Khamenei warns US of ‘regional war’ if Iran is attacked
Iran’s supreme leader accuses the US of aiming to seize his country’s oil and natural gas resources.

Iran’s supreme leader accuses the US of aiming to seize his country’s oil and natural gas resources.








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The US and Iran both say they want a diplomatic solution to their standoff and regional players are increasingly active.
The ‘madman theory’ aims to pressure adversaries but risks backfiring when opponents feel they have nothing to lose.
Facing the prospect of US strikes, Iran has intensified diplomatic efforts with countries including Turkiye.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola wore a keffiyeh and condemned global silence of Palestinian children’s suffering.

Activists unveiled a giant portrait of five-year-old Hind Rajab in Barcelona on the second anniversary of her killing.
Military claims without providing evidence that the slain fighters were linked to India.
Israel has repeatedly denied the death toll in Gaza during its more than two-year genocidal war on the enclave.
After gunmen abducted a quarter of the people in a village in Kaduna State, many who remain are now leaving for good.

Diplomatic efforts are intensifying to avoid a military confrontation between the US and Iran.

President Donald Trump says he is speaking to Iran’s leadership amid a US military build-up in the Middle East.