Washington currently has more than a dozen warships in the Middle East: one aircraft carrier - the USS Abraham Lincoln - nine destroyers and three other combat ships.

US allows non-emergency embassy staff to leave Israel

Announcement follows repeated threats from President Donald Trump to strike Iran

Iran urges US to drop ‘excessive demands’ to reach deal

Araghchi says ‘success in this path requires seriousness and realism from the other side’

In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, centre, heads to the venue for talks between Iran and the US, in Muscat, Oman, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026.

US 'ready' to use clone of Iran's drone against it

Pentagon turns Iranian-made Shahed-style kamikaze drones into American attack platforms

DRONE WAR? Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones are positioned on the tarmac at a base in the US Central Command (CentCom) operating area. LUCAS is a clone of Iran's inexpensive Shahed-136 kamikaze drone. Photo published on Nov. 23, 2025.

Unclear endgame clouds Trump’s Iran strike calculation

Debate grows inside Washington over strike goals, risks and consequences

The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford departs Souda Bay on the island of Crete on February 26, 2026.

UAE refutes false claims at UN Human Rights Council

Unfounded allegations against UAE issued by parties to the conflict in Sudan assailed

UAE refutes false claims made by parties to conflict in Sudan at UN Human Rights Council

Iran FM says 'good progress' after Geneva talks ended

Negotiators see progress in Iran-US sanctions discussions

Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister, told state TV after the talks in Geneva ended: "We made very good progress and entered into the elements of an agreement very seriously, both in the nuclear field and in the sanctions field."

US, Iran hold new talks to avert war as tensions mount

The sides showed ‘unprecedented openness’ to new ideas, says Omani minister

Oman's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, right, inj a meeting with White House special envoy Steve Witkoff, centre, and Jared Kushner, as part of the ongoing Iranian-American negotiations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday February 26, 2026.

F-22s, carriers: Iran outgunned but still poses risks

US airpower surge signals dominance, but Tehran retains asymmetric retaliation options

Aan anti-US billboard installed on a building along a street in Tehran on February 26, 2026.

Modi: India, Israel agree 'no place for terrorism'

‘Together, we will move forward towards joint development and production, tech transfer’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the floral wreath-laying ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance, in Israel on Thursday. Also seen is Benjamin Netanyahu.

Iran's 3 'red lines': Deal attainable in Iran-US talks?

Tehran asserts deal ‘attainable’ if US sticks to preconditions set in backchannel talks

This handout satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies and dated July 1, 2025, shows activity near the holes caused by the June 22 US airstrike on the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant complex, about 30 km north of Qom in central Iran.

Egypt monitors Greece migrant boat tragedy

The Ministry warns citizens against illegal migration and human trafficking risks

Migrants disembark from a boat at the port of Kali Limenes, in Heraklion, southern Crete.

Why Iran sees concessions as riskier than war

Tehran views nuclear and missile limits as threats to regime survival, analysts say

President Masoud Pezeshkian, second right, listens to the head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami as he visits an exhibition of Iran's nuclear achievements, in Tehran, on April 9, 2025

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