
Variety - 8 min 36 sec ago
U.K. factual outfit Zinc Media Group has been commissioned to reinvent and produce season 18 of the Qatar Foundation’s educational reality TV show “Stars of Science” in a $6 million deal that marks Zinc’s first major entertainment commission in the Middle East. “Stars of Science,” which features Arab innovators and entrepreneurs looking to transform their ideas […]...

The Independent - 2 hours 26 min ago
The routes have been suspended since 1 March due to the conflict...

The Guardian - 3 hours 29 min ago
Strikes further strain supposed ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, and came as Iran said US had violated separate truce Welcome to the Guardian's continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East. Israel pounded Lebanon with more than 120 airstrikes on Tuesday in one of the heaviest days of bombing in weeks , Lebanese security sources said, as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his military was deepening its operations in the country. On Monday Netanyahu said Israel was "intensifying"...

The Independent - 3 hours 49 min ago
The average household using both electricity and gas will see an increase of about 18 per month.

The Independent - 4 hours 36 min ago
Donald Trump said talks with Iran were going nicely', but threatened renewed attacks if they failed...

The Independent - 10 hours 39 min ago
Donald Trump said talks with Iran were going nicely', but threatened renewed attacks if they failed...

The Independent - 11 hours 22 min ago
The Barclays survey found more than two-thirds (64%) of businesses said energy and fuel costs were impacting on their business.

The Guardian - 13 hours 41 min ago
This live blog is now closed. For the latest, read our full report: Iran remains in peace talks despite first US strikes since ceasefire Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on his Telegram channel that Gulf powers will no longer be a shield for US bases and the US will no longer have a safe haven in the region, as Tehran and Washington discuss a framework to end their three-month-old war, Reuters reports. The post follows overnight attacks on Iran by the US, testing the ceasefire agreed...

The Independent - 15 hours 2 min ago
The U.S. hasn't confirmed ambassadors to more than half the nations in the world, including those who serve in conflict zones such as Ukraine and the Middle East...

The Guardian - 17 hours 16 min ago
Tehran condemns definitive violation' but announces no specific reprisals as negotiations near decisive stage Middle East crisis live updates A proposed peace agreement between Iran and the US seemed to still be on the table on Tuesday despite US bombings of Iranian targets the first military action by Washington since the 8 April ceasefire. The Iranian foreign ministry denounced the US attack aimed at missile launchers and efforts to lay fresh mines in the strait of Hormuz as "an act of...

The Independent - 19 hours 17 min ago
Iran's Supreme Leader said that countries in the region could no longer be a shield for US bases'...

Newser - 19 hours 57 min ago
Americans are feeling worse about the economy than ever on paper, anyway. The University of Michigan's closely watched consumer sentiment index fell to 44.8 in May, down from April's already record-low of 49.8, reports the Wall Street Journal . Respondents cited higher gas prices, tensions in the Middle East,...

The Nation - 20 hours 7 min ago
Jeet Heer Any expansion of the alleged peace agreement would lock the Middle East into endless apartheid, despotism, and militarism. The post Trump's Abraham Accords Fantasy Will Only Cause More Suffering appeared first on The Nation .

The Independent - 20 hours 14 min ago
As the latest US strikes claim to target Iranian boats laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, John W S Clark asks why no one is heeding the lessons of the past: that mine warfare will bring any ill-conceived conflict to a shuddering standstill...

New York Times - 20 hours 25 min ago
Displaced Palestinians living in tents among rubble in the Gaza Strip in February.

The Raw Story - 20 hours 56 min ago
Middle Eastern nations that were on the receiving end of a threat from Donald Trump over the holiday weekend called his bluff because he no longer carries the weight he thinks he does. That was the claim made by MS NOW host Joe Scarborough and Washington Post columnist David Ignatius on Monday morning after the affected nations balked . Over the weekend, as Trump was boasting that an agreement with Iran was imminent , he then jumped ahead and wrote on Truth Social, "I am mandatorily requesting...

The Independent - 21 hours 15 min ago
Donald Trump abruptly warning that a slew of countries must sign divisive diplomatic deals with Israel as a "mandatory" peace condition with Iran is dangerous and unnecessary, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew...

The Guardian - 21 hours 53 min ago
Crude rises after US strikes on Iran dampen hopes of peace deal, with experts saying talks appear stuck in endless loop' Business live latest updates Oil has again touched $100 a barrel after fresh US strikes on Iran dashed hopes of a Middle East breakthrough, with experts saying that whatever the outcome of peace talks the global energy market may now be past the "point of no return". News of the US attacks on missile launch sites and mine-laying vessels pushed the price of Brent crude...

The Hill - 22 hours 8 min ago
Peace deal negotiations between the Trump administration and Iran are on shaky ground Tuesday after the Islamic Republic s supreme leader warned U.S. bases in the Middle East are no longer safe. Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei delivered this warning in a message to mark the beginning of Hajj an annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca a...

The Independent - 22 hours 54 min ago
Furniture and health and beauty products are getting more expensive as a result of the Middle East conflict...

The Guardian - 23 hours 8 min ago
Internet monitors unsure if political or technical issues behind delay after access was cut off during protests in January Middle East crisis live updates An Iranian government announcement on Tuesday that an 88-day internet blackout was being brought to an end did not have any immediate noticeable impact, according to internet monitors. It was not clear if technical or political issues were delaying the end of the clampdown, the longest in Iran's history, which was imposed during brutally suppressed...

The Independent - 23 hours 21 min ago
It was a messy' morning for global markets, an analyst says...

The Independent - 23 hours 28 min ago
US and Iranian officials say both sides have agreed on many points but key sticking points remain...