An Italian Navy-led European Union force boarded a Russian tanker in the Mediterranean Sea, claiming the operation was part of efforts to monitor illicit arms and oil trafficking in the region.
Israeli occupation forces have carried out an incursion into the countryside of Syria’s southwestern province of Quneitra, where they set up a temporary checkpoint and searched locals as well as passing vehicles.
Israeli strikes kill at least 19 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip in one of the highest daily death tolls since a ceasefire was reached in October 2025.
The body of Iranian sailor Nima Moradi, who was killed in a Ukrainian attack on the merchant vessel Anna in Russian waters last week, has been returned to Iran along with eight surviving crew members.
Behind the missiles and military strikes, Iran's $10 billion poultry industry—the backbone of the nation's food security—endured relentless bombardment but never stopped feeding a population for whom chicken on the table became an unlikely measure of national survival.
International journalist Sakina Datoo and political commentator Syed Mohsin Abbas discussed why US President Donald Trump ultimately refrained from launching a broader military attack on Iran.
Iran says talks with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz are unrelated to any third party, stressing that conditions there will not return to their pre-war state.
Araghchi has held a series of high-level telephone conversations with his Saudi counterpart and Pakistan’s army chief as part of ongoing regional consultations aimed at preserving security and stability in West Asia.
This edition features an interview with David Vine, a collaborative writer and a political anthropologist whose work focuses on US foreign and military policy, military bases, forced displacement, and human rights.
Pezeshkian has described the historic Islamabad MoU signed with the US in June as the future “centre of gravity” of the Islamic Republic’s foreign policy.