Spain bars US military flights, escalating tensions with Washington
Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in attacks on Iran, a step beyond its previous denial of use of jointly-operated military bases, Spanish newspaper El Pais ...
Israel reports second attack from Yemen as Middle East conflict escalates
The Israeli military said on Monday that Iran launched multiple waves of missiles at Israel, and an attack had also been launched from Yemen for only the second time since ...
War between Hezbollah and Israel deepens fractures in Lebanon
War between Israel and Hezbollah is pushing Lebanon’s fragile state and society towards breaking point, straining sectarian and political faultlines as Shi’ite Muslims are displaced and enmity deepens ...
Australia to halve tax on fuel, underwrite spot cargoes
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday the government would halve the excise on fuel and diesel and remove the heavy road user charge for three months to help ...
Trump says Iran leaders reasonable, ‘I think we’ll make a deal with them, but it’s possible we won’t’
President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Iran have been meeting “directly and indirectly” and that Iran’s new leaders have been “very reasonable”, as more U.S troops ...
Pakistan hosts regional powers for Iran talks with focus on Hormuz proposals
Pakistan hosted talks with Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia on Sunday as part of its efforts to broker an end to the Iran war, with initial discussions focused on proposals ...
Iran warns US over ground attack as regional powers meet in Pakistan
Iran said it was ready to respond to a US ground attack, accusing Washington on Sunday of preparing a land assault even as it sought negotiations and as regional powers ...
‘It’s like going through hell every day’
The whole world is watching the US and Israel’s war with Iran. But no-one’s watching as attentively – or with such a knot in their stomach – as the Iranian ...
Pentagon preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, Washington Post reports
The Pentagon is preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, the Washington Post reported Saturday, citing U.S. officials.
The plans could involve raids by Special Operations and conventional ...
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Houthi attacks on Israel signal broader regional escalation
The risk of an expanded Iran war grew as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday launched their first attacks on Israel since the start of the conflict, as additional U....
US expects Iran’s response to peace proposal
Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal aimed at ending the war in the Middle East is expected on Friday, according to a source briefed on the matter.
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Rubio says war in Gulf to last ‘weeks not months’
The war in the Gulf is still expected to last weeks, not months, and Washington can meet all its objectives without using ground troops, U.S. Secretary of State Marco ...
Rubio says US can achieve Iran objectives without ground troops
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday the United States could achieve its objectives in Iran without the use of any ground troops and expected its operation to conclude ...
Chinese ships halt attempt to exit Hormuz despite Iran safe passage assurances
Two Chinese container ships turned backed after trying to exit the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, ship-tracking data showed, despite assurances from Iran that Chinese vessels could ...
Iranian players hold schoolbags in solidarity with slain girls
Iran’s men’s national soccer team wore black armbands and held schoolbags as their anthem played ahead of a match in Turkey on Friday in what a team official ...
US uses hundreds of Tomahawk missiles on Iran, alarming some at Pentagon, WaPo reports
The US military has fired over 850 Tomahawk cruise missiles in four weeks of war with Iran, burning through the precision weapons at a rate that has alarmed some Pentagon officials ...
Iran war could mean stagflation for EU, Dombrovskis says
The European Union economy is at risk of stagflation as a result of the surge in energy prices caused by the Iran war, European Economic Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said.
“The ...
UN rights chief urges US to conclude probe into deadly Iran school strike
The UN rights chief urged Washington to conclude its investigation into a fatal strike on a primary school in Iran at a UN Human Rights Council meeting on Friday, with ...
US can only confirm about a third of Iran’s missile arsenal destroyed, sources say
The United States can only determine with certainty that it has destroyed about a third of Iran’s vast missile arsenal as the US and Israeli war on the country ...
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Trump extends deadline for striking Iran’s energy plants to April 7
US President Donald Trump said he would again extend a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face the destruction of its energy plants, after Tehran earlier ...
Pentagon weighs diverting Ukraine military aid to Middle East, Washington Post reports
The Pentagon is weighing whether to redirect weapons originally meant for Ukraine to the Middle East, as the war in Iran strains supplies of some of the U.S. military’...
UK denies intercepted missile over Lebanon was aimed at Cyprus bases
The United Kingdom’s defence ministry has refuted reports that an Iranian missile intercepted over northern Lebanon was aimed at British bases in Cyprus, as new regional developments add further ...
Yemen’s Houthis ready to join Iran war if needed, raising new shipping risk
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement, whose attacks on the Red Sea caused international shipping and trade chaos during the Gaza war, stands ready to strike the key waterway again in ...
Trump urges Iran to act quickly on ceasefire plan
U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran on Thursday to “get serious” about a deal to end nearly four weeks of fighting, after its foreign minister said Tehran was reviewing ...