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Counter-protesters hold a banner with an image of US President Donald Trump on it, on the day of a rally marking Al-Quds Day and opposing the war on Iran and Lebanon outside the US consulate in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 14, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Laura Proctor ) Netanyahu was very correct, Iran was not prepared for any peace deal or to handover their enriched uranium. All they wanted ceasefire for was to bury their supreme leader. When  US President Donald Trump  urged “Iranian Patriots” in January to keep protesting, take over their institutions, and save the names of the “killers and abusers,” he added a promise that should not be treated as mere political rhetoric: “Help is on its way.” That is a promise that the people of Iran  paid for in blood .   Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei absent from mass funeral for father Sponsored by France 24 The world has spent the past several weeks debating whether the US-Iran memorandum of underst...

The IDF killed a Nukhba commander in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday who, during the October 7 massacre, entered Kibbutz Nirim, the military confirmed. The Hamas terrorist, Mohammed Emad Alrahman Abu Taima, also led a cell which ambushed IDF troops during the Israel-Hamas war.  In recent months, the IDF stated, Taima had been involved in maintaining operational readiness among Hamas members, and attempting to recruit new terrorists.

US President Donald Trump (2nd R) joins President of Finland, Alexander Stubb (2nd L) French President, Emmanuel Macron (C) and German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz (R) ahead of a family photo during the NATO summit on July 8, 2026 in Ankara, Turkey. L (photo credit: Chris McGrath/Getty Images) French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that he believed Iranian strikes on  US  bases in the Gulf violated the Memorandum of Understanding with the US, and that Iran had been mistaken to carry them out, but added that he understood meetings as part of the 60-day ceasefire between Iran and the United States would continue. Trump said earlier on Wednesday that the interim agreement to end the war with  Iran  was over after the attacks.

US President Donald Trump reacts as he meets with NATO Secretary General on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, on July 8, 2026. (photo credit: SINGER / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) US President  Donald Trump  said on Wednesday that he expects to remove Syria from the United States' list of state sponsors of terrorism, while praising the country's recent stability following the lifting of US sanctions. "I think I will," Trump told reporters ahead of a meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Turkey when asked whether he would remove Syria from the terrorism sponsor list. Trump also said the United States had "released sanctions from the country," adding that  Syria  had "become very stable."

This aerial photograph shows boats anchored off Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz on June 27, 2026. (photo credit: AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES) Iran threatened to close the  Strait of Hormuz , according to state broadcaster Press TV on Wednesday, citing an unknown Iranian source. According to the source, Iran would reopen the strait only under its own arrangements, "as per the Islamabad  Memorandum of Understanding  (MoU)." The source added that Iran would "strike at least twice the number of targets hit" in response to any strikes by the United States. "The developments of the past 48 hours show  Iran  won't back down from managing the Hormuz," the source noted.

Satellite imagery from an alleged Israeli strike on the bunker where Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is being guarded. (photo credit: FAIR USE UNDER ISRAELI COPYRIGHT LAW, ARTICLE 27A) Footage showing the ruins of the compound of former Iranian supreme leader  Ali Khamenei  was released on Wednesday by the supreme leader's website. The footage was shared by several pro-regime outlets, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-run Fars News Agency. The short 50-second clip shows what appears to be rubble within the compound, warped support beams, and other elements buried under mounds of dirt in "Imam Khomeini's Husseiniyah at the Leader's residence," a prayer room belonging to the supreme leader, attached to their official residence. Go to the full article > >

Smoke and flames rise after an explosion in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, Iran, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video released on July 8, 2026. (photo credit: Social Media/ via REUTERS) The US military began a round of strikes in Iran on Wednesday evening, with explosions reported in the country's southern regions. Iranian semi-official news agency Mehr reported that air defenses were activated in southern Iran after explosions were heard in the cities of Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Konarak, and Chabahar.