Iran sends missiles, drones to Kuwait, Bessent says IRGC in 'economic death throes'
US prepared to launch a new wave of strikes against Iran at any time • Netanyahu warns that an attack from Tehran would be 'one of their last decisions
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Iran targets US military bases in Kuwait with missile, drone strikes as conflict continues - report
Bessent: Iran in 'death throes,' US allies will support efforts to economically 'asphyxiate' IRGC
Tony Blair disputes former UK UN envoy claims that he pushed PA to remove 'Palestine' from textbook
UN chief Guterres slammed for ignoring Iranian regime executions in talk with President Pezeshkian
The UN’s official readout of the meeting said Guterres and Pezeshkian discussed the humanitarian and economic consequences of the conflict between Iran and the US.
IRGC targeting bases to push US out of region before renewed Israel war, expert tells 'Post'
On the Israeli side, Cooper said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was likely trying to “spend” American military support while he has it.
Senior Israeli official: Settler violence harming Israel, Syria security deal attempt failed
A senior Israeli said that talks on a security agreement with Damascus failed, and that no progress has been on disarming Hamas
UN adopts post-Assad Syria resolution recognizing women searching for missing family
Syria’s representative to the UN, told the General Assembly ahead of the resolution’s adoption that Syrian women faced what he described as “the worst missing persons crisis in modern history."
Iranian attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan aim to transform Iraq into buffer zone, spread war - analysis
Iran’s attacks seek to strike an area of Iraq that the regime assumes is not well protected, in a push to move fighting outside Iran and avoid insurrections inside.
Iraqi militias raise new conditions for disarmament, Iraq takes 'wait-and-see' approach - analysis
If the groups refuse to disarm, Iraq will take a wait-and-see approach, with many saying that they already gave up weapons to the PMF, while also being part of these forces.
Saudi Arabia names women diplomat Manal Radwan as special envoy for peace efforts
Radwan is a veteran Saudi diplomat with 25 years of experience in foreign policy, multilateral diplomacy, and relations with the United States, the United Nations, and the Arab League.
Sweida’s schoolchildren become pawns in Syrian political struggle over exams
Muhannad Sharrouf, a political activist from Sweida, said: “They are not merely depriving them of an exam; they are threatening their future and pushing another generation toward further loss."
World Food Programme halves food assistance to West Bank due to funding shortages
Despite now reducing the service, the WFP shared that food needs have doubled since 2023 and an estimated 900,000 people are experiencing food insecurity in the Palestinian territory.
Two sailors killed in Iranian attack on ship in Strait of Hormuz, Saudi Foreign Ministry says
Also on Wednesday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said that two oil tankers hit sea mines and were disabled while attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
