Nizar Amedi elected as Iraqi president The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's Amedi previously served as Iraqi Environment Minister between 2022 and 2024.

Bahrain and Kuwait secretly carried out airstrikes on Iran in July — WSJ

Arrests, denials and missing images: Gulf states’ response to Iranian strikes

Trump warns Russia, China against helping Iran Iran’s foreign minister on Friday said that he held discussions with his Russian and Chinese counterparts, without explicitly mentioning potential cooperation with Moscow and China in the war against the US.

Iran24-07-2026EU sanctions Iranian individuals over ruling on dissidents, cyber attacksThe European Union (EU) Council on Friday imposed restrictive measures on an additional six individuals over human rights violations in Iran, which include five judges of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and an Iranian hacker.

US, UK Plan International Conference to Secure Strait of Hormuz, Axios Reports