Tehran: Amid an escalating Israeli air campaign against Iran, calls are mounting in Tehran to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and close the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical oil routes.

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Tehran: When Israel issued a warning to residents of one of Tehran’s most upscale and densely populated areas, District 3, to evacuate saying it intended to carry out air strikes in the area, already heightened anxiety rose even further. Both countrie…

Geneva: We are on an indefensible path of escalating conflict and open disregard for international human rights and humanitarian law, said Volker Trk, addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Offering a global overview, he painted a stark pic…

Geneva: António Guterres announced the move in a statement issued on Monday, in response to plans by several UN Member States to withdraw from the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. The 1997 treaty, also known as the Ottawa Convention, prohibits the …

Tehran: Long queues at petrol stations and bakeries, coupled with long lines of cars attempting to flee the capital, have become the new norm for residents of Tehran as they confront fear and confusion following Israel’s sudden attack on Iran early Fr…

Tehran: Israeli and Iranian forces have intensified their exchanges as the conflict between the two nations escalates into its fourth day. A surge of Iranian missiles targeted central Israel, resulting in the deaths of at least eight individuals. Conc…

Tel Aviv: Israels conflict with Iran may look like a mismatch on paper – a nation of nine million people taking on a giant of the Middle East, home to 88 million. But Israels formidable and sophisticated military forces – with an arsenal largely, but …