MARCH 1, 2026
The killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may not deliver the regime shock that Washington and Tel Aviv seek, strategic affairs expert Brahma Chellaney has warned, arguing that the strike could instead strengthen Tehran’s hand.
Brahma Chellaney, Professor of Strategic Studies at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, said revenge is deeply rooted in...
MARCH 1, 2026
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's statement came as protesters took to the streets across Pakistan on Sunday after the death of neighboring Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei in US-Israel air strikes.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that his government and the people of the country “join the people of Iran in their hour of grief...
MARCH 1, 2026
A screengrab from a video released by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which accompanied a press release describing the operation dubbed "Epic Fury", an attack by the United States and Israel on Iran, shows an unmanned aerial vehicle on a runway at an unknown location, in this image obtained from social media released on Feb. 28, 2026.
According to President...
MARCH 1, 2026
Paramilitary force vehicle is parked on a road as smoke rises in the background, after a protest outside the US Consulate General (Reuters)
At least six people were killed in clashes with police after hundreds stormed the US consulate in Karachi on Sunday, as anger over the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spilled on to the streets in Pakistan.
Police and paramilitary...
FEBRUARY 28, 2026
Switzerland Human Rights Council. - Valentin Flauraud
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief condemned the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran on Saturday and called for an immediate return to negotiations “to pull the region, and our world, back from the brink.”
Secretary-General António Guterres told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that everything must be done to prevent further escalation. “The alternative,”...
FEBRUARY 28, 2026
FILE PHOTO: People walk next to a mural with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a street in Tehran, Iran, November 5, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was reported killed in strikes on Saturday by the U.S. and Israel, which, if confirmed, could...
FEBRUARY 28, 2026
Donald Trump has ordered government agencies to stop using Anthropic’s technology immediately - Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images
Donald Trump has threatened to take criminal action against Anthropic after blacklisting the AI giant following a row over the use of its technology for autonomous weapons.
Pete Hegseth, the US president’s defence secretary, issued the ban late on Friday, designating the company “a...
FEBRUARY 28, 2026
A banner depicting U.S. President Donald Trump hangs outside the Department of Justice building on the day the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, in Washington, D.C., February 28, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ahead of the U.S. attack on Iran, President Donald Trump received briefings that not only delivered blunt assessments about the risk...
FEBRUARY 28, 2026
This handout satellite picture, provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on June 22, 2025, shows damage after US strikes on the Isfahan nuclear enrichment facility in central Iran. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
Oman Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, who had been a key player in talks aimed at preventing a war between the U.S. and Iran,...
FEBRUARY 27, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. is in talks with Havana and raised the possibility of a “friendly takeover of Cuba” without offering any details on what he meant.
Speaking to reporters outside the White House as he left for a trip to Texas, Trump said Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in discussions with...
