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Reports indicate that Israel and the U.S. timed their attack on Iran to coincide with a meeting of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his top aides, leading to Khamenei's death and heightened Middle East tensions.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's daughter, grandchild, daughter-in-law, and son-in-law were killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes, Iranian state media reported on Sunday.
In the lead-up to the U.S. and Israeli attacks, the CIA assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed, he would likely be replaced by hardline figures from the IRGC.
Overnight Iranian retaliatory attacks damaged Dubai's international airport and the Burj Al Arab hotel, injuring four people at the airport. A drone was intercepted, causing a minor fire on the hotel's outer facade.
Maersk announced it will temporarily reroute some vessels away from the Suez Canal in response to unforeseen constraints in the Red Sea region, amid growing Iran-US tensions.
The U.S. Treasury Department proposed a rule to sever MBaer Merchant Bank AG's access to the U.S. financial system, alleging support for illicit actors linked to Iran and Russia.
The United States has warned Syria against relying on Chinese technology in its telecommunications sector, arguing it conflicts with U.S. interests and threatens U.S. national security, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
AL-Monitor reports on the Committee to Protect Journalists' findings that Israel was responsible for two-thirds of the 129 journalists and media workers killed worldwide in 2025, the deadliest year for the press since 1992.
Modi, a Hindu nationalist, became the first prime minister in India's history to visit Israel in 2017. Both leaders are expected to hold talks on artificial intelligence as well as defense at a time when Israel is seeking to increase its military exports. Modi is expected to deliver remarks to Israel's Knesset, or parliament, and lay a wreath at Yad Vashem, Israel's official Holocaust memorial.
The U.S. will provide on-site passport services this week in a settlement in the West Bank, marking the first time American consular officials have offered such services to settlers in the occupied territory.
Iraq's foreign minister stated that Turkey has agreed to repatriate Turkish citizens among thousands of Islamic State detainees transferred to Iraq from Syria, following the closure of camps and prisons there in recent weeks.
The US State Department has ordered most US government personnel and their family members to leave the embassy in Lebanon.
Students held protests leading to clashes at several Iranian universities for a second day, with Iran facing a U.S. military buildup as it seeks to reach a nuclear deal with Washington.
US President Donald Trump is curious as to why Iran has not yet 'capitulated' and agreed to curb its nuclear programme, as Washington builds up its military capability in the Middle East, Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said.
U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee's comments suggesting Israel's right to much of the Middle East have drawn condemnation from Arab and Muslim-majority countries, who view them as a violation of international law and a threat to regional stability.
A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Iran and the U.S. have differing views over the scope and mechanism to lift sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme, with renewed talks scheduled in early March.
At the start of the new university semester on February 21, 2026, students at several Iranian universities, including Sharif University of Technology and Amir Kabir University of Technology, held protests coinciding with ceremonies mourning those killed in last month's anti-government demonstrations.
RAI's off-air remark advising producers to 'avoid' the Israeli crew was broadcast before the Four-Man bobsleigh event at the Winter Olympics, prompting an apology from the broadcaster.
On February 21, 2026, Iranian students at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran chanted anti-government slogans and clashed with security forces, coinciding with the 40th-day memorial of the martyrs of the uprising and amid escalating US-Iran tensions.
Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley killed at least 10 people, including a senior Hezbollah official, raising concerns about the fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire.