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US embassy personnel inspect the damage caused by a bombing in Baghdad, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Smaller staffs at Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar and UAE embassies
US intel warns Iran has ‘substantially increased’ efforts to kill American officials
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US State Department reduces staffing at four Middle East embassies due to threats from Tehran and Houthis; US agencies reportedly assess danger at highest level since war began
In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian, right, meets Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Gen. Asim Munir, center, and Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi in Tehran, Iran, October 20, 2026. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
October 21, 2026, 12:39 am
Iran security chief rejects moving enriched uranium abroad, as Netanyahu vows to topple regime
PM claims ending ‘terrorist’ Islamic Republic will bring peace with Lebanon; Tehran rules out talks with Washington until its demands met; Israeli fighter jets said to fly toward Iran in drill
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This handout photo shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing an event celebrating the legalization of West Bank settlement outposts, on August 26, 2025. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
October 20, 2026, 6:15 pm
Settler violence harms Israel’s interests. But for PM, halting it could spell political trouble
Netanyahu cast doubt on accounts of Jewish attacks on diplomats, priests and journalists over the weekend. With the election a week away, coalition calculations are taking precedence
By Lazar Berman
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters before a meeting with 2015 Venezuelan National Assembly President Dinorah Figuera in the Treaty Room at the State Department, October 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
October 9, 2026, 8:28 pm
US imposes sanctions on ICC, hours after Nobel award to former judge
New measures could punish companies providing services to institution; Rubio: ‘We will ban transactions with this rogue court, cutting off their resources’; Netanyahu lauds action
By Reuters, AFP and ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the Pnyx hill, where ancient Athenians held democratic assemblies, with the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis in the background, in Athens, October 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
October 7, 2026, 9:14 pm
Visiting Greece, Rubio says Western civilization is ‘at an inflection point’
US secretary of state says West must choose between national power or decline, Washington believes ‘Europe can awaken from its long slumber’ and invest in defense, industry
By Leon Bruneau
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a joint press conference with Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis (not pictured) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, October 7, 2026, in Athens, Greece. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
October 7, 2026, 6:52 pm
Iran has ‘lost complete control’ of Strait of Hormuz, Rubio claims
On visit to Greece, US secretary of state reiterates that Tehran cannot be allowed nuclear weapons, says its economy is plummeting because of ‘crippling sanctions’
By Agencies
A street money exchanger poses for a photo without showing his face as he counts Iranian banknotes at a commercial district in downtown Tehran, Iran, December 23, 2022. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
October 3, 2026, 11:43 pm
Iranian rial at new record low, just days after previous nadir
Tracking website says currency now sold at 2.688 million to US dollar; Iran central bank injects $2 billion, official blames decline on Washington’s predictions of collapse
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Motorcyclists drive past a billboard depicting a Persian legendary hero and flying figure hitting US aircraft carriers alongside the message in English and Farsi: “From the Persian Gulf a new power rises,” “The army of Satan will be drowned in the Persian Gulf," during a state-organized motorcycle parade called “Janfada,” meaning “Sacrifice for Iran,”, in Tehran, Iran, September 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
October 2, 2026, 2:29 am
US sanctions target Iran’s auto, rail sectors as blockade chokes shipping lanes
Rubio reportedly orders Iranian FM to.leave US, but delegation claims officials were on their way out anyway; amid stalled talks with Tehran, Trump says he may need to ‘blow them up’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US bureau chief Jacob Magid appears on the Daily Briefing with host Jessica Steinberg (AP)
September 29, 2026, 2:11 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 29: Board of Peace envisions transformation in Gaza, and Israel
US bureau chief Jacob Magid brings us discussions on Gaza reconstruction and de-radicalization, Norway’s thoughts on Israeli settler violence, and the US response to the UK’s sanctions
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, shakes hands with Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam at the State Department, September 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
September 29, 2026, 1:42 am
Lebanese PM meets Rubio, stresses need for IDF withdrawal, Hezbollah disarmament
Nawaf Salam says two discussed ‘path to restoring Lebanon’s full sovereignty’; IDF completes large-scale operation to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure in south Lebanon
By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and AFP
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (C) arrives for the 81st United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on September 22, 2026. (Charly Triballeau/AFP)
September 22, 2026, 5:44 pm
Seeking talks, Iran offers to open Hormuz if US ends blockade, curtails military threat
Rubio suggests US open to talks with Tehran on sidelines of UN General Assembly, says ‘no harm in engaging’ but cautions that the Islamic Republic is run by ‘lunatic clerics’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen on December 9, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP/Peter Dejong, Pool)
September 11, 2026, 8:27 pm
As Trump squeezes the International Criminal Court, more countries are leaving
Five nations have left in the past year as the US sanctions the ICC, arguing that it threatens American sovereignty; several African nations have accused it of selective justice
By Molly Quell
(L-R) Vice President JD Vance speaks at the Republican convention September 10, 2026, in Dallas; US Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a joint news conference with Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori at the presidential palace in Lima, Peru, September 10, 2026; Florida Governor Ron DeSantis during a news conference on August 12, 2025, in Tampa, Florida; US Senator Ted Cruz speaks at the Republican convention, September 10, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, AP Photo/Martin Mejia, Pool, AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
September 11, 2026, 9:12 am
Vance? Rubio? DeSantis? Cruz? At Dallas confab, Republicans ponder who comes after Trump
Ahead of November midterms, some GOP faithful say VP is natural choice, while others look to president’s former challengers as leader in 2028; Trump hasn’t endorsed a successor
By Thomas Beaumont, Jill Colvin and Michelle L. Price
US President Donald Trump prepares to depart after speaking in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, August 31, 2026. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
September 2, 2026, 3:05 pm
Trump aides, fearing midterm rout, push to keep Iran war ‘quiet’ for now
Vance and Rubio among those said to support keeping conflict contained until after November election, after which heavier US strikes could return — but no decision made
By Nandita Bose, Humeyra Pamuk and Gram Slattery
Motorcyclists pass a billboard depicting US President Donald Trump underwater amid explosions, with the words “Great Victory! Strait of Hormuz,” in Tehran, Iran, August 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 27, 2026, 10:15 am
From nukes to Hormuz: The shift in Trump’s Iran war objectives
The prime goal of reopening the key waterway wasn’t even an issue when the US and Israel opened the fighting
By AP
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks alongside Paraguay’s Vice President Pedro Alliana (not pictured), in the Treaty Room at the US State Department, August 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tierney L. Cross)
August 26, 2026, 10:27 am
Rubio says no new Iran offensive for now as US focuses on economic pressure — report
Washington also bent on restoring shipping through Hormuz; Iran and Oman discuss temporary corridor; oil firms begin avoiding vessels on Iranian blacklist of ships
By Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff
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