TEHRAN Nobody is safe from global warming, especially the people living in arid and semi-arid regions of the world, like West Asia.

TEHRAN The United Nations Security Council has approved a U.S.-drafted resolution on Gaza, hailed in Washington as a diplomatic breakthrough. But for Palestinians and many around the world, it's another failed planone that prioritizes policing over justice and control over freedom.

TEHRAN Chinas Fujian aircraft carrier, commissioned earlier this month, marks a historic milestone in the countrys naval modernization and stands as a symbol of reassurance. More than a warship, Fujian embodies Beijings rise through self-reliance, stability, and a commitment to peace, projecting confidence without aggression and ensuring maritime order remains predictable and secure.

Hamas praised Tuesdays deadly ramming and stabbing operation near the Gush Etzion settlement bloc south of Bethlehem as a heroic and natural response to Israels escalating aggression in the occupied West Bank and al-Quds (Jerusalem).

TEHRAN More evidence has emerged revealing that U.S. troops carried out horrific civilian killings in Iraq that were long concealed.

BEIRUTWith a sharply worded warning, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem cautioned the Lebanese authorities and Banque du Liban (BDL) against taking any step that would constrict Al-Qard Al-Hassan institute, describing it as nothing less than the social lung of a country whose state structures have all but collapsed.

A significant technical disruption at Cloudflare, the critical internet infrastructure firm responsible for speeding up and securing an estimated 20% of the worlds websites, triggered a major global outage on Tuesday, rendering high-profile platforms like X and OpenAI's ChatGPT inaccessible to millions.

Britains Labour government on Monday unveiled its most sweeping asylum reforms in generations, shifting refugee status from a five-year path to permanent settlement to a precarious temporary permit reviewed every 30 months and revocable if home countries are later judged safe.

South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola said Monday that the arrival in Johannesburg last week of a plane carrying Palestinian refugees was a clearly orchestrated operation to displace Palestinians, Anadolu reported Tuesday.

In a major policy shift, U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday his administration's intention to approve the sale of advanced F-35 stealth fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, just one day before Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmans arrival at the White House.

TEHRAN -- Indias renewed engagement with the Taliban administration in Afghanistan reflects a pragmatic shift by prioritizing interests over earlier ideological reservations.

SARAJEVO - Everything was a matter of time and place. Would you be there when a sniper took aim on the street while you were fetching water, because the taps were dry and the entire Olympic city of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, had to fill bottles and canisters at a few springs or water tanks. And he would shoot.

TEHRAN Despite over two years of U.S.-backed genocidal campaign in the Gaza Strip, American media reports Hamas has seen its popularity increase.

BEIRUTWith the assassination of Hajj Mohammad Afif Al-Naboulsi by the Zionist regime in an air raid in November last year, the Resistance loses not merely a media official, but one of the rare architects who shaped collective consciousness in times of war and calm alike.

In a sudden political pivot, President Donald Trump on Sunday urged House Republicans to release the remaining Jeffrey Epstein files, claiming we have nothing to hide on Truth Socialcontradicting his prior opposition.

A stark report from Physicians for Human RightsIsrael (PHRI), published Monday, finds at least 98 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody since the war on Gaza began in October 2023, with the true toll likely far higher amid mass detentions and missing detainees.

Bangladeshs deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Dhaka for crimes against humanity overa deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year, The Guardian reported.

TEHRAN Jeffrey Epsteins archive release unfolds not as a thunderclap but a slow-motion forensic collapse: more than 20,000 pages unsealed by House Democrats on the Oversight Committee, each a page from corruptions operating manual.

TEHRAN Israeli strikes and bitter cold are driving Palestinians into deeper hardship as humanitarian needs surge.

TEHRAN U.S. President Donald Trumps 20-point ceasefire plan for Gaza has been promoted as a pathway to Palestinian self-determination and eventual statehood. Yet Israeli officials have made clear that such statehood will never be accepted, exposing the truce plan as a diplomatic pretense designed to advance U.S. and Israeli agendas under the guise of peace.

TEHRAN Power in politics, if it crosses the boundary of balance, turns from a strategic capacity into an internal threat. In the political realm, power is a double-edged sword: an instrument that can create security and influence, yet if used unrestrained and to excess, it gradually erodes its own foundations.

TEHRAN It is highly worrisome that China and Japan, two highly important countries in East Asia, are engaged in a verbal clash over Taiwan. China and Japan, respectively the second- and third-largest economies in the world, are great honors of the Asian continent, and it is extremely essential that officials from the two countries avoid inflammatory remarks against each other.

BEIRUT When Banque du Liban (BDL) unveiled Circular No. 3, it dressed it up in the usual technocratic jargoncompliance, monitoring, and risk mitigation.

The Trump Organization is in talks to attach its brand to Diriyah, the Saudi $63 billion government-led redevelopment a development that arrives just days before Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmans planned visit to Washington.

TEHRAN The recent dispute between US President Donald Trump and the BBC has drawn renewed attention to the broadcasters editorial practices, highlighting questions of accountability and internal oversight.

TEHRAN Irelands new president, Catherine Connolly, represents more than just a change of face in a ceremonial office. Her election, with a record-breaking majority, reflects a deeper shift in Irish society one that is increasingly skeptical of the West, critical of Israel, and determined to assert its own independent path.

TEHRAN- In an exclusive conversation with the Tehran Times, Mukesh Kapila, the former UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan and one of the earliest international officials to publicly expose the Darfur genocide, delivers a stark and urgent warning.

TEHRAN The future of Gaza is being shaped by external powers rather than the people who live there.

Gaza faces a worsening crisis as winter approaches, with vital shelter and supplies blocked by Israel from entering the enclave, Anadolu reported Saturday, citing the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.

South Africa admitted 130 Palestinians on November 13 after initially blocking their entry at Johannesburgs O.R. Tambo Airport, The Cradle reported Saturday, citing border authorities.

TEHRAN Donald Trump, in his second presidential term, continues to pursue the long-standing, overarching U.S. approach of bullying and advancing interests by force but he now presents that policy in a blunt, unvarnished form.

China has issued a rare travel advisory urging citizens to avoid Japan, citing a worsening security environment and rising risks for Chinese nationals.

TEHRAN President Donald Trumps 20-point plan for Gaza, presented by Washington as a blueprint for stability and reconstruction, has drawn significant criticism for functioning as political cover for Israels ongoing military campaign.

LONDON - The United States is going through a major economic crisis, which is why Trump talks about controlling places like Greenland or the Panama Canal, and makes threats of military action against the oil-rich Venezuela, and even talking about annexing Canada.

TEHRAN As Iraq concludes a hard-fought election, attention is now turning to the challenge of forming a new government.

TEHRAN Just days after the U.S. government shutdown ended, the House Oversight Committee released roughly 20,000 pages of documents from Jeffrey Epsteins estate that have reignited a scandal some thought closed.