Qalibaf Warns of Iran’s Decisive Response to Aggression
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf warned that any act of aggression against the country would receive an immediate and decisive response.
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Iran defrocks cleric after challenge to state-backed Shiite narratives
Iran’s Special Clerical Court has sentenced dissident cleric Abdolrahim Soleimani Ardestani to six years in prison, a fine and removal from the clergy, months after his public challenge to state-backed Shiite narratives drew threats and political pressure.
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"Must get out of 'neither war nor peace' policy": Iranian President Pezeshkian says late Khamenei backed talks
Tehran [Iran], June 10 (ANI): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday said that Iran must move beyond a prolonged state of 'neither war nor peace', revealing that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had allowed negotiations and dialogue to continue as a means of resolving the situation, as per the Iranian news agency ISNA.
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Nifty slips, Sensex ends marginally higher as fresh US-Iran tensions weigh on investor sentiment
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 10 (ANI): Indian equity markets ended on a mixed note on Wednesday, with the Nifty 50 closing in the red while the BSE Sensex managed a marginal gain, as renewed tensions between the United States and Iran kept investors cautious. The Nifty 50 index closed at 23,216. 45, down 27.
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World Cup 2026: Match dates, kick-off times and how to watch
World Cup 2026: Match dates, kick-off times and how to watch Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 06/09/2026 - 09:00 MEE answers your questions on what dates and times the matches will be played, where to watch them and more The San Francisco Bay Area Stadium (temporarily renamed from Levi's Stadium) is seen from the air in Santa Clara, California, on 19 May 2026 (Josh Edelson/AFP) Off The 2026 World Cup kicks off on 11 June with a record 48 teams competing for football's most prestigious prize. Four years after Argentina were crowned world champions, England are hoping to end 60 years of hurt while Brazil, France, Germany and Spain are all chasing glory. But for the first time in the competition's history, eight Arab nations have qualified, with Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia all aiming to light up football's biggest stage.
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Israel 'emptying' Al-Aqsa facilities to undermine Waqf, watchdog warns
Israel 'emptying' Al-Aqsa facilities to undermine Waqf, watchdog warns Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 06/10/2026 - 13:21 Palestinian monitoring group says authorities are targeting four key sites across the mosque complex as part of broader effort to sideline Jordanian-backed Islamic Waqf Israeli forces during a raid into Al-Aqsa Mosque stand watch as Muslim worshippers gather for Friday noon prayers, in Jerusalem's Old City on 10 April 2026 (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP) Off Israel has emptied four facilities within the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex that served as offices for the Islamic Waqf, in what a monitoring group has described as an escalating campaign against the Jordanian-backed body. The Al-Quds International Institution, a Palestinian organisation that monitors developments in Jerusalem, said on Tuesday that Israeli authorities have used "manufactured security pretexts" to target the facilities. According to the group, Israeli forces raided the sites in recent months, broke their locks and prevented the installation of replacements.
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Drinking Water Facilities Hit by Strikes in Iran, State Media Reports
The state broadcaster said two water tanks serving thousands of people were damaged. The U. S.
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Under the Shadow review – Leila Farzad is fantastic in this nerve-shredding tale of 80s Tehran
Almeida theatre, London Carmen Nasr’s adaptation of the film set during the Iran-Iraq war is searing enough to feel like a 2026 livestream Reprimanded for wearing her headscarf too loosely, Shideh, a former medical student in Tehran, is warned: “A woman should be more scared of exposing herself than anything else. ” Shideh has other concerns. It is 1988, the height of the Iran-Iraq war, and her husband is on the frontline, leaving her to raise their seven-year-old daughter.
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Israel is ethnically cleansing Palestinian Bedouins, major new report finds
Israel is ethnically cleansing Palestinian Bedouins, major new report finds Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 06/10/2026 - 12:32 Forcible transfer of Palestinian Bedouins in West Bank is not led by rogue extremists but by Israeli state, new Amnesty report says Israeli forces guard a bulldozer reportedly operating on Palestinian lands near the village of Dura, west of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on 9 June 2026 (Hazem Bader/AFP) Off A campaign of ethnic cleansing of Palestinian Bedouins in the occupied West Bank is being driven not by rogue extremists, but by the Israeli state, according to a major new report. Amnesty International published the new 150-page report on Wednesday. It found that Israeli authorities were committing the crime against humanity of forcible transfer, through a “state-driven campaign of ethnic cleansing targeting Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities in Area C of the occupied West Bank”.
