Israeli jets down drone that entered airspace
Israel scrambled fighter jets to intercept a drone on Saturday that crossed deep into Israeli airspace from the Mediterranean Sea, shooting the aircraft down over the country's southern desert, the mi
Iran says will not retreat on nuclear issue despite woes
Iran will press on with its nuclear programme despite the problems caused by Western sanctions, including a dramatic slide in the value of its currency, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday.
Netanyahu draws ‘ed line’on Iran’ nuclear programme
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew a 'red line' for Iran's nuclear programme on Thursday despite a US refusal to set an ultimatum, saying Tehran will be on the brink of developing a nuclear weapon in less than a year.
Iran tests new anti-air missile defence: Guards
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said it test fired medium-range surface-to-air missiles designed to knock attacking aircraft out of the sky at a range of 50 kilometres.
The test of the new defence syste
Iran blocks access to Gmail
Iran blocked access to Google's popular and relatively secure Gmail service on Monday amid first steps by the Islamic republic to establish a walled-off national intranet separate from the worldwide I
Britain, France, Germany call for new Iran sanctions
Britain, France and Germany have officially called for new European Union sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, diplomats said Sunday.
The foreign ministers of the three countries wrote to
Iran on brink of nuclear bomb in 6-7 months: Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that Iran was just six to seven months away from being able to build a nuclear bomb, adding urgency to his demand that President Barack Obama
Canada breaks off relations with Iran
Canada closed its Tehran embassy on Friday and ordered Iranian diplomats be expelled, in a damning severance of ties in which it accused the Islamic Republic of being the biggest threat to world peace
Canada breaks off relations with Iran
Canada closed its Tehran embassy on Friday and ordered Iranian diplomats be expelled, in a damning severance of ties in which it accused the Islamic Republic of being the biggest threat to world peace
Netanyahu urges international ‘red lines’ to stop Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged world powers on Sunday to set a 'clear red line' for Tehran's atomic program that would convince Iran they were determined to prevent it from obtaining nuclear arms.