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THE surge in global oil prices from $71 to $113 per barrel last week is largely attributed to the escalating war in the Middle East. Last week, Israel bombed Iran’s largest offshore gas field in South Pars, and Tehran responded by launching missile attacks on Qatar’s Ras Laffan oil hub, which sent energy markets ree…
The IRGC has said its air defences struck an Israeli fighter jet flying in Iranian airspace this morning.
New analysis seen by the Guardian has revealed that US-Israeli attacks on Iran have released five million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in the last two weeks alone.
TEHRAN, Iran — The US military declared on Saturday it had damaged an Iranian bunker housing weapons threatening oil and gas shipments in the Strait of Hormuz, as thousands of Iranians marked Eid al-Fitr with prayer.
Israel's army has reported that a fresh wave of ballistic missiles launched from Iran are headed towards the country.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens during a news conference with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
There has been embarrassment, confusion, and unease in Japan after US President Donald Trump used the Pearl Harbor attack during World War II to justify his secrecy before launching the war on Iran.
El senador republicano por Carolina del Norte Thom Tillis en el Congreso en Washington el 20 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Tom Brenner)
Joe Kent, who left Trump administration over Iran war, tells Megyn Kelly ‘facts are on my side’ amid FBI investigation
Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took the United States to war without a vote of support from Congress, but lawmakers are increasingly questioning when, how and at what cost the war with Iran will come to an end.
This image released by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Island group. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)
Iranians in Tehran and across the country cautiously marked the Persian New Year despite the ongoing war entering its fourth week
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., descends an stairwell after a vote at the Capitol, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
Rights groups are sounding the alarm over the legality of UK involvement in US military strikes on Iran, following the government's decision to allow American use of its military bases.
The world needs to act like grown-ups and get back to sensible management of global affairs, Sachs says
A child has been killed in a US or Israeli attack on the city of Ahvaz, in Iran's southwestern Khuzestan province, Mehr news agency is reporting.
Little joy could be found among Iranians in the diaspora as Friday rang in Persian new year and the war on their homeland reached the three-week mark
Iran war should be wake-up call about costs of not going full throttle towards EVs as Chinese have done, experts say
In Appalachia, a deeply red region hit by poverty and cuts, some ask why billions are going to war instead of home
Analysts and officials in Taipei are assessing what lessons they can learn from the US-Israel precision strikes on the Iranian leadership
The UK has agreed to let the US use its bases for its war on Iran, following an apparent Iranian missile strike against Diego Garcia.
President Donald Trump invoked Pearl Harbor while defending the U.S. strike on Iran and his decision not to alert allies in advance, saying during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi: “Who knows surprise better than Japan?”
The United States and Israel have struck Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, according to its atomic energy organisation.
Uno de los submarinos nucleares de clase Vanguard, en el puerto de la Base Naval Clyde, sede del servicio británico de submarinos, en Faslane, en Argyll and Bute, Escocia, el 5 de julio de 2019. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)
Japan’s Maika Hamano, center, celebrates after scoring the first goal during the Women’s Asian Cup soccer final between Japan and Australia in Sydney, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
In a call with Paris, Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi urges mediation efforts and an end to the spread of the conflict
One of the Vanguard Class Ship nuclear submarines in the dock at HM Naval Base Clyde, the home of the UK Submarine Service at Faslane in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, July 5, 2019. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)
En esta imagen, tomada de un video que circulaba por redes sociales, manifestantes bailan y cantan alrededor de una hoguera en las calles de Teherán, Irán, el 9 de enero de 2026. (UGC vía AP, archivo)
Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was hit in an airstrike on Saturday, the official Iranian news agency Mizan reported.
Striker will not play in World Cup warmup games
A couple and their child have been killed in a US-Israeli attack on Iran's Ramsar city, the coastal city's governor, Mehdi Younesi is reporting.
The three are the first to be executed from among tens of thousands arrested during a brutal crackdown on protests in January
Both weapons, fired after Starmer authorised US to carry out further attacks from British bases, failed to hit Chagos Island target
Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia but did not hit the U.S.-U.K. military base in the Indian Ocean, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing multiple U.S. officials.
Iran says Japanese ships will be allowed to transit the Strait of Hormuz, in the latest sign that Tehran has started pursuing a selective blockade of the strategic waterway.
United States President Donald Trump says he is considering “winding down” the military operations in Iran even as his administration deploys 2,500 additional marines to the region and asks Congress for more money to fund the war.
Starmer is in zugzwang. Mandelson arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
Conflicts, such as the Iran war, are diverting global attention away from the ecological crisis, scientists warn
Iraníes se acercan a los ataúdes del ministro iraní de Inteligencia, Esmail Khatib, y de, según las autoridades, su esposa y su hija, durante su cortejo fúnebre en Teherán, Irán, el 20 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
Calling on the world to oppose the attacks against Iran, the foreign minister notes Japan’s ‘balanced and fair’ position
US President Donald Trump has ruled out a ceasefire with Iran as the war in the Middle East enters its fourth week, arguing that Washington holds the upper hand militarily.
South Korea is in close talks with countries, including Iran, to ensure a swift normalization of the Strait of Hormuz after Tehran said it is ready to allow Japan-bound vessels to pass through the sea route virtually closed in the wake of the Middle East crisis, a foreign ministry official said Saturday.
Conflict has not only hit sporting calendar but laid bare weakness in plans for diversifying economies through sport
The White House has choked off Cuba's oil supply and threatened a "friendly takeover" of the communist-run island, against a backdrop of military operations in Venezuela and Iran.
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With diesel in the triple digits amid the Iran war, Filipinos brace for a domino effect on rice, electricity and basic household necessities
Iranians follow a truck carrying the coffins of Iran’s intelligence minister Esmail Khatib and, according to Iranian officials, his wife and daughter, during a funeral procession in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
A 19-year-old star wrestler and two other young men were hanged in Iran this week, raising alarm among rights groups that a wave of executions may be underway as authorities facing relentless attacks from the US and Israel seek to squelch public dissent.
In this image from video circulating on social media, protesters dance and cheer around a bonfire as they take to the streets of Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP, File)