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The US-Israeli strikes on Iran and the retaliatory attacks that have since hit Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain are drawing attention to how much South Korea's biggest technology companies now have riding on the Gulf.
Chiíes iraquíes sostienen imágenes del líder supremo iraní, el ayatolá Alí Jamenei, que murió por un ataque estadounidense en Teherán, durante un funeral simbólico en Najaf, Irak, el domingo 1 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Anmar Khalil)
Apparent attack on RAF Akrotiri took place hours after the UK agreed to let the US use British military bases to attack Iran’s missile sites
Middle East conflict spreads as Hezbollah attacks Israel, prompting strikes on Beirut; oil prices soar; drone hits UK base in Cyprus
Australians stranded overseas following the eruption of hostilities in the Middle East have been warned it will be difficult to organise emergency repatriation flights, as the federal opposition accuses the Albanese government of failing to provide enough notice to leave the region before the United States launched …
Israel’s military released footage of what it said was a strike on the headquarters of the Iranian leadership in Tehran on Sunday. The footage was released after a large explosion had rocked Iran’s capital as the Israeli military said it was targeting the “heart” of the city.
Analysts say disruptions to the passage of oil through the Strait of Hormuz pose a risk to global growth. (Reuters: Stringer/File Photo)
Thousands of Iranian government supporters filled the main square in the central city of Yazd in mourning on Sunday, led by Shiite clerics, after US and Israeli strikes killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- Israeli forces launched strikes on Lebanon including the capital Beirut on Monday, the military said, after Tehran-backed militant group Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran's supreme leader.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israeli forces launched strikes on Lebanon including the capital Beirut on Monday, the military said, after Tehran-backed militant group Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran's supreme leader.
Oil prices have surged dramatically amid rising fears of a broader escalation in the Middle East after the attacks by the US and Israel
TOKYO, Japan — Oil prices soared and stocks fell in Asia on Monday on the back of turmoil in the Middle East after US and Israeli strikes on Iran, with the vital Strait of Hormuz effectively shut and several ships attacked.
FILE- In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei listens to the then commander of the Revolutionary Guard Mohammad Ali Jafari during a graduation ceremony of a group of the guard’s officers in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2015. (Office…
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a man whose life has been defined by the harshness of his rhetoric against the West (specifically, the US and Israel) and his ruthless rule, has died a martyr’s death under the rubble of his compound in Pasteur, Tehran.
The US is deploying low-cost suicide drones modelled after Iranian designs as part of Operation Epic Fury
He didn’t quite order flags at One World Trade Center to be flown at half-staff to mourn Iran’s ayatollah, as the Babylon Bee predicted, but our Islamic Marxist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, did issue a statement taking Iran’s side against the US “illegal war of aggression.”
Some Palestinians say they fear the widening war sparked by US and Israeli attacks against Iran could overshadow the fragile situation in Gaza, just over a week after US President Donald Trump rallied billions of dollars in pledges for the territory's reconstruction and tried to nudge a ceasefire forward.
Amazon Web Services said power was temporarily shut down at one of its data centres in the United Arab Emirates after objects struck the facility, causing sparks and a fire.
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Continuous explosions were reported in eastern and western parts of Tehran, Iran’s Nour News outlet said.
Slain former supreme leader Ali Khamenei's (top-left) loyal lieutenant Ali Larijani (fourth from top left) has ascended through the ranks of Iran's regime over decades. (AP/File)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council on Monday, called the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in US and Israeli strikes a “cowardly act of terror".
Conflict spreads to Lebanon as Hezbollah targets Israel over killing of Khamenei and IDF responds with strikes on Beirut
En esta imagen satelital proporcionada por Vantor, se ven edificios dañados en la residencia oficial del ayatolá Alí Jamenei el domingo 1 de marzo de 2026, en Teherán, Irán. (Imagen satelital ©2026 Vantor vía AP)
Iran-backed Hezbollah says it launched rockets and drones at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
At least 20 people were killed and dozens wounded as protests erupted across Pakistan on Sunday after the United States and Israel confirmed the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, local media reported, quoting officials.
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Satellite imagery is giving the world some insight into the scale of destruction inside Iran and across the region after a weekend of heavy military bombardments by the US, Israel and Iran.
More than 20 people were killed in an Israeli attack on Tehran’s Niloofar Square, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported, as explosions were heard across the capital.
Israel and the US have launched a barrage of missile strikes on Iran, supported by a vast American armada that has been building up in the region. The strikes have killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had ruled since 1989, and as Iran retaliated the situation unravelled quickly with Tehran firin…
Lebanon's Hezbollah said that rockets and drones were sent to Israel in retaliation for the killing of the Iranian supreme leader after Israel and the US started their attack on Iran early on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported.
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Brent crude rose by 13% during early trading and stock markets came under pressure as US-Israeli strikes on Iran raised fears of disruption
Israeli attack on the girls’ school in Minab on Sunday left “about 180 young children” dead, Hossein Kermanpour, according to the head of public relations at Iran’s ministry of health.
PARIS — Three close allies of the United States said Sunday they are ready to join forces to defend their interests in the Middle East and stop Iran's retaliatory missile and drone strikes following the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as others around the world raised concerns that the conflict spa…
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Thousands of Australian travellers are still stranded as airlines cancel flights into and out of the Middle East, two days after Israel and the US launched an aerial bombardment of Iran.
A poll conducted in the hours after the United States and Israel launched a major military operation against Iran, sparking regional retaliation, shows dismal approval for the strikes from the US public.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Israeli and American authorities spent weeks tracking the movements of senior Iranian leaders, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sharing information that allowed the strikes to be carried out in a surprise daylight attack, according to an Israeli military official and a person famil…
A group of gamblers who won up to $3 million after betting on the deadly strikes on Iran have raised questions about whether they had access to knowledge about the attack before it happened.Several bets were placed on American crypto-based trading platform Polymarket on Saturday predicting the US and Israel would ca…
Security forces opened fire on protesters as they tried to storm the gates of the US consulate in Pakistan’s main port city
LONDON (Reuters) -- From being just a fringe risk, conflict in the Middle East has become a top worry for investors unsettled by the prospect of a power struggle in Iran and a protracted regional war, with ramifications for everything from global trade to inflation.
Hezbollah announced overnight that it had targeted Israel with rockets and drones in retaliation for the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Israeli-American strikes.
Islamabad, Pakistan – Protests erupted across Pakistan on Sunday, with 20 people dead and dozens wounded nationwide, after the United States and Israel confirmed the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in coordinated air strikes on Tehran.
“For decades, Iran managed to bluff American presidents,” explains Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. (USMC, ret.) at The New York Times but US action starting Saturday show “that this long-term strategy of negotiating in bad faith is bankrupt.”