Iran secretly acquired a Chinese-built spy satellite in late 2024 that allowed it to target US bases across the Middle East during the recent war, according to a Financial Times report. However, China on Wednesday strongly denied such claims, calling them “purely fabricated” and threatened countermeasures if the US imposed a 50 per cent tariff …
Six weeks after a devastating round of US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and triggered a wider regional conflict claiming more than 3,000 lives, Washington and Tehran now appear poised for a tentative diplomatic reset. Officials from both sides are scheduled to meet in Pakistan’s Serena Hotel on April 11 for …
Iran on Sunday sent its ballistic missiles aimed at Israel with stickers featuring anti-war remarks by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, in a striking display of wartime messaging that reflects how Madrid’s stance on the conflict has echoed far beyond Europe. Iran’s move came days after Sanchez declared Spain’s position unequivocally as “no to war” …
At the India Today Conclave 2026, European diplomats stressed that their countries are not participating in the escalating US–Israel–Iran war in the Middle East, even as the conflict’s fallout is being felt across Europe through rising energy prices and economic pressure. They warned that the widening war could further disrupt global oil supplies and divert …
Fresh explosions rocked Tehran on Thursday after Israel and the US launched their 11th wave of attacks, even as the Donald Trump administration warned Iran of hitting targets “deeper” in the country. Separately, Israel struck command centres of Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Beirut, Lebanon, as Tehran continued its missile and drone barrage across the …