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Middle East peace talks in doubt as Iran says it needs to ‘reassess’ after overnight strikes
US launches strikes in retaliation for downing of US army helicopter, while White House source says deal could still be close The future of peace talks in the Middle East have been thrown into question after Iran’s foreign ministry said it needed to “reassess” its participation, while Donald Trump said Iran would have to “pay the price” after the two countries traded fire overnight, drawing neighbouring states back into an on-and-off war that has consumed the region since late February. The US launched strikes against Iran in the early hours of Wednesday morning in retaliation for what it said was Iran’s downing of a US army helicopter near the strait of Hormuz. Iran then launched a wave of retaliatory airstrikes claiming hits on US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.
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Iran, China, Russia Reject Western Resolution at IAEA Board Meeting
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran, China, and Russia issued a joint statement at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna opposing a political resolution advanced by Western countries against Tehran and emphasizing that the Iranian nuclear issue can only be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy.
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Qatari negotiators in Tehran to finalise truce deal, official says
Qatari negotiators in Tehran to finalise truce deal, official says Qatari negotiators travelled to Tehran early Wednesday to finalise a US-Iran ceasefire agreement, Reuters reported. According to an official with knowledge of the situation who spoke to Reuters, the negotiators made their way to the Iranian capital after consultations with the United States.
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Arab League condemns Iranian aggression on Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan
CAIRO, 10th June, 2026 (WAM) -- The League of Arab States condemned in the srongest terms the Iranian aggression against the State of Kuwait, the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, carried out today, Wednesday, through ballistic missile and drone attacks.
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Middle East LIVE: Diplomacy in focus as escalation ‘reverberates across borders and continents’, warns UN chief
Nearly four months after the latest Middle East crisis erupted and despite a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran, tensions continue to reverberate across the region and beyond. The UN Security Council is holding a high-level debate on advancing political solutions in the Middle East, amid continuing conflicts, humanitarian emergencies and concerns over regional stability. Follow live in-depth meetings coverage here.
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Trump may order new strikes on Iran: Report
Trump may order new strikes on Iran: Report US President Donald Trump said he may order new strikes on Iran's power plants and bridges because Tehran is taking too long to make a deal, Fox News reported on Wednesday citing a phone interview. "Iran is all talk and no action," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post earlier in the day. "They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price," he said.
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Belfast race riots see families targeted and houses torched after stabbing
Belfast race riots see families targeted and houses torched after stabbing Submitted by Imran Mulla on Wed, 06/10/2026 - 11:01 Hundreds of masked men storm through Belfast after Elon Musk and other far-right figures urged protests following alleged stabbing by Sudanese asylum seeker A building is set alight in the Sandy Row area of Belfast city centre, Northern Ireland, in the evening of 9 June 2026 (AFP) Off Race riots broke out in the Northern Irish capital Belfast on Tuesday night as hundreds of masked men torched homes and vehicles belonging mostly to ethnic minority residents. The rioters set up checkpoints to search cars for foreign nationals, after the arrest on Tuesday of a Sudanese asylum seeker who has been charged with attempted murder. Hadi Alodid, a 30-year-old granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK, was filmed attacking a man on a residential street with a knife in what many commentators have described as an attempted beheading.
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US Actions, Ceasefire Violations Undermine Diplomatic Process: Iranian Spokesman
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Recent US actions against Iran and repeated violations of ceasefires have damaged diplomatic efforts, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said, stressing that negotiations cannot move forward without a minimum level of stability and political consistency.
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8 killed in historic Lebanese city of Tyre in Israeli airstrike
DUBAI/BEIRUT: Israel carried out an airstrike on the historic port city of Tyre in southern Lebanon on June 9, killing at least eight people. This escalation is putting more pressure on efforts to negotiate a peace deal to end the wider war in the Middle East. A day earlier, Israel and Iran had stopped direct attacks on each other after U.
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Explosion heard near Iran's Qeshm island
Tehran [Iran], June 10 (ANI): An explosion has been reported in the vicinity of Qeshm Island in southern Iran, according to the country's Mehr News Agency. Detailing the initial reports from the ground, the news agency stated that 'the exact nature of these sounds is still unknown. ' The incident follows a night of intense military exchanges in the region.
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President: Iran Will Never Surrender to Threats
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Describing national unity as the key factor behind the failure of enemy strategies against Iran, President Masoud Pezeshkian said the country will never surrender to threats, pressure, or aggression against its dignity and national interests.
