World Affairs

Trump Cancels Pakistan Trip — Then Iran Sends a “Much Better” Paper Within 10 Minutes

The Iran war's most chaotic single hour of diplomacy just concluded. In the space of 60 minutes on Saturday, Iran's foreign minister departed Islamabad,...

Ghalibaf Resigns as Iran’s Lead Negotiator — Forced Out for Pushing Nuclear Compromise

The Iran war's diplomatic track just experienced its most consequential internal rupture yet. The man who sat across from JD Vance for 21 hours...

Two Israeli Air Force Technicians Charged With Spying for Iran: F-15 Secrets Leaked

The Shin Bet security agency, Israeli military prosecutors and Israeli police announced jointly Thursday that two mechanics from the...

Trump orders Navy to “shoot and kill” mine-laying boats — Iran is laying NEW mines in Hormuz

The Iran war escalated sharply on Thursday morning when two things happened in close succession: Iran's IRGC navy laid...

Iran Fires on 3 Ships and Seizes 2 in Hormuz — One Day After Ceasefire Was Extended

The ceasefire that Trump extended indefinitely on Tuesday lasted less than 24 hours before Iran's IRGC launched its most...

Iran Signals “Openness to Talks” After Ceasefire Extended — But IRGC Calls Extension a “Ploy”

The indefinite ceasefire extension Trump announced Tuesday night produced exactly the contradictory Iranian response that Washington has been navigating...

Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire Indefinitely — No New Deadline, Blockade Stays

With hours left before the Iran war ceasefire was set to expire — and after saying repeatedly he would...

Vance and Iran’s Ghalibaf Both Arriving in Islamabad — Round 2 Talks Are On

After days of contradictory signals, public denials, seized ships, Hormuz firefights, and escalating ultimatums from both sides, the most...