
The Guardian - 2 hours 8 min ago
Follow the day's news live Albanese didn't return with shiploads of diesel. That doesn't mean his Singapore visit wasn't a success Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Federal transport and infrastructure minister Catherine King this morning has reiterated warnings that the fuel crisis may continue long after any conflict in the Middle East ceases. Speaking to ABC's Insiders this morning, King said the ceasefire in the Middle East at the moment is "fragile"...

The Independent - 2 hours 24 min ago
The South Carolina senator has been one of the biggest champions of the US military operations in the Middle East...

The Hill - 3 hours 36 min ago
Senior delegations from the U.S. and Iran arrived in Islamabad this week, where Pakistan hosted a high-stakes meeting between the countries just days after announcing a temporary ceasefire had been reached in the Middle East conflict. Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, landed in Pakistan on Saturday...

NPR - 4 hours 22 min ago
In Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, officials from the US and Iran met to discuss a possible end to the war that's engulfed much of the Middle East.

The Raw Story - 6 hours 6 min ago
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) spoke out on Saturday against special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump 's son-in-law Jared Kushner taking part in Middle East diplomatic efforts amid the ongoing Iran war, The Hill reported. Witkoff and Kushner were among diplomats and leaders meeting for trilateral talks discussing how to end the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. In a conversation with Rev. Al Sharpton, Kelly described his concerns about the ongoing war. "You can't send the two...

The Guardian - 6 hours 12 min ago
US and Iranian media report peace talks have begun in Islamabad, while Netanyahu says Israel remains committed to fighting Iran US and Iran hold talks in Islamabad as Pakistan seeks to broker peace deal US officials claim Iran unable to find mines it laid in strait of Hormuz The UK will host a strait of Hormuz meeting next week , bringing together multiple countries aiming to restore free movement of ships through the strait, which has been blockaded by Iran since the beginning of the war and inflicted...

The Independent - 6 hours 49 min ago
Face-to-face negotiations between the United States and Iran have begun in Pakistan, as the war that has killed thousands of people and shaken global markets entered its seventh week.

The Hill - 7 hours 13 min ago
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Saturday criticized the involvement of special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner in Middle East diplomacy, as the two sit down with Iranian officials for trilateral talks on bringing the six-week conflict with Iran to an end. "You can't send the two real estate developers to negotiate...

The Independent - 7 hours 25 min ago
Pope Leo condemned the US-Israel war in Iran once again on Saturday...

The Independent - 9 hours 30 min ago
US and Iranian officials held separate talks with Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday...

The Independent - 9 hours 58 min ago
Israeli strikes have hit hospitals, ambulances and health workers, according to the World Health Organisation...

The Independent - 10 hours 40 min ago
Two Israeli airstrikes led to multiple casualties in Gaza on Saturday, according to health officials...

The Conversation - 12 hours 9 min ago
China and Russia view the latest Washington intervention in the Middle East as a further decline of the United States' global power.

NBC News - 12 hours 40 min ago
As peace talks get underway between the United States and Iran in Pakistan, tensions remain high across the Middle East. Israel and Hezbollah exchanged new attacks in Lebanon while ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has slowed to a trickle with only two making it through on Friday. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports for Saturday TODAY from Tel Aviv.

The Guardian - 13 hours 33 min ago
Iran dropped explosives in the waterway erratically and may not have marked where it put all of them, US suggests Middle East crisis live updates Iran is unable to find the mines it laid in the strait of Hormuz and does not have the capacity to remove the explosives, preventing Iran from allowing more traffic through the waterway, the New York Times reported, citing US officials. The opening of the strait of Hormuz a chokepoint for a fifth of the world's oil supply is a primary demand of the...

The Independent - 14 hours 28 min ago
Top securocrats in Israel warn that attacks against Palestinians threaten the very existence of the state...

BBC - 15 hours 17 min ago
BBC Middle East Correspondent Hugo Bachega hears from people affected by this week's attacks.

The Guardian - 17 hours 22 min ago
Having received assurances from Singapore over refined fuels, diesel supply will surely be next on the prime minister's agenda Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese isn't coming back from Singapore with a shipload of diesel in his checked baggage. That doesn't mean his whistle-stop visit wasn't a success, or that it won't be seen in future as a pivotal moment if fuel stocks continue to be choked by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East...

The Guardian - 17 hours 26 min ago
Britain's standing in the world was never the same after its assault on Egypt in 1956. Now the US risks repeating history in the Middle East Middle East crisis live updates Donald Trump's addiction to framing every event in the most apocalyptic terms is what allows conservative commentators such as Mark Levin to praise him as "a once-in-a-century president". But Trump cannot play out his entire presidency on a reckless high wire without eventually falling off potentially taking America...

BBC - 19 hours 46 min ago
Planet Labs says it is restricting coverage of Iran and parts of the Middle East indefinitely.

The Independent - 20 hours 8 min ago
Iran's delegation has arrived in Islamabad, with JD Vance and a team of US officials now en route...