TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called for legal measures through competent international bodies to seek compensation for damages caused by US attacks on Iran’s strategic transport infrastructure, describing the strikes as brazen war crimes.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Hebrew-language media have reported a major cyberattack on Israeli military industries company IMCO, saying hackers from the ‘Cyber Support Front’ have stolen around 30 terabytes of data, including highly sensitive military documents.
Lebanon's army condemns Israeli attacks preventing deployment in south Lebanon's army on Sunday condemned ongoing Israeli attacks in the country's south that it said were preventing its full deployment under a framework deal reached with Israel last month. "Israeli occupation forces continue their attacks and violations of current understandings and of international laws through the systematic destruction and bulldozing of homes, bombardment and sweeps with automatic weapons in several southern areas," an army statement said, adding that "the continuation of these attacks obstructs the army's full deployment according to current agreements and prevents the return of residents to their villages and towns".
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Russian Navy is developing all the time, and the naval component of the country's nuclear triad is gaining strength, President Vladimir Putin said in a congratulatory message on the occasion of Navy Day.
Netanyahu says Israel 'prepared to act more broadly' in occupied West Bank Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah told reporters on Sunday that Israel is "prepared to act more broadly" in the occupied West Bank following a surge in settler attacks and military raids against Palestinians over the weekend. “The instructions we gave were to enter villages, search them, seize weapons and make arrests,” Netanyahu said.
Lindsey Graham's legacy: Relentless warmongering dressed in folksy charm Submitted by Ammiel Alcalay on Thu, 07/16/2026 - 16:10 From the Iraq quagmire to Israel's genocide in Gaza, the late senator never encountered a military intervention he didn't like Senator Lindsey Graham arrives to speak with US President Donald Trump during a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on 2 March 2020 (Brendan Smialowski/AFP) Off While the ideological and propagandistic projection of American exceptionalism as a force for good in the world has taken some lethal blows lately, this fantasy remains alive and well when US politicians are eulogised, no matter how thin the homespun platitudes get. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who died this month , was generally portrayed as an avuncular figure who “got along with everybody”, as President Donald Trump put it , despite their once-acrimonious relationship. John Thune, the Senate majority leader, said Graham “believed in the might of America to achieve good in the world”.
Trump weighs up his options after military chiefs warn of dwindling munitions stockpiles The US has paused strikes on Iran for a second night as diplomatic negotiations to avoid a return to full-out war continued on Sunday. Donald Trump is said to be weighing up diplomatic and military options in the nearly five-month-old conflict, with Benjamin Netanyahu expected to visit the White House on Tuesday. The Israeli prime minister is a vocal critic of Washington’s negotiations with Iranian leaders.
Settler attacks on Palestinians soar by 63 percent in first half of 2026 Israeli Army Radio has reported a sharp uptick in settler violence against Palestinians in the first six months of 2026. According to the report, 660 attacks were recorded in the first half of this year, compared to 405 in the same period in 2025. It added that this weekend saw "an unusual number of 30 nationalist crime incidents".
US says it will maintain Iran naval blocakade, redirects 12 vessels US Central Command (Centcom) confirmed on Sunday that it will main its naval blockade against Iran, saying it had “redirected 12 commercial vessels trying to run the blockade, disabled 2 that didn’t comply, and boarded 2″. US forces also stopped a ship crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Friday “after the crew attempted to violate the blockade multiple times and ignored repeated warnings”.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Army Spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia said new equipment, particularly in the air defense sector, has been added to the Army’s combat organization, boosting the country’s defensive capabilities.
The strikes on the Naji-15 and Naji-16 off Hormozgan province are a war crime, a senior diplomat told the UN Iran has formally accused the US of deliberately striking two of its search-and-rescue vessels in the Persian Gulf, calling the attack a war crime. The accusation comes as the US maintains a blockade of Iranian ports and continues to attack the Iranian Navy.
UNESCO added Iran's Alamut Castle and related fortifications to its World Heritage List on Sunday, making it the country's 30th tangible cultural heritage site to receive the designation.
Tehran says will halt strikes after Washington pauses attacks Tehran has said it will stop retaliatory attacks on neighbouring Gulf countries following a two-night pause on US strikes targeting Iran. "Our strategy has essentially been retaliatory, we have also halted our retaliatory operations,” Iran’s army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia said according to the AFP news agency. The US has not attacked Iran for two consecutive nights, following daily strikes since fighting between the two countries resumed two weeks ago.
Gaza interior ministry confirms two senior officials killed in Deir al-Balah attack We reported earlier that two Palestinians had been killed in an Israeli strike on a vehicle near central Gaza's Deir al-Balah. Gaza's interior ministry has since confirmed that Colonel Wael Musa al-Ladawi (44) and Major Ramez Tawfiq Abu Zureiq (49) were killed when an Israeli air strike targeted their vehicle.
The countrys industrial sector is losing around 15,000 jobs every month, according to manufacturing association BDI Germany is rapidly losing industrial jobs and competitiveness, Federation of German Industries (BDI) chief Tanja Goenner has warned, describing the situation as "critical.
Israeli air strike on vehicle in Deir al-Balah kills two Two Palestinians have been killed and seven others wounded in an Israeli attack on a vehicle south of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Wafa news agency reports. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its teams transferred the two fatalities and wounded people to Al-Aqsa Hospital for treatment.
Saudi reconnaissance drone downed, claim Houthis The Houthis said on Sunday that they had downed a Saudi drone over the northwest of Yemen, a day after the group claimed it attacked oil facilities in the Gulf kingdom. The Houthis' military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group "successfully shot down a Turkish-made … armed reconnaissance drone belonging to the Saudi enemy while it was conducting hostile operations".
President Trump put off plans to escalate the fighting in part because of dwindling stockpiles of interceptor missiles, American officials said.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Ukraine's chargé d'affaires in Tehran to protest a criminal military attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea, warning that the assault violated international law and would not go unanswered.
US says 'it is time to dismantle' ICC after Venezuela announces withdrawal Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 07/26/2026 - 09:46 Statement comes after Marco Rubio pledged campaign against the court and member states voted to remove chief prosecutor Karim Khan Exterior of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on 28 March 2026 (John Thys/AFP) Off The US has welcomed a decision by the new Venezuelan government to withdraw the country from the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a post on X , the US State Department hailed the move as marking a "partnership on American-led efforts to dismantle the corrupt and worthless ICC". It pointed to an investigation by the court into former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, who was abducted from the South American country during a US military assault in January 2026, saying it had produced "no result".
