Ankara [Turkiye], August 9 (ANI): Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said the recently signed Mecca Joint Defence Agreement between Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan is not directed against Iran, stressing that the alliance is defensive in nature and is not intended to attack or eliminate any country.
Tehran [Iran], August 9 (ANI): Iran is not currently engaged in direct negotiations with the United States, while messages between the two sides are being exchanged through intermediaries, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force warned that any US military ground presence in Iran would face a severe response, saying the Army is fully prepared to counter any ground threats.
Saudi Aramco refinery erupts in flames in Jizan as Houthis claim drone attack Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 08/09/2026 - 11:27 The Saudi energy ministry did not give a cause for the fire, while Yemen’s Houthis claimed they had targeted the site Wreckage of what Yemen’s Houthis said was a downed Saudi drone in al-Jawf governorate on 26 July 2026 (Ansar Allah media centre/AFP) Off A fire broke out early on Sunday at a facility belonging to Saudi state oil company Aramco in the coastal city of Jizan. Authorities said the blaze was later extinguished and no casualties were reported. Saudi Arabia ’s energy ministry said the fire occurred at an Aramco refinery facility in Jizan and that emergency authorities had completed the necessary procedures to deal with the incident.
Netanyahu says Iran will 'not have nuclear weapons' with or without deal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he would prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons, a goal he has long alleged Tehran is pursuing, regardless of the course of negotiation efforts with Washington and Arab states. "I want to emphasise once again: with an agreement or without an agreement, as long as I am prime minister, Iran will not have nuclear weapons," Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting.
Iran to release footage of Mojtaba Khamenei in the future, says report Footage of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei "among the people and out in streets, as well in meetings with the commanders of armed forces" will be released in the future, Basij Organisation deputy Qasem Qoraishi reportedly said on Sunday. Khamenei, who was appointed supreme leader in March, has not been seen in public since his appointment. The report on the Iranian judiciary's news outlet Mizan appeared to be aimed at addressing speculation about his health.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei to talk about people’s livelihoods and the country’s future.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) filed a criminal complaint with Vietnamese authorities against Matan Jerafi, an Israeli reservist and CEO of the Israeli Zionist NGO Im Tirtzu, for war crimes, genocide and incitement to genocide, the foundation said on Aug. 7.
Houthis say they targeted 'Saudi enemy' forces and equipment in Yemen Yemen's Houthi said they had targeted "Saudi enemy" troops and equipment on Yemen's Red Sea coast city of Mokha after residents there said they heard blasts. The group's military spokesman Yahya Saree said the Houthis had "carried out a large-scale and precise military operation targeting Saudi enemy troop concentrations and weapons depots in the Mokha area," using "a large number of ballistic missiles and drones".
From autonomy to 'settler colonialism': How India redrew Kashmir's demographic and political landscape Submitted by MEE correspondent on Fri, 08/07/2026 - 15:49 New domicile rules, electoral gerrymandering and changing land laws have fuelled debate over identity and representation in Indian-administered Kashmir A Special Operations Group officer of the Indian police checks a pedestrian’s mobile phone in Srinagar, Kashmir, ahead of India’s Republic Day on 22 January 2026 (Tauseef Mustafa/AFP) Off Seven years after India revoked the special constitutional status of Indian-administered Kashmir , changes to land ownership, residency laws and governance have continued to reshape the region, which critics have called a part of a multi-pronged strategy to alter Kashmir's demographic and political landscape. On 5 August 2019, India's ruling right-wing nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government revoked Article 370 and Article 35A, which granted Jammu and Kashmir autonomy and constitutional safeguards. What followed was a legal onslaught for a broader restructuring of the contested region, parts of which are held by India, Pakistan and China.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Yemen’s Armed Forces said Sunday the country carried out a successful drone attack against an Aramco refinery in Jizan, southwestern Saudi Arabia, in response to provocative Saudi actions against Yemen.
IRGC says won't reopen Hormuz until US accepts all Iran's conditions Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have said they will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the US accepts all of Tehran's demands. "Our current strategy is to maintain this strait until the enemy accepts all our conditions," said IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebi on Sunday, as quoted by state television, adding that "the strait is now actually a theatre of war for us and not just a waterway".
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi ruled out a resumption of negotiations with the US until Washington ends its violations of the Islamabad memorandum of understanding and makes amends.
Israel and the United States aren’t just targeting the Lebanese militant group’s weapons. They’re going after its money.
Baghdad [Iraq], August 9 (ANI): Leader of Iraqi Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba militia Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi has vowed a military response to the US-Saudi joint strikes that took place last month, saying that 'missiles can only be countered with missiles' and calling for retaliation over the deaths of members of Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), an Iran-backed paramilitary group operating within Iraq.
Talks with US won't happen while interim deal is breached, says Araghchi Iran and the US are not engaged in talks and Tehran will not start them as long as Washington breaches the interim deal signed in June, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday, adding that messages are being exchanged via intermediaries. Araghchi repeated Iran's position that an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz between Tehran and Muscat was in the "final stages" but would not reopen the strategic waterway. In comments reported by Mehr news agency, he said the agreement would set out the new shipping lanes to be used once the US fulfils other conditions and the strait is reopened to traffic.
DAMASCUS, 9th August, 2026 (WAM) -- The Syrian Arab Republic strongly condemned the Iranian attack on an oil tanker operated by ADNOC while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates reaffirmed Syria's solidarity with the United Arab Emirates and reiterated its rejection of any acts targeting the security of maritime navigation in international waterways.
Average advertised monthly rent in Tehran has climbed above 720 million rials, roughly three times the earnings of many Iranian workers, exposing a widening affordability gap as some tenants face increases of up to 100%, market data showed in late July.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi stressed that Iran remains committed to resistance and safeguarding its independence despite mounting pressures, saying the country has chosen to stand firm rather than submit to oppression and coercion.
US-Iran war has stranded up to 20,000 seafarers, mostly Indian and Filipino crews, with none knowing when the nightmare will end The panicked crew of a cargo ship broadcast a distress signal late on Monday night from their location in the strait of Hormuz . About 20 nautical miles north of the coast of Oman, the Minoan Pioneer bulk carrier was hit by an unknown projectile, causing a blackout in the engine room and a fire in the accommodation area. The crew scrambled to put out the blaze and called for help from nearby vessels.
