Middle East


Iran sees US demands as costlier than war, prepares for confrontation - report

Iranian soldiers take part in a military parade during a ceremony marking the country's annual army day in Tehran on April 17, 2024.

Taliban confirms holding Americans; ex-intel officer calls detainee Coyle ‘valuable asset’

A Taliban security personnel stands guard along a road near the Ghulam Khan zero-point border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Gurbuz district in the southeast of Khost province on October 20, 2025.

IDF discusses disarming Hamas, opening Rafah Border Crossing: What’s next?

  A Palestinian fighter from the armed wing of Hamas takes part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip, July 19, 2023.