Iran is installing thousands of advanced centrifuges at key facilities, which was announced days after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) raised concerns over Tehran’s lack of transparency and cooperation in the area of nuclear safeguards. The plan was disclosed by Iranian officials on Nov. 27 and detailed in a confidential IAEA report dated Nov. […]

Syrias antigovernment forces claimed a stunning advance into Aleppo, in a setback for the government in Damascus and its allies Russia and Iran.

Catching up to three big name festival films that opened Wednesday at the specialty box office to start the extended U.S. Thanksgiving holiday weekend Luca Guadagninos Queer from A24 starring 007 Daniel Craig; Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in Pablo Larrans Maria from Netflix, both of which premiered at Venice; and Iranian filmmaker Mohammad […]

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said Fridayhis Iran-backed militant group will coordinate with the Lebanese Army to implement the U.S. led cease-fire agreement that ended almost 14 months of conflict with Israel.

The unexpected 60-day agreement to halt the ongoing military confrontation between Hezbollah and Israel could have significant consequences for the region, Israeli and Arab sources indicate. The US-France-brokered ceasefire between Lebanons extremist militia Hezbollah, supported by Iran and Russia, and Israel could bring some stability to Lebanon and the region, experts suggest. The 60-day ceas...

A recent report in Bloomberg has collected and analyzed five years of satellite images monitoring the South China Sea off Malaysia to detail something which should come as no surprise: Iran and China's sanction-busting activity regarding Iranian oil exports has been going strong. The working assumption of the report is that it is Washington's responsibility - and that of its global allies - to bet...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says his country may change its nuclear doctrine and develop a bomb if UN sanctions are reimposed on Tehran. Speaking to reporters on November 28 in Lisbon, Portugal, Araqchi said Iran had long had the technical know-how to build a bomb but doing so "is not part of Tehrans security strategy," according to Iranian media. His comments come as negotiators fro...

Diplomatic talks have included concerns over Iran's military support for Russia in the Ukraine conflict.

The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes out just one strand of the geopolitical premium in oil prices, with a lot of uncertainties remaining for 2025, including the Trump Administrations sanctions against Iran and the Russia-Ukraine war, according to David Fyfe, chief economist at Argus. Its a complex picture, but youve essentially got several strands of geopolitical complications, Fyf...

The move further raises tensions over Tehran's program

Iran will begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges at its two main nuclear facilities at Fordo and Natanz, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog said Friday, further raising tensions over Tehran's program as it enriches at near weapons-grade levels.

UN nuclear watchdog's report comes as Iran prepares to hold talks with European nations over its nuclear programme.

Report calls for a dramatic recalibration of Wests engagement strategy with Iranian leadership, suggesting international pressure would lead regime being overthrown

LONDONA British soldier was found guilty on Thursday of collecting sensitive information for people linked to Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and gathering the names of special forces personnel. Daniel Abed Khalife collected sensitive information between May 2019 and January 2022, prosecutor Mark Heywood told jurors at the start of the trial at Woolwich Crown […]