Iran’s powerful parliament speaker on Wednesday warned Washington not to test the Islamic republic’s determination to defend its territory after the United States was reported to be sending more troops to the Middle East.

Iran targeted countries across the Middle East with a fresh volley of missiles Wednesday, hours after US President Donald Trump signalled tentative progress in diplomatic efforts to end the war.

Ghana’s President John Mahama, one of the African Union’s most vocal supporters of slavery reparations, visited the United Nations headquarters to promote the “historic” gesture.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday was examining a former policy of turning away migrants before they crossed the US-Mexico border to present an asylum claim. The policy, known as “metering,” has not been in place since 2021, but President Donald Trump is seeking a ruling validating it as legal in the event it may […]

Ghana and the European Union on Tuesday signed their first formal defence partnership, as the country presents itself as a regional bulwark against the growing jihadist violence roiling west Africa.

Israel said on Tuesday that its military would take control of south Lebanon up to the Litani River, around 30 kilometres (20 miles) from the border, as deadly strikes pounded the country.

The UN Human Rights Council said it will hold an urgent debate on Wednesday on Iran’s strikes on countries across the Gulf region and their impact on civilians.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that Russia is passing intelligence to Iran in an effort to prolong the war in the Middle East.

“Things are going very well,” Trump said in brief comments by telephone to AFP when asked about Iran, following his earlier Truth Social post on the negotiations that immediately sent oil prices tumbling.

US President Donald Trump said Monday that he had ordered a halt to his threatened strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure after “very good and productive talks” with Tehran, and that negotiations are set to continue this week.

Iran on Monday threatened to deploy “naval mines” in the Gulf if the United States and Israel were to attack any of its coasts or islands.

Benchmark US oil contract WTI was up Monday after US President Donald Trump gave Iran a 48-hour ultimatum to open the Strait of Hormuz or face decimation of its energy infrastructure and Israel warned the war would continue for several more weeks.

Top envoys for the Group of Seven advanced economies and the European Union on Saturday urged an “immediate and unconditional” end to Iran attacks against allies in the Middle East.

US President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to use Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to provide security at airports amid a lingering budget standoff that has left regular security personnel going unpaid.

The Israeli military on Saturday said its forces struck ballistic missile production facilities belonging to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in overnight attacks on Tehran.