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- 11 JunU.S. airstrikes reported on southern Iran, Sirik and Bushehr coastmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 10 JunIsraeli army orders shelter-in-place for Zarit as security incident unfolds on Lebanese bordermena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 10 JunWar premium returns to the travel sector as Trump warns Iran of a pricemena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 10 JunUS strikes Iranian military sites; Tehran dismisses threats and predicts American withdrawalmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 10 JunUS strikes on Sirik cut water supply to roughly 20,000 in Iran's Hormozgan, Iranian officials saymena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 10 JunUS strikes southern Iran after helicopter incident, raising fresh ceasefire questionsmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 10 JunUS and Iran trade strikes overnight as Tel Aviv watches the escalatormena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 10 JunStrikes on Iran resume as diplomatic track narrows: what the third round tells usmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 10 JunTrump pulls back from 'close to a deal' line, opens door to new strikes on Iranmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 9 min→
- 10 JunTrump threatens 'very hard' strike on Iran as deal window narrowsmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 10 JunTrump signals broader Iran strikes as energy sites enter targeting framemena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 10 JunTehran Air Defences Engage Over Western Districts Amid Reports of Drone Activitymena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 10 JunStrait of Hormuz reopens after Trump’s ‘secret mission’ — but the closure, the helicopter loss, and the rhetoric point to a wider contest over the chokepointmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 10 JunDrone sirens in Western Galilee revive questions over Hezbollah's northern frontmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 10 JunExplosions reported on Iran’s Qeshm Island as Strait of Hormuz tensions buildmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 10 JunIsraeli strike hits Homin al-Fouqa in Lebanon's Nabatieh district, Iranian-aligned outlets reportmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 10 JunIRGC shoots down US MQ-9 over the Strait of Hormuz as nuclear-track diplomacy reportedly advancedmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 10 JunIDF widens evacuation orders in south Lebanon as IRGC threat draws no Israeli pullbackmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 10 JunGold slides as Middle East peace hopes recede, leaving traders to reprice riskmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 4 min→
- 09 JunUS strikes inside Iran after helicopter shootdown: what the wires say and what they don'tmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 09 JunTrump demands US response to Iranian downing of helicopter, exposing fault line with Netanyahumena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 09 JunTrump's 'final throes' Iran pitch meets $100 oil: a deal the market doesn't believemena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 09 JunTrump says Iran downed an Apache over Hormuz and warns of a US response — a deal, a strike, or both?mena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 09 JunTrump's Iran bet meets an unforgiving domestic clockmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 min→
- 09 JunIsrael strikes Tyre for first time, marking a widening of southern Lebanon operationsmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 min→
- 09 JunIsrael and Iran trade strikes as Trump's grip on the ceasefire shows its first visible cracksmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 09 JunIsrael's envoy opens a two-week horizon on the Iran war, as Hebrew press reads Tehran as the one that "said the last word"mena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 min→
- 09 JunBeirut strike and a 'two-week' horizon: reading Israel's public framing of the war with Iranmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 09 JunIran's World Cup fans lose their seats days before kickoffmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 09 JunIran strikes Kurdish positions in Iraqi Kurdistan with drones and short-range missilesmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 09 JunIran's lakes are vanishing — and the new war has made it worsemena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 09 JunIran's proposed Hormuz transit fee lands as China's oil demand slides to an eight-year lowmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 09 JunIran's geography becomes a weapon: a wider Middle East war nobody can closemena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 09 JunTwo air-defence operators killed as Israeli strikes on Iran enter a second daymena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 09 JunIDF signals lower political threshold for Beirut strikes as Israeli drones circle the Lebanese capitalmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 4 min→
- 09 JunStrikes Reported Near Erbil as US Jet Activity Spreads Across Iraqi Airspacemena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 09 JunChina urges restraint as US-Iran diplomacy enters what Beijing calls a 'critical stage'mena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 08 JunTrump tells Netanyahu to stand down as Iran opens 'full week' of strikesmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 08 JunTrump's warning shot: Netanyahu told he would fight Iran 'on his own' if he reopens the warmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 08 JunTrump claims Israel-Iran 'immediate ceasefire' after Israeli strike on Iranmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 08 JunTrump publicly orders Netanyahu to absorb Iran's strike and sign the dealmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 08 JunPatriot intercepts missile over Erbil as Iranian-aligned strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan resumemena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 08 JunMissile interception over Erbil revives questions over Iraq's airspace and US posture in the northmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 08 JunAoun tells CNN Beirut is negotiating a non-aggression