Demonstrators gathered, holding signs that read: "Don't bomb — talk! End the endless war!" despite restrictions on mass gatherings

Leo has repeatedly called for peace in the Middle East and this week directly urged US President Donald Trump to find an "off-ramp"

Kuwaiti state media said ​an Iranian drone hit an office ​complex for government ministries, causing significant material damage but no casualties

India has secured its full requirements of crude oil for the coming months, its oil ministry said

Iran warned the US and Israel that the "entire region will become a hell for you" if attacks escalated

The war erupted more than a month ago with US-Israeli strikes on Iran

US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order aimed at regulating US collegiate sports in the wake of rule changes that allow student athletes to be compensated financially.

A second Turkish-flagged ship has crossed the war-torn Strait of Hormuz, Turkey’s Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said yesterday.

Iran yesterday executed two men convicted of membership in a banned opposition group and carrying out disruptive actions aimed at overthrowing the Islamic republic, the judiciary said.

The Artemis 2 astronauts have passed the halfway point between Earth and the Moon yesterday as they sped toward a planned lunar flyby, with Nasa releasing initial images of Earth taken from inside the Orion spacecraft.

President Donald Trump yesterday said that Tehran had 48 hours left to cut a deal or face “all Hell”, as US and Iranian forces scrambled to find a downed American airman.

US President Donald Trump is considering a broader cabinet shake-up in the wake of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s removal this week, as he grows increasingly frustrated with the political fallout from the war with Iran, five people familiar with internal White House discussions said.

Recent US intelligence reports warn that Iran is unlikely to open the Strait of Hormuz any time soon because its grip on the world’s most vital oil artery provides the only real leverage it has over the United States, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

Heavy rain and storms have killed at least 121 people over two weeks across Afghanistan and Pakistan, disaster officials in both countries said yesterday.

A Russian drone hit a covered market in the eastern Ukrainian city of Nikopol yesterday, killing five people and wounding 19, officials said, as Moscow pressed on with intensified daytime attacks.

The UN Security Council is now expected to vote next week on a Bahraini resolution to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz, diplomats said, but veto-wielding China has made clear its opposition to authorising any use of force.

An earthquake that struck Afghanistan overnight killed eight members of the same family in Kabul province, the health ministry said yesterday.

Israeli emergency services report casualties from shrapnel and blasts as Tehran launches multiple waves

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“Time is running out - 48 hours before all Hell will reign (sic) down on them,” the president said