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President Donald Trump said the “worst case” scenario in Iran would be if the nation’s next leader is “as bad” as the late Ayatollah Khamenei. He said it might be best if “someone from within” the Iranian regime took power, but most of those he had in mind” are dead.”
We officially live in the age of missile defense.
The son of Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was selected to replace him as supreme leader, according to a report in Iranian opposition media.
This image provided by the Justice Department, contained in the complaint supporting the arrest warrant, shows Asif Merchant. (Justice Department via AP, File)
Omani Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr al-Busaidi, who mediated the US-Iran talks before the war, has said that diplomatic options are still “available” to de-escalate the situation in the Middle East.
Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war
A sell-off for stocks wrapped around the world and hit Wall Street, while oil prices climbed even higher on worries about the widening war with Iran.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said France was sending its aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle, to the Mediterranean and working to build a coalition that would help secure maritime traffic imperilled by the US-Israeli war on Iran.
An Iranian flag is placed among the ruins of a police station struck Monday during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted Tuesday that he was misunderstood one day prior when he said the US attacked Iran on Saturday because “we knew that there was going to be an Israeli action” that would “precipitate an attack against American forces.”
The Issue: Mayor Mamdani, AOC and other Democrats’ criticism of the US-Israel strikes on Iran.
Frustrated and anxious travelers clamored Tuesday for ways out of the Middle East and beyond as the widening Iran war constrained commercial flights through the region for a fourth day, stranding tens of thousands of people.
Donald Trump says Iran's navy, air force and air detection systems have been "knocked out", as Israeli and US forces keep pounding targets across the country.
Military veterans and families of service members reacted to the news that the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran and what that means for American troops. (AP video/Kristin M. Hall and Allen G. Breed)
Mourners gathered for a funeral ceremony for children who lost their lives after a primary school in Iran was struck on Saturday. Source: Getty / Stringer
Thousands of mourners have filled the streets of the southern Iranian city of Minab for the funeral of 168 schoolgirls and staff killed in an attack on an elementary school on the opening day of the US-Israeli strikes.
ANKARA, March 3 (Reuters) – Turkey is engaging with all parties to find a way to end the war in Iran and return to negotiations, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said, adding that Ankara was also in talks with Oman on the matter as the Gulf nation works for the same goal.
United States President Donald Trump has publicly mused about the leadership he would like to see in Iran following the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
El portaaviones francés Charles de Gaulle, en el puerto de Subic Bay, una antigua base naval estadounidense al noroeste de Manila, Filipinas, el 23 de febrero de 2025. (AP Foto/Joeal Calupitan/Archivo)
The 2026 primary season, in which voters in the United States determine which candidates will represent the major Republican and Democratic political parties in the November midterm elections, has begun in earnest with votes in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas.
WASHINGTON — The United States said Tuesday that it had arranged charter flights to help Americans leave the Middle East after Washington joined Israel in attacking Iran.
President Donald Trump has announced that the United States government will offer insurance to ships in the Persian Gulf after Iran largely succeeded in shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, sending oil prices soaring.
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, habla en una reunión con el canciller alemán Friedrich Merz en la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca, el martes 3 de marzo de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein)
The United Kingdom is deploying a warship and helicopters to Cyprus, the British government has said, as global concern continues to mount over the fallout from deadly US-Israel attacks on Iran and retaliatory Iranian strikes across the region.
Los precios en una gasolinera de Fráncfort, Alemania, el lunes 2 de marzo de 2026. (Andreas Arnold/dpa vía AP)
US president criticises prime minister for third time 24 hours, describing him as ‘not Churchill’ over initial refusal
At least four tankers have been struck by drones and maritime traffic has dropped by 80%, reports say
Topic:Government and Politics
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Lebanon is being pulled deeper into the war in Iran as Hezbollah trades blows with Israel. Source: Getty / Marwan Naamani
By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
The US and Israel’s war on Iran has raged into a fourth day, with hundreds killed and thousands forced to flee as the conflict continues to spread across the Middle East.
An Australian who died at a ski resort in Japan on Saturday has been identified as eight-year-old Chloe Jeffries from the Gold Coast.Japanese media reported Chloe's death after a snowmobile she and her mother were riding overturned near the ski resort town of Hakuba, north-west of Tokyo.She suffered serious head i…
The rationale keeps changing – from Iran planning a preemptive strike to lobbying by Israel
Contradicting images of parties and war flooded feeds after Iran targeted Gulf states in retaliation for US-Israeli attacks
Authoritarian politics and military aggression are a dangerous mix. As President Trump announced his war on Iran wearing a baseball cap in a video released in the early hours Saturday morning while he was at Mar-a-Lago, that lesson hung heavily over the proceedings. This was a decision made by one man with no legal …
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa urged the Government to publicly condemn the recent attack carried out on Iran and emphasised that the Government should not hesitate to denounce the act of aggression by Israel, which he described as a violation of international law and the United Nations Charter.
BAGHDAD, Iraq — An air strike hit a military base in southern Iraq housing the Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah group on Tuesday, a source from the armed faction said.
US President Donald Trump has said his administration’s war against Iran “successfully knocked out” the country’s air force and navy.
Despite rebukes from Donald Trump, many MPs back Keir Starmer’s stance so far, and say lessons from conflict in Iraq must not be forgotten
Iran players line up for the national anthem but don't sing it, ahead of their opening Women's Asian Cup group game. (Getty Images: Albert Perez)
Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
Strikes on Iranian leadership are putting Tehran under unprecedented military and diplomatic pressure
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Smoke rises up behind Azadi, or freedom tower, following a U.S.-Israeli military strike in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. ((Davoud Ghahrdar/ISNA via AP)
United States President Donald Trump enjoys being seen as unpredictable. But when it comes to the military campaign against Iran, his shifting messaging on the length and aims of the conflict obscures the failure to achieve his apparent goal: a quick conclusion that he can declare a victory.
A banner depicting Donald Trump hangs outside a government building in Washington DC on the day the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran. (Reuters: Kylie Cooper)
A group of men inspects the ruins of a police station struck Monday amid the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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