The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines, even as President Donald Trump said on social medi...

Positions linked to the Kurdistan National Army, the armed wing of the Iranian Kurdish opposition Komala Party, were reportedly struck in the Chamsharan area near Darashakran camp outside Erbil.

The United States and Iran have agreed in principle to a deal that would wind down the war in the Middle East by reopening the Strait of Hormuz with a commitment from Iran to dispose of its highly enr...

Tensions between the United States and Iran have escalated sharply once again, with reports of a military confrontation near Bandar Abbas. According to US media reports, a joint US-Israel operation targeted two Iranian speedboats allegedly involved in laying naval mines in the region.

U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Saturday ​that a memorandum of understanding on a peace deal with Iran is "largely negotiated," as both countries and mediators in Pakistan reported progress.

China's leader Xi Jinping met with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Beijing on Monday. Sharif started his four-day official visit to China in Hangzhou in eastern Zhejiang province on Saturday.

The United States and Iran sought on Sunday (May 24, 2026) to finalise an agreement to formally end the West Asia war after Donald Trump said a proposal that included opening the blockaded Strait of H...