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The UK is dispatching fighter jets and military transport aircraft to defend Saudi Arabia against attacks from Iran-backed Houthi Islamic terrorists of Yemen, boosting its ally after the kingdom has been pummelled by strikes from the militant group in recent weeks.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was in Tehran on Monday to “discuss de-escalation steps” with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and President Masoud Pezeshkian after the Arab states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) pressured Russia to do more to halt Iran’s attacks on other Middle Eastern countries.

An Austrian Airlines flight departing from Tel Aviv, Israel, made an emergency landing in Bulgaria on Sunday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who came to power after a 2013 coup, said on Saturday he will step down in 2030.

French President Emmanuel Macron touched down in Kuwait on Monday morning to begin a three-day tour of the Gulf, thus fleeing a country being torn apart by riots and civil unrest.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi threatened retaliation against the United States and Israel on Sunday, daring President Donald Trump to “try your luck again” after he endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection and warned that Washington could soon “finish the job” against Tehran.

During an interview that aired on Saturday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Life, Liberty & Levin,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the United States under President Donald Trump to “complete the job,” which he said was to eliminate the threat of Iran to Israel, the United States and the world entirely.

President Donald Trump endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection, describing him as having “been strong, brave, and brilliant.’

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed acknowledged Saturday night his sister-in-law was on the federal terrorist watchlist during President Barack Obama’s term in office but said she was removed in 2016.

During a town hall with CBS on Saturday, Vice President JD Vance said that “the Iranians, the enemy gets a vote here” and we’re trying to get them to “make a long-term, but also verifiable commitment that they’re not going

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) commander Adm. Brad Cooper revealed Friday that America’s naval blockade and economic pressure campaign have inflicted “devastating costs” on Iran, denying the regime at least $25 billion in oil exports and leaving its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) unable to pay its own troops.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a crowd at an election event on Thursday that he held a one-on-one conversation with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in summer 2025, allegedly to warn him not to allow the massacre of Druze people in his country.

President Donald Trump said Friday that Israel has been assisting Saudi Arabia against Iran-backed Houthi terrorists and suggested the kingdom may be closer than ever to joining the Abraham Accords, amid an escalating offensive against the kingdom.

The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen, who have been in the news lately for bombing civilian airports and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, launched a deadly missile attack Thursday against the presidential palace in Yemen’s port city of Aden, headquarters of the internationally-recognized Yemeni government.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday announced sanctions against the Cuban communist regime’s BICSA bank for providing services to Iran’s Karafarin Bank, a U.S.-sanctioned entity.

Leftist commentator and Marxist Hasan Piker is not happy that Jewish voters in New York are apparently leaving the Democrat Party.

Norwegian teenager convicted of traveling to Britain for contract killing on behalf of an international crime gang linked to Iran sentenced.

During an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Finnerty,” President Donald Trump said that some of Iran’s “third-tier leaders are gone. And they’ve asked us to please stop, and we do because we’re negotiating with them.” In response

The military coalition led by Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it intercepted a cruise missile over the province of Medina, which contains the second-holiest city in the Muslim religion. The coalition also released more footage of Houthi missile strikes against civilian airports in Saudi Arabia, a practice the Houthis said they had no intention of discontinuing despite mounting condemnations from across the Middle East.

Two ships sank in, or near, the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday after suffering attacks from as-yet unidentified “projectiles.”

The U.S. military has developed plans for potential strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities and energy infrastructure that could include deploying the “Mother of All Bombs,” the largest non-nuclear bomb in the American arsenal, if President Donald Trump authorizes renewed attacks, according to a report Thursday.

Multiple sporting events scheduled to take place in Saudi Arabia soon were postponed this week, some as late as into the next year, in apparent response to the ongoing onslaught of missile and drone attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis of Yemen.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “All In,” Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) responded to a question on whether he would accept allowing Iran to control the Strait of Hormuz to end the war in Iran by stating that “The war

Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku on Wednesday, with the two leaders seeking to deepen their countries’ longstanding strategic partnership while reaffirming their shared commitment to regional security, stability, and expanded cooperation.

The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen launched another wave of missiles at civilian airports and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday night, inflicting severe damage on the headquarters of Saudi Aramco, the national oil company.

Colombia opened its new embassy in Jerusalem, Israel, on Wednesday thus fulfilling one of the campaign promises of conservative President Abelardo de la Espriella.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he may endorse a candidate in Israel’s upcoming national election, raising the possibility of a high-profile American intervention as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fights to extend his historic tenure in a closely contested vote that could determine his political future.

Iran is fortifying its nuclear facilities, preparing its population for renewed fighting, and threatening to expand the conflict across the Middle East if the United States launches another round of strikes, as Washington weighs fresh military action against the Islamic Republic.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “National Report,” Rep. Tom Barrett (R-MI) discussed the situation in Iran and stated that “we have to move into a position where the Gulf state partners are opening the Strait of Hormuz.” Barrett said,

Mohammed Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), boasted on Tuesday that Iran has “reached the level of developed countries in nuclear science and technology.”

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said on Tuesday that government revenue is down 42 percent for the first half of 2026 due largely to the impact of the Iran war.

The armed forces of Saudi Arabia confirmed that armed drones attacked Riyadh on Tuesday, presumably deployed by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen and intending to target civilians in the national capital. The drones were reportedly destroyed before they could cause any damage.