US and Pakistani leaders forecast a signing of a long-elusive framework agreement yesterday to end fighting between the United States and Iran, but Tehran cast doubt over the timing and hardline protesters in Iran voiced opposition.

British armed forces intercepted a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the Channel yesterday, leading for the first time an operation to disrupt the oil revenue that helps fund Russia’s war in Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump yesterday said Israeli strikes on Beirut “should not have happened” as he vowed a regional peace deal was at hand, though he did not confirm reports it would be signed during the day.

Swiss voters were set to reject a proposal to cap the country’s population at 10 million in a referendum held yesterday, according to preliminary projections by national broadcaster SRF.

Iranian Brigadier General Mohammad Jafar Asadi says the latest Israeli strikes ‘will not go unanswered’

His journey from real estate spectacle to a second presidency is a story of ambition, grievance, resilience and relentless self-invention

Donald Trump celebrates his 80th birthday in typically forceful style on Sunday, as the oldest US president ever to take office holds a bloody cage match on the White House lawn

Dozens protested Saturday outside a foreign ministry office in Iran's northeastern city of Mashhad, chanting slogans against top diplomat Abbas Araghchi after a televised interview in which he discussed signing a peace deal with the US

Workers removed President Donald Trump's name from the facade of the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington on Saturday -- a stinging defeat for the US leader who has eschewed political tradition to affix his name and likeness across public spaces

US President Donald Trump and mediator Pakistan yesterday said an initial deal to end the war in the Middle East would be signed today, although Iran denied the signing would take place so soon.

Guyana has nominated its ambassador to the United Nations to run for secretary-general of the global body, the president of the South American nation announced late Friday.

It did not say how many people were on board at the time, or whether there were any survivors

The interception came after weeks of halting talks between Tehran and Washington, mediated by Pakistan, that have been marked by threats and exchanges of fire despite a fragile truce agreed in April.

The company said it received the letter at 5:21 pm (2121 GMT).

UAE has agreed to unlock billions of dollars for Iran in a "tactical shift" after weeks of Iranian attacks

Deportations of people -- including those with legal protections -- to countries where they have no links have become a staple Trump's expanded crackdown on immigration

Shares in Elon Musk’s SpaceX jumped 11 percent to $150 on their first day of trading yesterday after the biggest initial public offering in history, making the polarizing entrepreneur the world’s first trillionaire as he vowed to take humanity to Mars.

Violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank has reached record levels, with an average of six attacks daily causing casualties or damage, the UN said Thursday.

China’s foreign ministry yesterday confirmed the arrest of Min Zin, a US citizen who leads a think-tank focused on Myanmar, saying the American was suspected of spying and endangering Chinese national security.

Temperatures in the Antarctic Peninsula have reached a record-breaking high of 15.4C for June, and ice is melting at abnormal rates during the current winter, climate scientists told AFP on Thursday.