A Norwegian man working as a security guard for the US Embassy in Oslo was arrested this week on allegations of spying for Russia and Iran.

Iran announced Friday it was activating new advanced centrifuges – which enrich uranium for the country’s nuclear program – after the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog criticized the country for not cooperating with the agency.

Iran has defied international demands to rein in its nuclear program and has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, according to a confidential report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen Tuesday by The Associated Press.

“When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold” is a saying used to describe how the massive American economy can affect global businesses, but it also applies to foreign policy in the Trump era.

Iran’s foreign ministry denied that a meeting was held between the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations and Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person and close ally of US President-elect Donald Trump, Iranian state media reported Saturday.

Iranian activist Kianoosh Sanjari, who died by suicide this week in protest at political imprisonments by the regime, was buried Friday in the capital Tehran.

When F-15 fighter pilot Maj. Benjamin “Irish” Coffey launched his jet one night last spring, he wasn’t expecting to run out of missiles fighting off a massive Iranian attack against Israel.

Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person and advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, met with Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations on Monday, where they discussed how to defuse tensions between the United States and Iran, the New York Times reported, citing two Iranian officials.

The United Nations has accused Israel of “severe violations” of a 50-year-old agreement with Syria, saying it has engaged in “engineering groundwork activities” that encroach on a key buffer zone in the Golan Heights.

The Justice Department has charged a man for allegedly leaking highly classified US intelligence about Israel’s plans for retaliation against Iran, according to court documents and a person familiar with the case.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has accused Israel of carrying out “collective genocide” in Gaza, in some of his strongest criticism of the country since the war began last year.

Israel has for the first time confirmed that it was behind the operation in September to detonate hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The US carried out a series of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen late Saturday evening, according to a US defense official, targeting numerous weapons storage facilities across at least three locations.

It may be horrific and redefine the world order. Or it may be underwhelmingly bluster over substance. But US President-elect Donald Trump’s second term will certainly be disruptive. And even the most severe American isolationism - the greatest amount of doing little - will likely herald significant change.

The Justice Department on Friday announced federal charges against three people Friday in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump before the presidential election.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump each need at least 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. Follow here for 2024 presidential election updates, results, analysis and more.

If his first term in the White House is any indication, President-elect Donald Trump is likely to keep the Middle East high on his agenda.

Rights groups say journalist Reza Valizadeh has been detained, amid heightened tensions between the United States and Iran.

The family of imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi have accused the Iranian regime of trying to bring about her “slow death” by depriving her of a vital surgery needed to confirm her cancer diagnosis.

A female student stripped to her underwear outside her university in Iran in what some student and rights groups say was a protest against the country’s strict Islamic dress code.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has promised a crushing response to Israel and the United States for actions against his country.

Israel expects its “Iron Beam” laser defense system to be operational within one year, saying it will bring “a new era of warfare” as it engages in a war of drones and missiles with Iran and its regional partners.

Israel’s military operations in northern Gaza killed dozens of Palestinians this weekend, according to officials in the enclave, while ceasefire talks resumed in Qatar. Follow for live news updates.

Saturday’s attack marked the first time Israel has acknowledged striking Iran, bringing the shadow war into the open and crossing a threshold that has led some in the Islamic Republic to question the country’s deterrence capabilities.

Israel has passed a law banning the UN’s relief agency for Palestinians from operating in the country, in a move sharply criticized by multiple Western countries. Follow live updates here.

Jamshid Sharmahd was sentenced to death in 2022 for “corruption on Earth,” sparking widespread condemnation from human rights groups and Western governments.

Israel’s military operations in northern Gaza killed dozens of Palestinians on the weekend, according to officials in the enclave, while ceasefire talks resumed in Qatar. Follow for live news updates.

Ten days before the American presidential election, uncontrollable war in the Middle East appears to have been avoided for now, much to the relief of President Joe Biden’s aides at the White House and Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign team in Delaware.

After Israel’s attack on Iran Saturday, US officials were quick to caution both countries against perpetuating the cycle of violence, but analysts say lasting de-escalation is not a foregone conclusion.

Israel said on Saturday it had struck military targets inside Iran in response to earlier Iranian attacks, again raising fears that the long-running confrontation between the two powerful militaries could escalate into an all-out regional war that draws in the United States.