Qatar Hands Iran 7-Day Draft Deal as U.S. Warns Gulf States of 'Short, Intense' Post-Midterm Strikes

Araghchi says Tehran and Qatari mediators cut the reopening timetable to two days, but only if Washington lifts sanctions, trims forces and frees Iranian funds.

Five days before the midterms, Tehran disputes a Qatari draft deal, CENTCOM tallies $47.1 billion in costs and Washington readies Gulf allies for a possible short, intense campaign.

Tehran's first joint meeting with the Mecca pact states produced only a pledge to keep talking, as Pezeshkian heads to Moscow and oil dips.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth met Benjamin Netanyahu at Ovda Air Base as Washington and Jerusalem weigh resuming strikes on Iran, eight days before Israel votes.

The first successful limpet mine strike of the war sets a tanker's engine room ablaze off Oman as Brent tops $117 and Washington weighs strikes after the midterms.

Araghchi says Tehran and Qatari mediators cut the reopening timetable to two days, but only if Washington lifts sanctions, trims forces and frees Iranian funds.

The first successful limpet mine strike of the war sets a tanker's engine room ablaze off Oman as Brent tops $117 and Washington weighs strikes after the midterms.

A jet-powered drone hit a platform beside a Zaporizhzhia-bound train in one of the deadliest days for Ukrainian civilians in weeks.

Five days before the midterms, Tehran disputes a Qatari draft deal, CENTCOM tallies $47.1 billion in costs and Washington readies Gulf allies for a possible short, intense campaign.

Cairo's parliament gave el-Sisi a defensive mandate for the kingdom as the Saudi-Houthi war threatens Gulf oil exports and the Suez Canal.