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My family fled Iran in 1979 as members of a religious minority. Now we watch from the safety of Australia as our community is persecuted again
El papa León XIV aparece en la ventana de su estudio con vistas a la Plaza de San Pedro en el Vaticano, donde fieles católicos y peregrinos se reunieron para la tradicional bendición dominical al finalizar el rezo del Ángelus del mediodía, el domingo 15 de marzo de 2026. (Foto AP/Andrew Medichini)
Defence analyst says torpedo strike is a ‘humiliation’ for Modi’s government that disregarded a US defence partner
By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
Tucker Carlson has claimed the CIA read his text messages leading up to the war with Iran in an effort to frame him as a foreign agent.
Bahrain’s Ministry of the Interior said it arrested five people for their alleged involvement in passing “precise and sensitive information” to the Iranian Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC).
From Gaza to Iran, the pattern is the same: precision weapons, chosen blindness, and dead children. The cost of failing to regulate AI warfare is already too high
The UAE’s Ministry of Defence says it has intercepted several ballistic missiles and drones launched from Iran.
The decision by United States President Donald Trump to launch a war on Iran has left many international law experts questioning if the world order established after World War II is actually working.
Iran's Tasnim news agency is reporting that dozens of people accused of sharing sensitive information with Israel have been arrested across the country.
Pope Leo XIV appears at the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican where Catholic faithful and pilgrims gathered for the traditional Sunday blessing at the end of the noon Angelus prayer, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
SENATOR Win Gatchalian urged the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to initiate preparations for the repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Iran, Israel, and other countries in the Middle east amid escalating conflict in the region.
As her banned 1989 novella, Women Without Men, is published for the first time in the UK, the Iranian author looks back on a life of resistance and repression
President Trump’s historic dismantling of the Iranian regime is unfolding at blinding speed, showcasing the next generation of AI warfare. Far from replacing human judgment, the US military’s use of AI in Iran has focused in large measure on solving one of war’s oldest and most vexing problems: processing vast trove…
Iran's Fars News agency reported that 223 women have been killed in attacks since the start of the war, including three pregnant women.
Humiliating failure now looms, as symbolically damaging to US global standing and national self-esteem as Afghanistan or Iraq
Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty will head to Qatar on Sunday as part of a tour of the Gulf to "research regional developments" during the US-Israel war on Iran.
Tehran on Sunday vowed to kill Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the U.S.-Israel war on Iran continued to threaten oil supplies in the Gulf.
Countries around the world have scrambled to cope with the fallout of the energy shock from the Iran war, imposing measures from fuel export bans, loosening refining standards, and even getting workers to climb stairs instead of taking elevators.
Missiles and bombs contain pollutants which are released into the air, soil and water when they explode and crash, posing many health risks
Houthi supporters hold posters of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an attack by Israel and the U.S., next to a giant Iranian flag as they protest the war on Iran, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
Experts query ‘mix-up of priorities’ as president plays golf, posts old pictures and repeats details of Bill Maher feud
‘Of course there’s going to be retaliation,’ says one expert. ‘It may be that this is what Trump’s interested in’
DUBAI — Dubai is scrambling to preserve its image as a safe haven despite Iran's onslaught, with influencers rallying behind the government's message as authorities crack down on those sharing footage of strikes.
Iran's foreign minister has denied that Tehran has targeted civilian or residential areas in the Middle East, saying the country is ready to form a committee with its neighbours to investigate responsibility for such strikes.
United States President Donald Trump has threatened further strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island and urged allies to deploy warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway critical for global energy supplies, as Tehran promises to intensify its response.
The Maghreb is following the US-Israeli war on Iran and its expansion across the Middle East with particular interest, and for good reason: the geopolitical and economic implications of this major crisis will certainly impact regional balances in North Africa as well.
Iranian officials threatened to “pursue and kill” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel unleashed a round of extensive missiles towards western Iran Sunday morning.
The Maghreb is following the US-Israeli war on Iran and its expansion across the Middle East with particular interest, and for good reason: the geopolitical and economic implications of this major crisis will certainly impact regional balances in North Africa as well.
The United States and Israel carried out attacks on Iran’s Isfahan city in the early hours of Sunday, killing at least 15 people, as the conflict entered its 16th day.
Civic groups in South Korea urged the government Sunday to reject any US request to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz, warning that involvement in rising tensions with Iran could expose the country to security risks and legal challenges.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it launched 10 hypersonic Fatah and Qadr missiles along with drones as part of the 53rd wave of “Operation True Promise 4".
Israel’s health ministry on Sunday said 108 injured people were taken to hospitals over the past 24 hours amid the ongoing conflict with Iran, according to the Times of Israel.
Dos mujeres de la Sociedad de la Luna Roja se ven de pie con una densa humareda provocada por un ataque el sábado por la noche de la campaña estadounidense e israelí contra una instalación petrolera, en Teherán, Irán, el domino 8 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
An Iranian army commander in West Azerbaijan said attempts by enemies and separatist groups to infiltrate the country’s western borders had failed due to the vigilance of security forces and local communities, Tasnim news reported.
Authorities in northwestern Iran have arrested 20 people accused of attempting to cooperate with Israel, the Tasnim news agency reported, citing the prosecutor’s office in West Azerbaijan province.
The president says he does not see any ‘rationality’ in the military campaign, urging all sides to ‘look for the peaceful option’ to end the war
A diplomatic adviser to the UAE’s president said on social media that the country has the right to defend itself but “still prioritises reason and logic, and continues exercising restraint”.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it carried out the 53rd wave of strikes as part of “Operation True Promise 4.”
Israel’s Channel 12 reported that Iran carried out five attacks on Israel between midnight and early morning as the conflict continued.
Airstrikes on Iran’s oil depots are sending up billowing clouds of toxic smoke that health and environmental officials warn pose serious health threats to anyone who breathes or comes into contact with it. (AP Video: Aya Diab)
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, habla con periodistas antes de subir al Air Force One el viernes 13 de marzo de 2026 en la Base Conjunta Andrews de Maryland, para un viaje a Florida. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein)
The closure of the Middle East’s important straits – Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb – is forcing Gulf and Asian nations to explore other options
The former Soviet republics are leveraging diplomatic fallout from conflict to assert autonomy and balance major powers, observers say
Recep Erdogan condemned a “bloodthirsty network” striking schools and hospitals across Gaza, Iran and Lebanon.
Iran denied responsibility for a drone attack on the Lanaz oil refinery in Iraq’s Kurdish region, Iranian media reported, citing an informed security source.
For the ongoing conflict between Iran and the US to conclude, the latter must withdraw its military forces from the Persian Gulf, according to a member of the advisory board of Iran’s supreme leader.
For the ongoing conflict between Iran and the US to conclude, the latter must withdraw its military forces from the Persian Gulf, according to a member of the advisory board of Iran’s supreme leader.