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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)
Regime will do whatever it takes to cling on to power – including sacrificing economies of other Gulf states
This April 4, 2009, file photo, shows a gas production facility at Ras Laffan, Qatar. (AP Photos/Maneesh Bakshi, File)
Israeli strikes on the world’s largest gas field and Iranian attacks on Saudi and Qatari hubs threaten a global energy crisis
Iran threatened to target recreational and tourist sites worldwide and insisted it was still building missiles. Friday’s show of defiance came nearly three weeks into U.S.-Israeli strikes that have killed a slew of Tehran’s top leaders and hammered its weapons and energy industries.
Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes that struck a building housing Al-Manar channel studios in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, early on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
Move to allow shipments already at sea comes amid a supply crisis and after US president says he does not ‘want to do a ceasefire’; IDF says it is attacking regime targets in Tehran after missiles fired at Israel from Iran
There’s a stunning silence from supposed allies of the United States in President Trump’s campaign to take down Iran’s despotic rulers.
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President Donald Trump has said he is considering “winding down” the Iran war because the US was “getting very close” to meeting its military objectives.
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The US says the move will bring 140 million barrels of oil to markets, even as Iran says it has no surplus crude to sell globally
Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry said early Saturday it downed 20 drones in just a couple of hours in the eastern region, one of the kingdom’s least dense regions but close to Iran and home to major oil installations. The ministry did not immediately report casualties or damage.
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent says move will bring 140m barrels to market but insists Tehran will not benefit
London/Dubai: In the arid heart of the Arabian Peninsula, where scorching temperatures and negligible rainfall define the landscape, water is not merely a resource; it is the linchpin of survival.
Traditions and culture bring comfort and connection to Iranian Australians as they gather for Nowruz amid worry for loved ones in Iran. Source: SBS / Spencer Austad
The Trump administration temporarily paused sanctions on Iranian oil “stranded at sea” Friday in an effort to curb soaring prices.
US President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration is considering "winding down" its military operation against Iran, while calling on South Korea, China, Japan and other countries to get involved in efforts to secure the vital Strait of Hormuz.
Iran has threatened to expand its retaliatory attacks to include recreational and tourist sites worldwide, Al Jazeera is reporting, citing Iran’s top military spokesman General Abolfazl Shekarchi.
Like a trapped animal, Iran is lashing out, executing teenagers in public for “waging war against God” to terrify its restive people, and bombing its neighbors to convince them to push the United States and Israel to end the war.
Joe Kent, Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, speaks during a congressional debate at KATU studios Oct. 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
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President Donald Trump said on Friday the US was getting very close to meeting its objectives and called on countries that use the Strait of Hormuz to guard and police it "as necessary."
The US Department of War has produced detailed plans involving the use of ground troops in the war on Iran, CBS News reported on Friday, citing unnamed officials.
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WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Friday ruled out reaching a ceasefire agreement with Iran, as more Marines headed to the Middle East in a possible sign of a coming ground operation.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the country will “exercise our legitimate right to self-defence” in response to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision to allow the US to use UK bases to carry out strikes on Iranian missile sites targeting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
The US Department of War has produced detailed plans involving the use of ground troops in the war on Iran, CBS News reported on Friday, citing unnamed officials.
Kayvon Pourmirzaie and his wife, Behnaz Almazi, eat a tahdig-like pasta dish, based on a classic Iranian crispy rice dish, during a Persian pop-up dinner to celebrate Nowruz in New York on Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/J.M. Hirsch)
Damage to a critical Qatari facility is threatening to keep energy prices high around the world even if the war in Iran ends soon in what some analysts are calling an “Armageddon” situation.
President Trump said Thursday that he was not planning to put troops "anywhere" but that if he did, he would not tell journalists. Source: AAP / Julia Demaree Nikhinson
Earlier this month, Elbridge Colby, a senior official in the US Department of War, held a call with Saudi Arabian Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman, who is also the brother and top adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Sale humo tras un bombardeo en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Dubái el 16 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto)
President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday he is not interested in a ceasefire with Iran.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has struck targets in Israel, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia in attacks.
Planes are parked at Dubai International Airport as smoke rises in the background after a drone struck a fuel tank early morning, forcing the temporary suspension of flights, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo)
QatarEnergy CEO Saad al-Kaabi said he warned United States officials and energy executives about the impact of a potential Iranian attack on oil and gas facilities before Tehran targeted Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) complex.
Health Deputy Minister Dr. Hansaka Wijayamuni stated that six essential medicines are currently being manufactured in Iran and the Government has formulated a plan to import them despite the prevailing conflict situation.
Consumers have been warned not to expect petrol prices to drop quickly when the Iran war ends. (ABC News: Chris Taylor)
Consumers have been warned not to expect petrol prices to drop quickly when the Iran war ends. (ABC News: Chris Taylor)
As the Iran War intensifies, oil, or rather the lack of it, has become a key talking point. The de-facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran has blocked 20 percent of the world’s oil supply (almost 20 million barrels per day), which has mainly affected countries such as Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Australia. Recen…
Christians, in particular, were angered by the Israeli PM’s remarks, which some say suggest a ‘might is right’ approach
Since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran, Iranian authorities have sharply restricted access to the internet.
WASHINGTON — The United States could "take out" Iran's Kharg island whenever it wanted, the White House said Friday, after a report that President Donald Trump's administration was considering plans to occupy or blockade the oil hub.
When Donald Trump bombed Iran's nuclear facilities last year, he set in motion a plan the "thinkers" inside the Iranian regime had long been devising. It's now in play and it all comes down to a stretch of water that, at its narrowest point, is little more than 30 kilometres wide.
The battlefield determines who prevails. Yet long before that verdict is rendered, another contest unfolds: over how the war itself is to be understood. From a plurality of competing explanations, a single narrative, or at least a dominant theme, gradually crystallizes and comes to define the conflict.