Israel strikes Tehran as Iran retaliates across the Gulf; Hormuz disruption pushes oil prices higher and tensions rise.
Israel strikes Tehran as Iran retaliates across the Gulf; Hormuz disruption pushes oil prices higher and tensions rise.
Preliminary figures are 1,348 dead in Iran, at least 15 in Israel, seven US soldiers and 17 killed in Gulf states.
Gulf states produce 40 percent of the world’s total desalinated water through more than 400 plants.
Intelligence experts have suggested China has made its satellite navigation system available to Iran.
As the war drags into another year, a lesser-known crisis afflicts troops on both sides.
Experts say the views of newly inaugurated president Jose Antonio Kast reflect deep dissatisfaction with the status quo.
Is Brazzaville’s stability a result of gradual democratic consolidation or carefully organised political continuity?
Yet the fallout from the Iran war could push Gulf rivals to cooperate, opening space for diplomacy on Sudan.
This is a war of survival and global consequences.
Restraint didn’t prevent war; new Iranian leadership may now look to much more dangerous approach to build a deterrent.
Victims of the Philippines’ drug war finally see a path to justice in The Hague.
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Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed has been signed by Indian-owned Sunrisers Leeds in UK cricket’s Hundred auction.
North Korea face Australia in the Women’s Asian Cup quarterfinals, and promise no repeat of protests in China game.
The FIFA World Cup 2026 was billed as one of the easiest to organise, but challenges still lie in wait.
Iran says ‘under no circumstances’ will it participate following the US-Israeli attacks that killed its supreme leader.
Frustrated players say they were left in the dark for days over their travel while England flew out within two days.
Nearly 160 deaths recorded across the premier engineering colleges in past two decades – 69 of them in last five years.
US president, who won the FIFA Peace Prize says Iran would be welcome but should not come for its players’ safety.
Israel targets centre of Lebanese capital in escalation of military campaign that has killed nearly 700 people.
Prime minister says US-Israeli war prevented Iran from moving its nuclear and ballistic projects underground.
Rastriya Swatantra Party, founded just four years ago, set to dominate new parliament with near two-thirds majority.
In an address to the UN Human Rights Council, experts warned that the ‘machinery’ of repression was ‘mutating’.
Taiwan face China in a tense Women’s Asian Cup football quarterfinal, where political tensions will be at the fore.
Charges dropped against five soldiers accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee at a military facility.
Ali Larijani responds to US threat to hit Iran’s power infrastructure, saying the ‘whole region will go dark’.
The newly appointed supreme leader delivers a combative statement, pledging Iran will keep fighting.
The prosecutor’s office said the crimes being investigated include deportation and persecution through deportation.
Authorities say suspect opened fire in a university building, FBI investigating as ‘act of terror’.
Somali minister tells Al Jazeera Israeli base plans in Somaliland risk dragging Somalia into ‘external confrontations’.
The use of RAF Fairford by US forces highlights the UK’s increasingly active role in the US-Israeli war on Iran.
President Macron has criticised the onslaught and questioned the war’s legality but ultimately blamed Iran.
United States officials are issuing contradictory statements on the war’s timeline and objectives.
Iran has resorted to unconventional tactics in its retaliatory strikes against the US and Israel.
The US military is using AI tools during Iran war. But Pentagon’s collaboration with tech companies goes back decades.
Iran is asking for ‘reparations’ and a guarantee that the US and Israel will not attack in the future.
UN refugee agency says forced displacement likely to increase as US and Israel continue deadly strikes across Iran.
Iran’s Mojtaba Khamenei says strait should remain closed as Donald Trump claims US benefits from high oil prices.
As Hormuz chokes and defence costs soar, Gulf states absorb crippling financial fallout of the US-Israel war on Iran.
The attack appears to be another Israeli attempted assassination, outside areas traditionally targeted.
Cooking gas shortages in Gaza force families to burn wood and plastic, exposing mothers and children to dangerous smoke.
Cross-border clashes between the two countries intensified on February 26, two days before US, Israel attacked Iran.
Authorities have said most of those who died were found buried in mud.
On Iran’s ‘Forbidden Island’ of Kharg, ancient ruins sit beside the nerve centre of the nation’s oil empire.
Cyberattacks, tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and rising oil prices are deepening the global consequences of the war.
The attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School quickly became a focal point of concern over civilian casualties.
Missile alert alarms sound in Jerusalem as the Israeli military says it launches another round of ‘wide-scale’ strikes.
Iraq reportedly suspends oil terminal operations after two tankers hit by explosive-laden boats in Iraqi waters.
Iran is raising the costs of a continued war, for the US and Gulf nations. But could it — and the US — escalate further?
Lawmakers express concerns as Trump officials project $50bn more may be needed for Iran war funding.
Bahrain reports an attack on fuel tanks as Saudi Arabia shoots down drones headed towards an oilfield.
More than half of the 62 million people in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are foreign workers.
Oil prices continue to soar despite the International Energy Agency’s plans to release 400m barrels into the market.
Irth Capital offers $47 per share for Papa John’s International, sources have told Reuters news agency.
Countries such as Indonesia and Vietnam heavily depend on fuel imports and have limited energy reserves.
Newly elected PM Rahman has blamed Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League party for undermining the previous parliament.
Police chief says protesters seen as acting at the behest of the US and Israel will be treated as enemies.
The National People’s Congress signals firm stance against corruption as China’s 15th five-year plan is approved.
The country’s prime minister urges resilience, says government committed to ensuring people’s lives are not disrupted.
Sudanese Doctors Network says ‘horrific crime represents a continuation of the violations committed by the RSF.’
Expanding regional conflict shifts global attention as Gaza faces border closures, inflation and ‘ceasefire’ violations.
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