The U.N. human rights office said on Friday it has documented patterns of attacks on civilians in populated areas and residential buildings in Lebanon and Israel that may amount to serious violations of international humanitarian law. The report covers the first three weeks of the latest es
Donald Trump, the commander in chief of a military that bombed and killed 165 children in a girls' school and bombed and killed civilians in at least six different countries in 2025 alone, has been named in the discussion of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Some 287 candidates will be considered for th
Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a published written message on Thursday that a new chapter for the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz has been taking shape since the Iran war with the United States and Israel broke out on Feb 28. Iran's Supreme Leader said that Tehran would secure the Gu
Iran said on Thursday that if Washington renewed attacks it would respond with "long and painful strikes" on US positions, complicating US plans for an international coalition to open the Strait of Hormuz. Two months into the war that started with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the vital sea c
The US is pushing for other countries to form an international coalition to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a State Department cable seen by Reuters, as oil prices surged to their highest in more than four years on fears of longer-term disruptions to global fuel
