76-year-old Israeli dies of injuries sustained in Iranian attack

Aharon Mizrahi, 76, from Ramat Gan died on Monday from injuries sustained during the Iranian rocket attack on Israel in June. Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv confirmed that Mizrahi passed away after four months of intensive care. The attack occurred...

Digital Technologies and Student Mental Health: Risks of Social Media and the Promise of Virtual Reality and Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response Interventions

Introduction In today’s world, digital technologies, particularly virtual reality (VR) and related immersive tools, have become an integral part of daily life, especially among young people.1 Students represent one of the most active user groups...

Iran's Snapback Threat Must Be Confronted

The reimposition of UN snapback sanctions on Iran has stripped away the last vestiges of pretence. Tehran’s theocratic regime, faced with renewed international pressure, has responded with the only language it knows, threats, aggression and...

Fragile Israel-Iran Cease-Fire Holds Despite Shaky Start

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a fragile Israel-Iran cease-fire, day one of the NATO summit, and Thailand’s new border restrictions against Cambodia. Trump Seeks Calm Israel and Iran upheld a fragile, U.S.-brokered cease-fire...

Trump Weighs Direct U.S. Military Involvement Against Iran

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at whether the United States will attack Iran, Washington expanding its travel ban, and police brutality in Kenya. World Brief will be off on Thursday, June 19, for the U.S. holiday of Juneteenth....

Trump Calls for Iran’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at White House policy on the Israel-Iran conflict, U.S. President Donald Trump skipping the last day of the G-7 summit, and more Palestinians being killed in Gaza while trying to get food aid....

Europe Seeks Diplomatic Solution to Israel-Iran Conflict

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at diplomatic efforts to end the Israel-Iran conflict, a landmark vote in the U.K. Parliament, and the diminishing power of Taiwan’s opposition. Two Weeks of Diplomacy Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas...

US top court’s Halkbank ruling could spell trouble for Turkey’s Erdogan over Iran sanctions scheme

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The nightmare scenario behind Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s long-running fear that he could one day be drawn into a US federal criminal case involving billions of dollars in money laundering on behalf of Iran...

Why did Iran snub Trump's peace summit?

Donald Trump's Gaza peace summit was missing a major player in Middle East politics – Hamas's foremost ally, Iran. The Iranian government confirmed it received a formal invitation to the summit in Sharm El Sheikh, where mediators Egypt, the US,...

Iran shows support for Trump’s Gaza peace plan as negotiators land in Egypt

Iran voiced support for President Donald Trump‘s Gaza peace plan, a move that further pressures Hamas to abide by the peace deal.In a statement, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said it would welcome any ceasefire decision that ensured “halting the...

Iran visa denial by US raises inclusion questions before soccer World Cup

The next edition of the world’s biggest sports event is less than one year away. However, a number of questions still remain on how safe and welcome people will be at the US, Mexico and Canada-hosted soccer spectacle. Fresh questions have bubbled...

Trump sparks mental decline fears as he claims he stopped a nuclear war between Iran and Pakistan

05:38 ET, 16 Oct 2025Updated 06:47 ET, 16 Oct 2025 Trump's latest blunder came while speaking in the Oval Office(Image: Getty Images) Questions about Donald Trump's alleged cognitive decline have once again been brought to the spotlight after the...

Tehran never interferes in Hezbollah decisions: Representative in Iran

Hezbollah’s representative in Iran, Sayyed Abdullah Safieddine, affirms Tehran supports the Resistance but never interferes in its military or political decisions. In an exclusive interview with Al Mayadeen Chairman of the Board of Directors,...

Iran Plans To Drop Zeros From Its Inflation-Hit Currency As Bitcoin Hits Record Highs — Is Apex Crypto The Medicine Or Just A Fool's Gold?

Iran approved a monetary overhaul Sunday to remove four zeros from the nation’s currency following years of high inflation. Iranian Rial Undergoes Redenomination The Iranian Parliament sanctioned a monetary reform that will phase out four zeros...

Iran Sanctions Won’t Harm Citizens, Economic Growth Is Crucial

Iran’s bold declaration that UN snapback sanctions won’t affect its citizens reveals either remarkable confidence in economic self-sufficiency or dangerous denial of reality. The Sanctions Landscape: A Familiar Battlefield Iran’s Deputy Foreign...

IAEA Inspectors Are Not Currently in Iran, Iran’s Atomic Chief Says 

Türkiye has put a former head of its disaster management agency in charge of its aid to Gaza, a Foreign Ministry source said, a sign it intends to ramp up its role as a guarantor of the new ceasefire. President Tayyip Erdogan, a critic of Israel's...

High-Profile Assassinations Push Iran and Israel to the Brink of War

A pair of high-profile assassinations has pushed the Middle East closer to the brink of a wider regional war and upended high-stakes cease-fire and hostage negotiations over the war in Gaza. Fuad Shukr, a senior Hezbollah commander, and Ismail...

Iran warily backs Hamas response to Trump’s Gaza peace plan

Iran welcomes any decision “that would result in stopping the genocide of Palestinians, the withdrawal of the occupying Zionist army from Gaza, respect for the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination, the entry of humanitarian aid, and...

British woman transferred to Iran's Evin prison after inmate deaths

The family of Lindsay Foreman, who is detained in Iran with her husband Craig, say they are "relieved" she was transferred to Tehran's Evin Prison after two months in a jail where several women died. Demonstrations and hunger strikes broke out at...

Family of UK couple detained in Iran may seek Trump's aid - Telegraph

Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both 52, were arrested in January while traveling through Iran on an around-the-world motorcycle tour. Iranian authorities accused them of espionage — charges their relatives have forefully denied. The pair have been...