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The United States and Israel have stepped up attacks on Iran after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to bring the country "back to the Stone Age," with Tehran warning of broader and more severe retaliation. The U.S. president says the country is close to completing its objectives without providing a clear timeline for an end to the conflict. Meanwhile, the global economy has shifted since the...

U.S. President Donald Trump says he is considering pulling the U.S. out of NATO over the alliance's reluctance to intervene in the war with Iran. Protesters have rallied outside the U.S. Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in a high-stakes case on birthright citizenship. NASA has successfully launched its first lunar mission in 50 years.

The Chinese foreign minister meets his Pakistani counterpart in Beijing to push for talks between Washington and Tehran. Massive explosions rock the Iranian city of Isfahan, as the Pentagon says U.S. military firepower is increasing. Mexico urges the U.S. for answers after more than a dozen of its nationals die in immigration detention.

The U.S. president threatens Iran's energy facilities if a deal is not reached soon, as new attacks are reported in Iran, Israel, and Lebanon. U.S. warplanes have been heavily damaged in an Iranian missile and drone strike, while Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in strikes over Iran. Meanwhile, concerns grow over a looming water crisis in one of the cities set to host this sum...

Iran says it will rain fire on troops attempting to enter its territory as thousands more U.S. soldiers arrive in the region in preparation for a possible ground operation. Hundreds gather in Beirut for the funeral of three Lebanese journalists killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike while Palestinians bid farewell to six people, including a child killed in Israeli strikes in Khan Yunis. And airpor...

U.S President Donald Trump says he'll push the date for planned attacks on Iranian energy plants to April 6th. He says Iran's government requested this delay. Protesters called for the release of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro as he returns to a New York courtroom to fight drugs and weapons charges. And at the Boao Forum, we take a look into the future: humanoid robots may be just for fun now, but the...

New attacks on Iran amid lingering questions about the prospect of talks between Washington and Tehran. Iran rejects the ceasefire offer, laying out its own set of conditions. Much needed humanitarian aid arrives in Cuba as the island struggles under USA oil blockade, a dire energy crisis, prolonged blackouts and worsening living conditions. And in Los Angeles, a jury finds Meta and Google neglige...

Amid U.S. claims of negotiations, new attacks on Iran and Israel, children among those pulled from the rubble of a residential building in Tehran. An explosion rocked Tel Aviv after an Iranian missile strike. The death toll is climbing as the search for answers continues after the crash of a military plane in Colombia. And a new chief at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Markwayne Mullin,...

A sharp reversal from U.S. President Donald Trump, who claimed to have had productive talks with Iran on ending hostilities just days after threatening to blow up the country’s power plants. Iran disputed Trump’s claim, casting it as a ploy to calm the markets. Oil prices did fall amid a big rally on Wall Street. A military air disaster in Colombia: a transport plane with more than 100 people on b...

Iran threatens retaliation if the U.S. attacks its power plants. Tehran warns it may completely block the Strait of Hormuz and do irreversible damage to critical infrastructure in the Middle East. Iran launches missiles into Tel Aviv a day after dozens were wounded in southern Israel. And Chinese Premier Li Qiang gives the opening address at the China development forum. Dozens of global business l...

Qatar has condemned an Iranian strike on a major gas hub, calling it a dangerous escalation. Iran says the attack was retaliation for an Israeli strike on its gas facility, the largest in the world. President Donald Trump says Washington had no prior knowledge of the Israeli operation. Meanwhile, days after a deadly strike in Kabul, Afghanistan and Pakistan have announced a temporary pause in figh...

Confirmation out of Iran following another high-profile assassination: the country's intelligence chief was killed in an overnight strike by Israel. Oil prices are spiking as the conflict intensifies. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, top intelligence officials faced a grilling on global threats to the United States.

Israel says it killed a top Iranian security official, days after he was seen in public in Tehran. The war with Iran has triggered the first major defection in the Trump administration as the top counter terrorism official resigned, saying Iran poses no imminent threat to the United States. And accusations from Afghanistan, denials from Pakistan after a horrific attack on a drug rehabilitation cen...

China and the U.S. wrap up two days of trade talks in Paris, the latest on the high level meetings that were closely watched around the world. U.S. President Donald Trump demands global help in securing the Strait of Hormuz after a string of attacks on oil tankers and cargo ships. Iran insists that the critical waterway in the Persian Gulf is only closed to its "enemy." And a major search and resc...

Delegations from China and the U.S. hold economic and trade talks in Paris. Israel and U.S. strikes on western Iran continue, while Tehran retaliates with attacks on Tel Aviv. And the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed for fuel tankers.

China's national legislature has concluded its annual session in Beijing. Lawmakers approved a development blueprint for the 2026-2030 period. Iran's new supreme leader has made his first public statement vowing to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed and warning of new strikes on U.S. bases across the region. And as more cargo ships came under attack in the Persian Gulf, oil prices jumped again, ratt...

China is shaping its path forward for the year ahead and beyond, highlights from the annual political gathering in Beijing. A Thai cargo ship goes up in smoke in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the three commercial vessels attacked as Iranian retaliation shuts down one of the world's most critical shipping transit. And the International Energy Agency says member countries have agreed to release 400 m...

China's national legislature reviews its work from the past year and outlines priorities for this year. We take a closer look at the global initiatives laid out by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the “two sessions.” Iran names a new supreme leader amid escalating regional tensions. And oil prices are soaring, increasing fears of supply disruptions and volatility in the financial markets.

China's top diplomat has held a press conference at the two sessions. Wang Yi describes Beijing as key to peace and security among global tensions. And Iran names Ali Khamenei son as the new supreme leader. We have reports from Iran and Washington.

Proactive and pragmatic. That’s how China describes its economic strategy and growth target for the year ahead—projections announced at the largest annual political gathering, known as the two sessions. In an escalating conflict with no end in sight, U.S.-Israeli attacks have destroyed Iran’s biggest sports stadium. And for the first time, Azerbaijan is accusing Iran of striking its territory.

Ahead of the opening of China's annual political season, we look at some of the issues on the agenda for the two sessions. U.S. President Donald Trump claims that everything's been knocked out in Iran and that the strikes have left a leadership vacuum while Iran vows to respond with more crushing attacks. And the conflict is causing markets to tumble and energy prices to soar.

Plumes of smoke over Tehran and growing casualties: it is now day four of a widening conflict after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran. Iran launched counter-attacks across the region as Israel and Hezbollah traded fire. U.S. President Donald Trump says the military campaign could last weeks and warns Iran of larger strikes. And China gears up for its two sessions, the country's biggest...

Iran launches counter attacks following U.S.-Israeli strikes. More than 200 people have been killed in Iran, at least 11 in Israel and 3 U.S. servicemen as well. Iran is now governed by an interim leadership council after the killing of the country's supreme leader.