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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.
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.
Tehran, Iran – Iran is celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year, during wartime for the first time since the 1980s, when neighbouring Iraq launched a full-scale invasion, leading to eight years of war.
US President Donald Trump lashes out at NATO, calling the alliance "cowards". (Reuters: Kevin Lamarque)
Russia offered to stop its intelligence-sharing with Iran in exchange for the United States suspending intelligence support to Ukraine, but Washington rejected the offer, Politico reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered a message for Persian New Year on Friday in which he stated that his country does not want war with its neighbours or to acquire nuclear weapons, state media have reported.
Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has said Iran’s enemies were being “defeated” in a written message for the Persian New Year, as the US and Israel continue to pound the country with attacks.
Iran threatened to target recreational and tourist sites worldwide and insisted it was still building missiles.
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said Friday the country had dealt its enemies a "dizzying blow" in the war with the United States and Israel, as fresh blasts hit Tehran on the first day of the Persian New Year festival.
Switzerland has moved to suspend new approvals for arms exports to the United States amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran, citing its long-standing policy of neutrality and legal restrictions under domestic export controls.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sailed smoothly past a potential clash with Donald Trump over Iran on Thursday, though the United States president whipped up a bit of a storm about Pearl Harbor.
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has warned her Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi “against targeting UK bases, territory or interests directly”, in a phone call on Thursday, according to a statement from the Foreign Office.
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei said his country was not behind strikes on Turkey or Oman, blaming Israel for playing a “trick” to create division between Iran and its neighbours.
President Donald Trump slammed NATO allies over their lack of support for the US-Israel war on Iran as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed, with no end to the conflict in sight.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei has said that US and Israel’s expectations that their attacks would topple the Iranian government were a “gross miscalculation” in a written statement released to state media.
The Pentagon is deploying another three-ship Marine Corps expeditionary unit — with about 2,500 Marines aboard — to the Middle East in the second such reassignment as President Trump attempts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping.
Arab states have so far only acted defensively, but there is growing fear war is entering new, more dangerous phase
Washington, DC – The administration of US President Donald Trump has offered a carousel of contradicting final objectives for the US-Israeli war with Iran: destroying its regional military might; decapitating its leadership; fomenting dissent; eliminating its nuclear programme.
In a post on X, Iran's foreign minister claimed to have “intelligence on Israeli plans to strike infrastructure”, and said the nation would exercise “ZERO restraint” if the attack took place.
Switzerland has said it will not issue licences for companies to export weapons to the United States due to the ongoing war on Iran, citing the country’s longstanding principle of neutrality.
US President Donald Trump called Nato allies ‘cowards’ at the Commander in Chief trophy presentation at the White House for reluctance to support US war efforts in Iran or deploy forces to secure the Strait of Hormuz.
Nato has withdrawn almost all personnel from Iraq amid regional instability caused by the war on Iran, according to officials at Iraq’s National Security Advisory speaking to AFP and Al Jazeera.
Trump has been calling for major US allies and others to help secure the safety of shipping through the Iran-controlled Strait of Hormuz
The top intelligence official of Iran’s feared Basij paramilitary force was killed in an Israeli strike, the Israel Defense Forces announced Friday morning.
Iran has signaled that it is ready to allow passage through the Strait of Hormuz to vessels from certain countries. Media reports and tracker data also suggest that a handful of pre-vetted tankers have already sailed smoothly through the “safe” corridor, with at least one shipping company allegedly paying Iran $2 mi…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian negotiators will push for a clear timeframe for the next round of Russia talks, as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict have been paused amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday that Kyiv's negotiators will seek clarity from US officials on the next round of three-way talks with Russia, postponed due to the Iran war.
The head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, told the BBC on Friday that governments need to “be more vocal” about cutting energy usage amid an unprecedented threat to global energy security caused by US-Israeli attacks on Iran.
Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine the fuel crisis and whether the Australian public will blame the Albanese government for the growing economic fallout from Trump’s war on Iran.
View image in fullscreenAn Iranian woman stands in front of her Tehran home, which was hit in an airstrike.Photograph: Hossein Esmaeil/UPI/ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreenActivists in Tel Aviv hold pictures of children killed in Israel, Palestine, Iran and Lebanon in a silent vigil calling for an end to the…
Three weeks into the US-Israeli war of choice in Iran, Labor is warning of financial pain. But the economic cost isn’t the only risk here
Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine the fuel crisis and whether the Australian public will blame the Albanese government for the growing economic fallout from Trump’s war on Iran.
The draft finance law, released by the Ministry of Justice, central bank and three other regulators, will solicit feedback until April 19
Corredores bursátiles en la sede de la Bolsa de Valores de Nueva York, el 19 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Seth Wenig)
European leaders call for end to 'reckless attacks' on Middle East energy facilities
Iran’s capital Tehran showed signs of cautious activity on 19 March 2026 as residents prepared for Nowruz, despite ongoing US-Israeli strikes that have disrupted daily life since 28 February. Markets reopened in areas such as Tajrish, where people bought flowers, sprouted grains and goldfish for Haft-Seen tables. Tr…
In areas such as Finchley, shopkeepers and families prepared traditional Haft Seen tables as the spring equinox approached. Often referred to as “Little Tehran”, the neighbourhood reflects the strength of London’s Iranian community, with Ballards Lane lined with Persian shops, bakeries and restaurants, where Farsi s…
Israel’s recent strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field and Tehran’s retaliation on key energy infrastructure in several Gulf countries is more than just another escalation of the war roiling the Middle East.
Claims come despite Donald Trump saying he is not leaning towards putting ‘boots on the ground’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Satellite images are beginning to be released giving a glimpse into the toll of the Iran war, with ships ablaze in an Iranian port and destroyed buildings at an American base.
Muslim worshippers gather around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on 20 March 2026 for the early morning prayers for Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan (AFP)
Being a ‘first responder’ in the current energy crisis is in line with India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy
Defense secretary had said relatives of service members killed in refueling tanker crash told him ‘do not stop until the job is done’
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesperson has been killed in overnight strikes carried out jointly by the United States and Israel, the IRGC reported, the latest in a mounting toll of senior officials assassinated since the war began.