Iran
15 Apr
World leaders called for calm and an "utmost degree of restraint" in the aftermath of Iran's large-scale air attacks on Israel. Iran's attack, which involved the launch of more than 300 drones and missiles against military targets in Israel, has ratcheted up fears of a spillover conflict in a region already grappling with the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
15 Apr
Crude oil prices subside as traders bet that the worst is over in tensions between Iran and Israel, although fears remain. Meanwhile, investors charge into safe-haven assets like gold, and Chinese market regulators roll out new investor protections.
15 Apr
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Monday urged Israel not to retaliate after Iran's drone and missile attack, saying it should "think with head as well as heart" because Tehran's strike had been a near total failure.
11 Apr
X's AI chatbot, Grok, generates news headlines and content based on what's trending. But what happens if what's trending is a fake news story? That's what happened on April 4, when verified users on X started sharing a fake news story, claiming that Iran attacked Israel.
10 Apr
Iran and Israel were once on good terms. That all changed after Iran's Islamic Revolution. Today, both nations are sworn enemies. Since launching its war on Hamas the Gaza Strip, Israel also stepped up attacks on Iranian proxies in Lebanon and Syria.
9 Apr
Pakistan and Iran inked a 25-year supply deal in 2009, and Tehran completed building the over 900-kilometer-long Iranian section of the pipeline 10 years ago. But construction on the Pakistani side has been held up, drawing Iranian consternation.
Islamabad has now announced its intention to soon begin constructing the first 80 kilometers of the pipeline link from the Iranian border to the Pakistani port city of Gwadar, in a bid to avoid a potential Iranian lawsuit for breach of contract.
8 Apr
Pressure on religious and ethnic minorities has risen since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in Iran in 1979. Sunni Muslims, who make up 10% of the population, have said they have very few rights.
4 Feb
Pakistan launched airstrikes against alleged militant hideouts inside Iran in retaliation for a similar attack days earlier by Iran.
3 Feb
Iran's recent executions, including four Kurdish men, have alarmed human rights organizations and prompted a UN investigation. The UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights is flying to Tehran to investigate.
31 Jan
Following a foreign minister meeting, Iran and Pakistan agreed on closer security cooperation in a bid to cool tensions after both countries exchanged airstrikes earlier this month.
29 Jan
Iran's official state news agency reported that four men were executed after being convicted of charges of attempted sabotage of operations at a weapons factory in 2022. The operation was allegedly engineered by Mossad.
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