President tells Trump that Iran will never ‘bend at the knee’

Masoud Pezeshkian accused Washington of "terrorism" for assassinating former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of the conflict, insisting Tehran had never started a war.

Pakistan confirms Afghan strikes after resident says Kandahar hit

An overnight airstrike hit the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, home to the Taliban government's supreme leader, a resident told AFP early Thursday.

Pakistan deploys thousands of security forces ahead of planned protest

Authorities in Pakistan's capital blocked main access routes to the city with double-stacked shipping containers Thursday ahead of a weekend demonstration by supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.

Iran’s Pezeshkian accuses Trump of ‘bullying mentality,’ vows no surrender

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused US President Donald Trump of a "bullying mentality" at the United Nations on Wednesday

PM Shehbaz ‘terrific’, Pakistan ‘great country’, says Trump in UNGA speech

President Donald Trump has yet again praised the Pakistani leadership, this time at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

Trump threatens Iran with ‘hell’ but reveals fresh talks

President Donald Trump revealed that US and Iranian officials held talks Tuesday for the first time in months, even as he told the United Nations he was still deciding whether to "annihilate" Iran.

Oil prices fall after Trump hails ‘good’ talks with Iran

Oil prices fell on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said US and Iranian representatives had met for "very good" talks at the United Nations.

Trump praises leftist Mamdani after meeting in New York

President Donald Trump heaped praise Monday onto New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani as the pair set aside their political differences to discuss immigration enforcement and a multi-billion dollar housing project.

Despite military might, Saudi struggles to crush the Houthis

Saudi Arabia has deep pockets and cutting-edge weapons yet for more than a decade it has been unable to quash Yemen's battle-hardened Houthis.