Middle East


IDF escalates efforts to prevent civilian return to southern Lebanon after ceasefire

IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, April 10, 2026.

'They will destroy Iran': Tehran's Ghalibaf denounces critics of Iran holding US talks - report

Iran's top negotiator and speaker of its Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, meets the head of Pakistan's Army Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir (not pictured) on April 16, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

Houthi official threw 13-year-old girl down well, killing her, after marital dispute

Supporters of the Iran-backed Houthi movement brandish their weapons as they rally in solidarity with Iran and Lebanon amid the US-Israeli war with Iran, in the capital Sanaa on April 3, 2026.