Nobel laureate Mohammadi in Iran hospital after 'cardiac crisis', foundation says

Transferred urgently to Zanjan hospital after fainting and severe cardiac episode
2 May 2026, 13:02 PM

Australia worried over mouse infestation's impact on food supply

Australia's government said on Saturday it was worried about a plague of mice in the west and would keep working with industry to curb its impact on food supply.
2 May 2026, 10:12 AM

Trump says US Navy acting 'like pirates' to carry out naval blockade of Iranian ports

The war has raised oil prices and led to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for about 20% of global oil and ​liquefied natural gas shipments
2 May 2026, 08:54 AM

Trump says will raise US tariffs on EU cars to 25%

He accuses German automakers like Mercedes-Benz and BMW of ripping off Americans
2 May 2026, 08:43 AM

Trump says 'not satisfied' with new Iran proposal

Iran delivered the draft to mediator Pakistan on Thursday evening, the IRNA news agency reported, without detailing its contents
2 May 2026, 08:35 AM

US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany, US officials say

Some 35,000 US military personnel are stationed in Germany
2 May 2026, 08:27 AM

Iran activates air defences as Trump faces congressional deadline 

UN chief Guterres calls Hormuz closure ‘strangling the global economy’
1 May 2026, 17:51 PM

Iran threatens painful response if US renews attacks

The conflict has aggravated Iran's dire economic problems, risking calamity after the war
1 May 2026, 11:45 AM

Iran activates air defences as Trump faces congressional deadline

Activated for around 20 minutes to counter small aircraft and reconnaissance drones, reports Iranian media
1 May 2026, 11:34 AM

Gaza flotilla: 211 activists ‘kidnapped’ by Israel

Organisers of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla yesterday said Israel’s army had “kidnapped” 211 activists, including a Paris city councillor, in a raid in international waters off Greece.
1 May 2026, 00:00 AM

Press freedom at lowest level in 25 years: RSF

Press freedom has fallen to its lowest level in a quarter of a century, Reporters Without Borders warned yesterday.
1 May 2026, 00:00 AM

US suffered a ‘shameful defeat’

Iran’s supreme leader yesterday declared that the United States had suffered a shameful defeat, defiantly rejecting a warning from President Donald Trump that an economically punishing US naval blockade could be enforced for months to come.
1 May 2026, 00:00 AM

US charges governor of Mexican state with drug trafficking

The US Justice Department on Wednesday charged the governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa and other officials with drug trafficking.
1 May 2026, 00:00 AM

287 nominations for Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Institute yesterday announced that 287 nominations had been submitted for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
1 May 2026, 00:00 AM

Fossil fuel exit talks wrap in Colombia

Nearly 60 nations hailed progress in the fight to exit fossil fuels as a breakaway conference wrapped up in Colombia on Wednesday -- but now face the harder work of turning words into action.
1 May 2026, 00:00 AM

Mamdani calls on King Charles to return Koh-i-Noor

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called for King Charles to “return” the prized Koh-i-Noor diamond, which the British Empire took from the Indian subcontinent in the 1800s, on the third day of the monarch’s state visit on Wednesday.
1 May 2026, 00:00 AM

Putin, Trump discuss Iran, Ukraine in phone call

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with US counterpart Donald Trump, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Wednesday, adding the two leaders discussed the Middle East war and Ukraine.
1 May 2026, 00:00 AM

Israeli strikes kill 4 more in Gaza

Israeli strikes killed at least four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip yesterday, health officials said, as Hamas leaders met mediators in Cairo to discuss ways to reinvigorate a fragile six-month-old US-brokered truce.
1 May 2026, 00:00 AM

US seeks international help to reopen Strait of Hormuz as crude prices surge

Two months into the war that started with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the vital sea channel remains closed
30 April 2026, 15:44 PM

Mamdani calls on King Charles to return Koh-i-Noor diamond

It's unclear whether Mamdani followed through and brought up the contentious subject with Charles when the two met
30 April 2026, 15:32 PM