pact with Israel; Hezbollah-aligned outlets reject the framingmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 08 JunIsrael strikes Mehrabad and Isfahan in overnight operation against Iranian military targetsmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 08 JunIsrael strikes targets in Tehran as city opens underground sheltersmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 08 JunIsrael widens evacuation warnings around Tyre as strikes hit southern Lebanese coastmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 08 JunIran's Amputee Football Squad Pulls Out of Bahrain Friendly, Citing Uneven Termsmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 08 JunUnconfirmed Iranian strike on Prince Sultan Air Base tests Tehran's deniability doctrinemena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 08 JunIran's security chief stages a 47-year anniversary as warning to Washington and Tel Avivmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 08 JunIran declares operations against Israel over, warns of harsher response if Lebanon strikes continuemena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 08 JunIran shutters civilian airspace nationwide as regional tension with Israel escalatesmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 08 JunIsraeli helicopter strike on western Gaza City underscores a war measured in tonnage and emissionsmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 07 JunUS weighs using Iranian assets to rebuild Gulf allies struck by Tehranmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 07 JunTrump to Tehran: 'get back to the table' — and to Netanyahu: 'don't strike back'mena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 07 JunIran launches missiles at Israel hours after Beirut strike; intercept operation underwaymena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 07 JunGaza City strikes kill 13, wound dozens in morning of hospital-sourced reportsmena · Monexus Staff Writer · Gaza / Israel-Palestine · 6 min→
- 07 JunPentagon places Israel in 'critical' counterintelligence category over Iran-talks spyingmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 5 min→
- 07 Jun100 days into the war on Iran: a political test, an oil collapse, and no off-rampmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 06 JunPakistan's interior minister arrives in Tehran for US-Iran mediation pushmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · MENA / South Asia · 6 min→
- 06 JunIsraeli airstrike hits displacement tents in Gaza City's Al-Rimal, hospital sources report at least six deadmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 06 JunIsraeli drone strike kills Lebanese Army brigadier on Khardali–Nabatieh roadmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 06 JunIsraeli drone strike kills Lebanese Army officer, Iran-aligned outlets reportmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 06 JunIranian State Media Reports Major Strikes on Kuwait and Bahrain; Independent Confirmation Pendingmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 06 JunIran fires drones at Strait of Hormuz, warns US bears 'consequences' for any full closuremena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 06 JunCasualties, Censorship, and the Closed Door: Reading the Northern Front Through Iranian Wiresmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 05 JunUS strikes Iranian radar sites after downing four drones near Strait of Hormuzmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 5 min→
- 05 JunPutin's SPIEF pitch: Chinese AI applause, a Rosatom sales drive, and a warning about reserve seizuresmena · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 7 min→
- 05 JunSurface-to-Air, Not Surface-to-Town: Inside Two Hours of Lebanon Border Alertsmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 05 JunHezbollah publishes Ababil drone footage claiming Merkava strikes in south Lebanonmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 05 JunBarak warns Netanyahu has locked Israel into 'war of attrition' in Lebanonmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 05 JunBessent tells Congress the Iran conflict has 'halted' — now the House wants to legislate it that waymena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 04 JunZelensky's letter, Putin's 'ready,' and the $250 billion Russia-China trademena · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 6 min→
- 04 JunThe US–Iran ceasefire that isn't onemena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 04 JunUS State Department Renews Level 4 Travel Advisories for Iran, Iraq, Syria, Gaza and Yemenmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 04 JunTehran stages ten-kilometre Ghadir festival as state media projects mass turnoutmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 04 JunTrump takes ownership of the Iran war — and the Lebanon ceasefire with itmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 04 JunHezbollah claims 11 operations against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon on 4 Junemena · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 5 min→
- 04 JunHezbollah publicly rejects Lebanon–Israel ceasefire a day after US-brokered announcementmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 04 JunIsrael and Lebanon agree to a ceasefire. The army isn't standing down.mena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 04 JunThe ceasefire that isn't: Trump's Hezbollah claims, the Hormuz ultimatum, and the Iran nuclear filemena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 03 JunTrump's $100 billion, 94-day Iran war — and the 'fucking crazy' Netanyahu callmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min→
- 03 JunTrump's Iran claim meets a drained reserve: a day of presidential optimism and material strainmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min→
- 03 JunTrump admits to mixed messaging on Iran as US oil reserves hit a 2004 lowmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · MENA · 6 min→
- 03 Jun10–15% global airfare rise: one Russian source, four Iranian state-media channels, and the data that isn't theremena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min→
- 03 JunAid to partnership: Netanyahu's twin signals to Washington and Tehranmena · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 5 min→
