Nato chief Mark Rutte yesterday said the alliance would do “what’s necessary to defend” its members including Turkey after intercepting four missiles fired from Iran and heading into Turkish airspace over the past weeks.

The EU yesterday gave the green light to unblock a 90-billion-euro ($106 billion) loan for Kyiv, after the deadlock was broken in a months-long row between Ukraine and Hungary over a damaged pipeline.

Iran and US remain divided on ceasefire, blockade, nuclear issues and control of strait

Increasing pressure on Baghdad to dismantle powerful Iranian-backed groups, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday

Defendants face charges linked to tens of thousands of crimes amid rights concerns over due process and emergency powers

Trump said in a statement on social media the US had agreed to a request by Pakistani mediators "to hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal

Washington targets 14 entities aiding Iran’s weapons procurement

The two sides have offered different timelines for the expiration of the truce

Around 7,900 people died or disappeared on migration routes in 2025, taking the total dead and missing since 2014 beyond 80,000, the United Nations’ migration agency said yesterday.

A former top foreign ministry official yesterday said he had faced “constant pressure” from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office to speed up the appointment of his pick as the ambassador to the US, deepening a row that threatens the British leader.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said Israeli settler gunfire killed two people, including a 13-year-old child, in an attack on Tuesday in a village in the central occupied West Bank.

The leaders of the United States, Israel and Russia are seeking to impose a new “predatory” world order while most countries are too cowardly to stop them, rights group Amnesty International said yesterday.

President Donald Trump yesterday said that he did not want to extend a rapidly expiring ceasefire in the US-Israeli war on Iran and that the US military was “raring to go” if negotiations were not successful.

The Iranian embassy in Dhaka yesterday said it will continue its efforts to facilitate the safe passage of Bangladeshi vessels through the Strait of Hormuz and has also facilitated the safe evacuation of 186 Bangladeshi nationals from Iran via Azerbaijan.

The head of the UN maritime agency appealed on Tuesday for help for thousands of seafarers stranded due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, as the Middle East war paralyses the vital shipping route.

Russian forces have taken 1,700 square km (656 square miles) of territory in Ukraine this year and are advancing on its so-called fortress belt in Donbas, Moscow’s top general said while inspecting his forces.

Japan will ease decades-old arms export curbs, the government said yesterday, in a major policy shift that paves the way for the sale of lethal weapons overseas as Tokyo ramps up its defence ambitions.

Trump is demanding Iran give up its uranium stockpile and end attempts to control the strategic Hormuz waterway

Just hours remain until the two-week ceasefire struck between the warring sides expires

Greek maritime risk firm MARISKS warns of scam messages demanding Bitcoin or Tether