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Calls are growing for an independent investigation into an attack on a girls’ school in southern Iran that killed 165 young pupils this week, with United Nations experts denouncing the deadly bombing as “a grave assault on children”.
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The intensified use of artificial intelligence, and rows over its control, demonstrate the need for democratic oversight and multilateral controls
PM justifies position on US-Israel war on Iran in social media post using the Dire Straits song Money for Nothing
People tell of scenes of panic during airstrikes on Iran’s capital, with several saying they feared they would die
The Trump White House released a chaotic video montage of US military strikes on Iran combined with iconic movie scenes Thursday night, drawing backlash from both sides of the aisle for making light of the Middle East war.
Fishermen work in front of oil tankers south of the Strait of Hormuz Jan. 19, 2012, offshore the town of Ras Al Khaimah in United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
An explosion on Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon on Friday. (Reuters: Khalil Ashawi)
Since the launch of the US-Israeli onslaught on Iran, the country’s schools, hospitals and even playgrounds have come under attack.
The president has said it is ‘just a matter of time’ before the US turns to Cuba after finishing its war in Iran
Explosions were heard across the capital and large plumes of smoke rose over the area known as Dahiyeh, where Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah infrastructure. Shortly before the strikes on Thursday, the Israeli army ordered residents across the southern suburbs to evacuate immediately. The warning covered one o…
President Donald Trump has criticised UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer after he refused to let the US launch strikes on Iran from British military bases.
BEIRUT/WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM — Israel pounded Beirut on Friday after ordering an unprecedented evacuation of the entire southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, a major expansion of the war against Iran it began a week ago alongside the United States.
In the Iranian capital, worshippers gathered near mosques before joining rallies that mixed religious observance with political messages. Some participants said they came to show support for the Islamic Republic during a week of heavy fighting. Airstrikes have repeatedly hit sites in Tehran, while Iranian officials …
A group of Russian pranksters, one dressed as Adolf Hitler, tricked Iranian monarchist leader Reza Pahlavi into believing Germany was preparing to bomb Iran.
The world's tallest building on fire, missiles raining down on central Tel Aviv, and an elderly slain leader being pulled from the rubble of the Iranian capital.
Rebaz Sherifi, military commander at the Kurdistan Freedom Party PAK, speaks during an interview in Irbil, Iraq, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)
The world's tallest building on fire, missiles raining down on central Tel Aviv, and an elderly slain leader being pulled from the rubble of the Iranian capital.
Iran could sustain its response to the US and Israel for weeks if it reduces the scale of its missile barrages, according to Arman Mahmoudian, a research fellow at the University of South Florida’s Global and National Security Institute.
THE week-old United States-Israel war with Iran in the Middle East has disrupted the global supply chain of crude oil coming from that region. The Strait of Hormuz — the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean — was effectively closed to navigation due to Iran’s drone attacks.
THE unfolding conflict in the Gulf between Iran and the United States-Israel axis has exposed a strategic reality that many governments hosting American military assets and bases have long tried to downplay: when a major power wages war, the territories from which it projects force become part of the battlefield.
AS Pope Leo XIV guides his flock to relive the grace-filled season of Lent, his first as the leader of the 1.3-billion-strong Catholic Church, “a world that is ablaze” that rues in his Ash Wednesday message, is increasingly ripping apart the prospects for world peace. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is now in its fo…
BOSTON, Massachusetts — Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s former dictator, won the big prize in the country’s national lottery in 2000. And he won for a simple reason: because he could. Once you destroy institutions constraining your power, as Mugabe did during his 37-year reign, you can rule for personal enrichment, person…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — When the United States launched the 1991 Gulf War, then-president George H.W. Bush boasted of building a broad coalition unseen in decades. When his son attacked Iraq in 2003, he faced wide criticism, but secured several steadfast US allies.
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Taba, a small resort town on Egypt’s border with Israel, has become a transit hub for Israelis and foreign nationals seeking to leave the country or return home after Israel closed its airspace amid its ongoing war on Iran.
Starmer is in zugzwang. Mandelson arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
Israel has banned Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, citing the “security situation” amid the war with Iran, while Jewish Purim celebrations have been allowed to take place elsewhere in the city.
The first flight from Dubai to San Francisco since the outbreak of the Iran war arrived at SFO, reuniting families and bringing home travelers stranded in the UAE. At the same time, the first departing flight from San Francisco to Dubai prepared for takeoff, with most passengers confident about returning home. (AP v…
A posse of US stealth bombers is expected to reach UK military bases soon as President Trump warned Iran that “the big one” could be imminent.
The price of the benchmark US oil contract soared more than 10 percent on Friday, amid fears of extended disruption to crude supplies after President Donald Trump demanded Iran's "unconditional surrender".
Police say Masood Masjoody was most likely murdered; Iranian expats suspect he was killed for his criticism of the theocratic regime
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Friday that "loyal cooperation" should prevail over "confrontation" in relations with the United States after tensions over Madrid's opposition to Washington's use of its bases against Iran.
Uncertainty over US and Israeli war aims is slowing the Iranian Kurdish opposition groups urged by President Donald Trump to rise up against the Islamic Republic, Kurdish analysts have told Al Jazeera.
In a survery conducted in early March, 82 percent of the Israeli public supported the war on Iran, including 93 percent Jewish respondents and a minority of Palestinian citizens of Israel.
Israel has banned Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, citing the “security situation” amid the war with Iran, while Jewish Purim celebrations have been allowed to take place elsewhere in the city.
Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to help it strike American military forces in the Middle East, the Washington Post reported Friday, citing U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Donald Trump has stressed that any deal with Iran must result in the country’s “unconditional surrender”, setting maximalist war objectives for the United States.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan and Canada signed a strategic agreement Friday aimed at strengthening cooperation in defense, economic and energy security as military strikes on Iran by the United States and Israel fueled concern about international oil supplies.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — US President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to rule out talks with Iran absent its “unconditional surrender.” Israeli warplanes pounded Beirut and Tehran as Iran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries on the seventh day of the war.
Musulmanes chiíes participan en una protesta para condenar el asesinato del líder supremo iraní, el ayatolá Alí Jamenei, y contra los ataques israelíes contra Irán, en Karachi, Pakistán, el viernes 6 de marzo de 2026. (Foto AP/Ali Raza)
Taba, a small resort town on Egypt’s border with Israel, has become a transit hub for Israelis and foreign nationals seeking to leave the country or return home after Israel closed its airspace amid its ongoing war on Iran.
US President Donald Trump appeared to rule out negotiations with Iran to end the conflict in the Middle East, saying in a social media post on Friday that there will be no deal absent "unconditional surrender" from Tehran."After that, and the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Leader(s), we, and many of our wonderful…
DETROIT — Toyota Motor, Hyundai Motor and Chinese automakers such as Chery face the most potential impact of non-domestic automakers from the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, according to an analysis by Bernstein.
US says its firepower will ‘surge dramatically’ and IDF warns of ‘surprises ahead’, as Iran launches retaliatory strikes
Qatar’s Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi has said exports from the Gulf region could come to a halt “within weeks” if the war on Iran continues to escalate, throwing global energy markets into turmoil.
An elementary school in the Iranian capital Tehran’s Niloufar Square has been struck in US-Israeli attacks, according to Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday reiterated criticism of US-Israeli attacks on Iran, saying that they are an "extraordinary mistake" and "not in accordance with international law".
The Israeli army said it attacked a senior Iranian commander in Tehran.