- 03 JunIranian strikes hit Kuwait airport terminal and two military basesmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 03 JunIRGC claims strikes on US Fifth Fleet and air base after alleged tanker attack near Hormuzmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 03 JunIran strikes Kuwait airport in first direct hit on a Gulf statemena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 03 JunIran strikes Kuwait: Gulf patience is now on the clockmena · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 6 min→
- 03 JunHezbollah rejects Israeli claims about Tebnin hospital, appeals to UNmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min→
- 03 JunHouse votes 215-208 to curb Trump's Iran war — but legal ground is shakier than the politicsmena · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 6 min→
- 03 JunEurozone inflation hits 3.2% on Middle East energy shockmena · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 6 min→
- 03 JunBattered but unbowed: Trump's interim Iran endgamemena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min→
- 02 JunWashington Talks Open as Israel-Hezbollah Strikes Persistmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 4 min→
- 02 JunTrump's Iran Signals Contradict on Same Day as Nuclear Talks Enter Critical Phasemena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 4 min→
- 02 JunTrump-Netanyahu Call Exposes Fragile Ceasefire Architecture as Leaked Narrative Collides With Diplomatic Realitymena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 3 min→
- 02 JunTelegram channels claim Iranian strikes on Saudi Arabia and UAE; no wire confirmationmena · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 6 min→
- 02 JunNahid Kiani Set for Nagoya Asian Games After Fellow Iranian Olympian Nematzadeh Rules Herself Out With Torn Cruciate Ligamentmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 4 min→
- 02 JunMerz Demands Hezbollah Disarm While Pressuring Israel on Ceasefire Compliancemena · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 5 min→
- 02 JunSirens Activated Across Kuwait as Regional Tensions Escalatemena · Monexus Staff Writer · Gulf · 4 min→
- 02 JunIsraeli Airstrikes Hit Largest Palestinian Refugee Camp in Lebanon as Washington-Brokered Talks Continuemena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 02 JunIsraeli Military Conducts Lebanon Border Evacuations Following Hezbollah Drone Strikesmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 02 JunIsraeli Strikes Kill Five in Lebanon Hours After Trump Declared De-escalationmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · MENA · 5 min→
- 02 JunIsrael Extends Displacement Orders to Tyre's Christian Quartermena · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 5 min→
- 02 JunIran's Parliament Speaker Warns of Regional Escalation in Call with Lebanese Counterpartmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 02 JunIranian State Media Documents National Street Celebrations Across Multiple Cities on June 2, 2026mena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 min→
- 02 JunIran Nuclear Talks Accelerate as US Prosecution of Alleged Militant Unfolds in Parallelmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 min→
- 02 JunHezbollah Releases FPV Footage of Lebanon Strikes as Lebanon, Israel Reportedly Agree to US Ceasefire Frameworkmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · MENA · 5 min→
- 02 JunHezbollah Strikes Third Israeli Merkava Tank in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Escalation Deepensmena · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 6 min→
- 02 JunEisenkot Labels Lebanon Ceasefire Push a Surrender as Trump-Netanyahu Rift Surfacesmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 02 JunArmed Clashes Reported in Damascus Suburb of Zakiehmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 01 JunUS Strikes Iranian Drone Sites in Gulf: Escalation or Calculated Response?mena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 01 JunTrump Touts Iran Deal as Victory as Israel Queries Ceasefire Formulamena · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 4 min→
- 01 JunTrump Declares Indifference as US-Iran Nuclear Talks Collapsemena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 01 JunTrump Announces Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire; Tel Aviv Reports No Advance Warningmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 min→
- 01 JunTrump Ceasefire Announcement Leaves Key Questions on Israel-Lebanon Termsmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 01 JunSaudi Arabia Condemns Israeli Incursion as Beirut's Southern Suburbs Face Evacuation Ordersmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 01 JunOil Surges as Israel's Lebanon Offensive Deepens, UN Security Council Convenesmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 min→
- 01 JunOil Surges Past $94 as US and Iran Exchange Strikes Near Strait of Hormuzmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 01 JunMacron pushes for Iran-US deal as Tehran flags deep mistrust in diplomatic back-channelmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 01 JunIRGC Strikes Israeli Airbase as Tehran Signals Economic Leverage Over Strait of Hormuzmena · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 5 min→
- 01 JunIran Confirms US Ceasefire, Demands Full Regional Truce Including Lebanonmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→
- 01 JunIran and US Trade Strikes Near Strait of Hormuz as Oil Markets Feel the Squeezemena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 min→
- 01 JunIran Executes Two Over 1404 Protest-linked Arson Casesmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min→
- 01 JunIran Executes Two for Roles in 1404 Events, State Media Reportsmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 min→
- 01 JunIran's Bezeshkian Warns of Hormuz Showdown as Diplomatic Channel Collapsesmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 4 min→
- 01 JunHezbollah Rocket Barrage Into Upper Galilee Prompts Mass Sirens Across Northern Israelmena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 min→
- 01 JunHezbollah's Shadow Over Beirut: Lebanese Military Moves as Cross-Border Strikes Intensifymena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min→
- 01 JunGaza Strike Kills Two as Israeli Ministers Face Scrutiny Over Remarks in New Yorkmena · Moemedi Michael Poncana · MENA · 2 min→
- 01 JunCeasefire in Name Only: Beirut Deal Leaves Lebanon's South in the Crossfiremena · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min→