Hungary’s government offered support, mainly through intelligence, to Iran less than two weeks after Israel carried out pager detonations in September 2024 against the Hezbollah group, a report revealed Wednesday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said all U.S. military objectives in Iran had been achieved, signaling what he described as a successful outcome of the conflict.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance said a fragile ceasefire with Iran could hold if Tehran follows through on commitments to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while warning the situation remains uncertain.
Azerbaijan’s Supreme Court has upheld a nine-year prison sentence against Farid Mehralizade, a journalist with U.S.-backed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), rejecting his appeal in a case condemned by critics as unjust and seen as a test of press freedom in the former Soviet republic.
President Donald Trump announced a major development in U.S.–Iran relations on Wednesday, stating in a Truth Social post that Iran has undergone what he called a “very productive Regime Change,” opening the door to direct cooperation with the United States.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump said Tuesday he had agreed on a two-week ceasefire with Iran that would include Israel, though the Jewish nation continued intercepting missiles fired by Iran-backed forces.
Iran has stepped up executions of people involved in protests against the country’s Islamic rulers, including a teenage musician who has become a symbol of human suffering in the Islamic Republic, as rights groups warn that thousands of detainees face the risk of death, injury, or execution.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance, on a visit to Hungary, condemned what he called “disgraceful” interference by the European Union in an election that could see Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán lose power for the first time in 16 years.
Russia and China vetoed a resolution at the United Nations Security Council aimed at protecting navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, despite overwhelming support from 11 member nations.
xplosions were reported Tuesday on Iran’s strategic Kharg Island, according to Iran’s semi-official Mehr News Agency, as tensions escalate ahead of a U.S. deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Ukraine says a barrage of Russian drone attacks has killed at least four people and injured many others, casting a shadow over Easter celebrations in the war-torn country.
U.S. President Donald Trump is facing a unified message from key Middle Eastern allies: there will be no ceasefire in the ongoing conflict unless the Iranian threat is fully dismantled.
Hungary says it has rushed troops to protect its section of a natural gas pipeline after the government accused Ukraine of attempting to sabotage it ahead of Tuesday’s arrival of U.S. Vice President JD Vance in Budapest.
President Donald Trump promised “complete demolition” of Iran on Tuesday if the nation’s leaders do not agree to a deal to reduce nuclear weapons development by 8 p.m. Eastern time.
U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States attempted to provide weapons to Iranian protesters earlier this year, but the effort may have failed after Kurdish groups allegedly kept the arms for themselves.
President Donald Trump threatened a brutal attack on Iran two days ahead of his deadline for the Islamic Republic to reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz.
Ukraine faced a bloodstained Easter after at least five people were killed and 19 wounded in Russian drone strikes on a street market in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The attack was the latest in a series of strikes that United Nations officials say have contributed to a rise in premature births among Ukrainian women, linked to stress caused by ongoing bombardment.
American President Donald J. Trump said Sunday that a crew member who had been missing after a F-15 fighter jet was shot down over Iran has been recovered, after the U.S. military “pulled off one of the most daring search and rescue operations in U.S. history.”
Indonesia braced for aftershocks this Easter after a powerful earthquake killed at least one person, damaged churches and homes, and triggered a brief tsunami warning in the Maluku Sea region.
An explosion struck the Israel Center in the Dutch town of Nijkerk late Friday, police said, adding that no injuries were reported.