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An Iranian flag is placed among the ruins of a police station struck during the US–Israeli bombing campaign in Tehran, Iran, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
March 3, 2026, 8:31 pm
Russia, China and Turkey push for immediate end to Iran war
Erdogan condemns both sides of conflict, says Ankara making ‘intense’ diplomatic effort to end fighting; Chinese FM tells Israeli counterpart force ‘will only bring new problems’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump gestures at the end of his speech after touring the Coosa Steel Corporation factory in Rome, Georgia, February 19, 2025. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
February 20, 2026, 1:19 pm
Trump considering limited strikes to force Iran to make nuclear deal – report
WSJ: Attacks could expand, possibly to effect regime change, if Tehran keeps refusing to give up enrichment; Iran tells UN that all Mideast assets of ‘hostile force’ are fair game if US attacks
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One, on January 4, 2026, as they were returning to Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP/Alex Brandon)
January 5, 2026, 10:36 am
Trump: US believes Ukraine did not strike Putin residence, despite Russian claims
US president had initially said he was ‘very angry’ about alleged Ukrainian drone attack; Europeans assessed it was a lie by Moscow to undermine talks
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and AAMER MADHANI
Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on situation in the zone of the 'special military operation,' the Kremlin's term for the nearly four-year-long Ukraine offensive, in Moscow on December 29, 2025. (Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP)
December 29, 2025, 9:06 pm
Peace hopes dented as Russia says Ukraine tried to attack Putin residence
Moscow’s foreign ministry claims Ukrainians fired nearly 100 drones at Novgorod region home; Kyiv calls it a lie, accuses Russians of aiming to undermine talks with US
By Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa hold a meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on October 15, 2025. (Alexander Zemlianichenko / POOL / AFP)
October 15, 2025, 5:51 pm
Syria’s Sharaa, in first Russia visit, says he’ll respect all past deals with Moscow
Interim Syrian president expected to ask Moscow to extradite Putin ally Assad, who sought refuge in Moscow after ouster; also said to seek Russian backing against Israeli demands
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, left, attend a joint news conference following their meeting in Moscow, Russia, July 31, 2025. (Shamil Zhumatov/Pool Photo via AP)
July 31, 2025, 10:09 pm
Syrian FM meets Putin and Lavrov, in first Russia visit since fall of Assad regime
Shaibani thanks Moscow for denouncing Israeli strikes on Syria, hopes for warm ties despite Putin’s backing for former dictator; Lavrov invites Sharaa to summit with Arab League
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said during a meeting with him (not pictured) in Tehran, on May 29, 2023 (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)
April 19, 2025, 3:48 pm
Oman’s sultan to meet Putin in Moscow after Iran-US nuclear talks mediated by Muscat
Visit will follow US-Iran negotiations at Omani embassy in Rome; Tehran has said it wants Moscow to play a role in the process
By Agencies and ToI Staff
IRGC commander-in-chief Major General Hossein Salami speaks during a memorial service for slain Hezbollah leader Hasssan Nasrallah and his successor Hashem Safieddine at Tehran's Grand Mosque in Iran's capital Tehran on February 23, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
March 16, 2025, 12:18 pm
Iran Guards chief vows ‘decisive’ reprisal against any attacks, after Trump warning
As US president demands Iran end support for Houthis, IRGC general says the group is ‘the representative of the Yemenis,’ and makes its decisions independently from Tehran
By Agencies
(L to R) US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban, the Russian president's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a meeting together at Riyadh's Diriyah Palace on February 18, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP)
February 18, 2025, 2:36 pm
Top Russian and US officials discuss ending Ukraine war, but Kyiv not at the table
Ukrainian president says his country won’t accept any outcome; European allies fear they could be left out of efforts to resolve Russia’s 3-year-old invasion of neighbor
By Matthew Lee, BARAA ANWER and Dasha Litvinova
Anti-government forces drive in Syria's west-central province of Homs on December 7, 2024, on their way to the city of Homs. (Aref TAMMAWI / AFP)
December 8, 2024, 5:23 am
Syrian rebels take Homs, advance into Damascus as Hezbollah ousted from key border city
Fighters from Iran-backed terror group leave al-Qusayr after holding city along important smuggling route since 2013; insurgents enter Damascus in hopes of completing shock blitz
By AP and ToI Staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian walk during their meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Maxim Shemetov, Pool Photo via AP)
October 31, 2024, 5:24 pm
Russia says ‘comprehensive’ treaty with Iran will include defense cooperation
FM Lavrov says pact with Tehran to be signed in ‘near future’; ties seen as major threat by US and Israel as Middle East, Ukraine wars escalate
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands listening to the verdict in a glass cage of a courtroom inside the 'Palace of justice' in Yekaterinburg, Russia, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
July 19, 2024, 5:42 pm
Russia sentences WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in jail; verdict decried as sham
Newspaper pledges to keep working to help secure release of journalist, who US has declared wrongly detained, as verdict clears way for potential prisoner swap
By Kirill Zarubin
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, June 26, 2024. (AP)
July 19, 2024, 11:33 am
Closing arguments begin in Russian trial of US journalist Evan Gershkovich
Wall Street Journal reporter faces almost certain conviction in politicized legal system; US blasts ‘wrongful detention,’ says Russia ‘using human beings as bargaining chips’
By Kirill Zarubin
Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira speaks during the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 21, 2024. (MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)
February 22, 2024, 10:15 am
After Holocaust remarks, Brazil condemns UN ‘paralysis’ on Gaza at tense G20 meeting
FM says Security Council inability to act shows multilateral institutions not ‘properly equipped’ for challenges; Turkey praises Brazil president’s comparison of Gaza to Holocaust
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israel's Ambassador to Russia Simona Halperin (right) presents her credentials to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, January 1, 2024. (Simona Halperin's X account)
February 7, 2024, 2:50 am
Russia summons Israeli ambassador for criticizing Lavrov, Moscow’s ties with Hamas
Russian foreign ministry informs Simona Halperin of its ‘negative reaction’ to interview in which she said the country’s top diplomat downplayed the importance of the Holocaust
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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