The military bloc's leaders seek to project unity despite lingering disputes over military commitments and regional security NATO leaders have reconvened in Ankara for the second and final day of the US-led military bloc's annual summit, with efforts to project unity overshadowed by persistent disag
The military bloc's leaders seek to project unity despite lingering disputes over military commitments and regional security NATO leaders have reconvened in Ankara for the second and final day of the US-led military bloc's annual summit, with efforts to project unity overshadowed by persistent disag
NAJAF (Tasnim) – Millions of mourners gathered in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf on July 8 to attend the funeral procession of martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, turning the city into a scene of grief, devotion, and solidarity.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iraq’s holy city of Karbala has been covered in mourning ahead of the arrival of the body of martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, as thousands of mourners and service groups prepare to participate in the farewell ceremony.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iraq’s holy city of Karbala has been covered in mourning amid the arrival of the body of martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, as thousands of mourners and service groups participated in the farewell ceremony.
'We will probably hit them hard tonight': Trump on Iran “We hit them very hard last night, very, very probably hit them hard again tonight. I’ll give them a little warning. We’re going to hit them hard tonight,” Trump said before holding talks with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, according to Al Jazeera.
After the latest exchange of attacks between U. S. and Iranian forces, President Trump suggested that the preliminary cease-fire between the warring countries was over.
Huge crowds mourn Khamenei during funeral procession in Najaf Thousands of people thronged the streets of Najaf and packed the courtyards of its majestic shrine as they mourned the late supreme leader during his funeral procession in Iraq. Iran began six days of public funeral ceremonies for Khamenei on Saturday, including a dedicated day in neighbouring Iraq, home to the most sacred Shia shrines. After a massive procession in Iran's holy city of Qom, Khamenei's body was brought Tuesday night to Iraq, where authorities declared Wednesday a public holiday.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Deputy Chief of Iran's Army for Coordination Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said the US failed to carry out plans to deploy forces on Iran’s southern coasts during the recent war, stressing that the country’s Armed Forces are prepared to confront any aggression.
ABU DHABI, 8th July, 2026 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the hostile Iranian attack which targeted Saudi's Wedyan tanker while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
‘The era of bullying is over’: Iran speaker says US violated MoU Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf cited not only the latest US military strikes, but also renewed oil sanctions, violations of Iranian "adjustments" in the Strait of Hormuz, and Israeli attacks against Lebanon. “The era of bullying and extortion is over. It leads nowhere.
Trump says ceasefire is over and calls Iran leaders 'scum', as both sides launch attacks Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 07/08/2026 - 12:37 US launches more than 80 strikes on Iran and Tehran hits back with attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on 8 July 2026 (Reuters/Stringer) Off US President Donald Trump has declared that the ceasefire between the US and Iran is “over”, after a wave of attacks were exchanged by both sides despite the memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreed last month. “I think it’s over,” Trump said on Wednesday morning at a meeting of Nato leaders, hours after the US launched more than 80 strikes on Iran. Washington said it was responding to Iranian attacks on commercial vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
Whether Khamenei was a hero or a villain is for the Iranian people to decide Submitted by Hamid Dabashi on Tue, 07/07/2026 - 23:12 Israel and its allies in the western media have no business trying to stoke divisions at this time of national mourning A mourner holds a flower and a portrait of Iran’s slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at the start of his funeral ceremonies in Tehran on 4 July 2026 (Atta Kenare/AFP) Off As a real-time Persian passion play unfolds across Iraq and Iran for the funeral ceremonies of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , one question remains paramount: what gives a European settler colony the audacity, the vulgarity, the vicious gall to fly over a sovereign nation’s territory and murder its supreme leader? The Israeli plot to assassinate Khamenei - which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tricked US President Donald Trump into joining, despite overwhelming American opposition to waging war on Iran - was just the latest move in a long and blood-soaked tradition, as chronicled in journalist Ronen Bergman’s boastful treatise Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations (2018). Khamenei was a head of a state, and the spiritual leader of millions of Shia Muslims.
Murdering Ali Khamenei was an act of terrorism. Where is the outrage? Submitted by Hamid Dabashi on Tue, 07/07/2026 - 23:12 Israel and its allies in the western media have no business trying to stoke divisions at this time of national mourning A mourner holds a flower and a portrait of Iran’s slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at the start of his funeral ceremonies in Tehran on 4 July 2026 (Atta Kenare/AFP) Off As a real-time Persian passion play unfolds across Iraq and Iran for the funeral ceremonies of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , one question remains paramount: what gives a European settler colony the audacity, the vulgarity, the vicious gall to fly over a sovereign nation’s territory and murder its supreme leader?
Israel murdered Khamenei, yet the West fails to respect a nation in mourning Submitted by Hamid Dabashi on Tue, 07/07/2026 - 23:12 Israel and its allies in the western media have no business trying to stoke divisions at this time of national mourning A mourner holds a flower and a portrait of Iran’s slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at the start of his funeral ceremonies in Tehran on 4 July 2026 (Atta Kenare/AFP) Off As a real-time Persian passion play unfolds across Iraq and Iran for the funeral ceremonies of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , one question remains paramount: what gives a European settler colony the audacity, the vulgarity, the vicious gall to fly over a sovereign nation’s territory and murder its supreme leader? The Israeli plot to assassinate Khamenei - which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tricked US President Donald Trump into joining, despite overwhelming American opposition to waging war on Iran - was just the latest move in a long and blood-soaked tradition, as chronicled in journalist Ronen Bergman’s boastful treatise Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations (2018). Khamenei was a head of a state, and the spiritual leader of millions of Shia Muslims.
Report: Israeli settlers raid Al-Aqsa mosque under police protection About 112 Israeli settlers, backed by a police escort, on Wednesday forced their way into al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem, WAFA reported. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Jerusalem said the settlers forced their way into the mosque through the Moroccan Gate, toured its courtyards, and performed Talmudic rituals before leaving through the Chain Gate. Today, Israeli Jewish settlers performed rituals during an incursion into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, the third holiest mosque worldwide, in disregard for the sentiments of millions of Muslims worldwide.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) released footage of its missile and drone strikes on US military bases in Bahrain and Kuwait, carried out in response to the latest American acts of aggression and breach of commitments toward Iran.
Ireland passes bill banning goods from Israel-occupied settlements in West Bank and Jerusalem Submitted by Fleur Hargreaves on Wed, 07/08/2026 - 11:25 The legislation, which requires final approval from the house, would be among the most severe trade restrictions on Israel from a European nation Supporters of the Irish band Kneecap fly Palestinian and Irish flags outside Westminster Magistrates' Courts in London on 20 August 2025 (AFP/Justin Tallis) Off The Irish parliament on Tuesday approved legislation to prohibit the import of products from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Named the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill, the draft legislation aims to restrict goods originating from “certain Israeli settlements” that lie outside of Israel’s internationally recognised borders. The proposed law states that it is designed to abide by Ireland’s “international legal obligation, as identified by the International Court of Justice [ICJ] in its advisory opinion of 19 July 2024”.
Danish prime minister, EU reject Trump's Greenland takeover remarks The US president said taking control of the world’s largest island was “very important” for the US, but “it’s not important for Denmark". “Hitler beat them out in one day, took over, they asked us to take care of Greenland. In fact, we took Greenland, and then stupidly, we gave it back,” Trump said, according to Al Jazeera.
Hostilities between US and Iran resume as US president lashes out at ‘vicious, violent people’. Plus the fall out from the USMNT’s exit from the Fifa World Cup Good morning. Hostilities have resumed between the US and Iran.
