-backed militant leaders, sending Israelis to shelters and prompting alarm across the region. “A short while ago, missiles were launched from Iran towards the State of Israel...
•Prime Minister Benjamin Israel’s police arrested an Israeli citizen allegedly recruited by Iranian intelligence to plot the assassinations of top Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a joint statement by the police and Shin Bet said today. “An Israeli citizen was recruited by Iranian intelligence to promote assassina...
•Donald Trump US security agencies have confirmed that Iran was responsible for a recent cyberattack targeting Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. In a joint statement released yesterday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, ODNI, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Age...
Iran is accelerating online activity that appears intended to influence the U.S. election, in one case targeting a presidential campaign with an email phishing attack, Microsoft said today. Iranian actors also have spent recent months creating fake news sites and impersonating activists, laying the groundwork to stoke division and potentially ...
•Smoke billows during Israeli bombardment of Khiam in south Lebanon Hamas said today its political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in an Israeli strike in Iran, where he had been attending the inauguration of the country’s new president. Haniyeh’s killing came after Israel yesterday struck a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut, killing ...
•UK Prime Minister Sunak The UK yesterday joined the United States and Canada in announcing a fresh set of sanctions against Iran’s drone and missile industries after its recent attack on Israel. Tehran launched its first direct military assault on Israeli territory nearly two weeks after an April 1 air strike — widely blamed on […]...
•Rising oil prices Oil prices surged more than three percent in early Asian trade today following unconfirmed reports of explosions in Iran, Syria and Iraq, sparking fears of an escalation of the Middle East crisis. West Texas Intermediate jumped 3.66 percent to $85.76 and Brent rose 3.44 percent to $90.11. The reports come after a […]...
•Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi (C) attends a military parade on Wednesday Iran’s state media reported explosions in the central province of Isfahan today, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes on its arch-rival. Air defence systems over several Iranian cities were activated, state media reported, after...

