
NY Post - 1 hour 9 min ago
Members of the US army deployed in the region heard frantic yelps, after two puppies fell into an oil pit and were drowning.

The Guardian - 2 hours ago
Videos posted by the US president on Truth Social show strikes on the Iranian island of Kharg. The US president said on Friday that US forces had 'obliterated' military targets on the island and that crucial oil infrastructure there could be next Middle East crisis live updates Continue reading...

Fortune - 2 hours 30 min ago
An American official said 2,500 more Marines and an amphibious assault ship are being sent to the Middle East.

The Guardian - 4 hours 53 min ago
Summer holidaymakers opting for more familiar, easy-to-reach locations' as travel industry counts cost of Middle East conflict Holidaymakers who had planned to visit the eastern Mediterranean this summer are moving their trips to the west and the Caribbean because of the US-Israel war on Iran, travel companies have said. Travellers from the UK and mainland Europe are increasingly swapping their holiday destinations away from Cyprus, Turkey and Greece towards Italy, Spain, Malta and Croatia,...

NBC News - 5 hours 5 min ago
President Donald Trump said late Friday that U.S. forces "obliterated" military targets on Kharg Island, a critical hub of Iran's oil Gulf operations, with the country responding by threatening to strike U.S. allies' oil facilities if its infrastructure is damaged."Moments ago, at my direction, the United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East, and totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran's crown jewel...

New York Times - 5 hours 59 min ago
A naval vessel sailing this month in the Strait of Hormuz. The waterway remains the only option to export most of the energy produced in the region.

The Independent - 6 hours 47 sec ago
The team were branded wartime traitors' by Iranian state media after choosing to stay silent during their country's national anthem. Maira Butt looks at how the players became a symbol of defiance against a brutal dictatorship...

The Independent - 6 hours 24 min ago
Bryony Gooch reports on the jarring contrast between footage of drones hitting the emirate while the Iran war rages, with social media influencers and expats claiming it's business as usual in Dubai...

The Guardian - 9 hours 1 min ago
Refusal to kowtow to US president has won public backing and left Badenoch and Farage playing catch-up It is not often that Keir Starmer's allies believe he has Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch on the run but on Iran, they think he is on the right side of history and public opinion. "It could be the making of him," said Emily Thornberry, the Labour chair of the foreign affairs committee, who was first out of the blocks to say she thought Donald Trump's strikes on Iran were illegal...

The Independent - 9 hours 1 min ago
Simon Calder answers your questions on travelling home from Cambodia, cancelled flights from Sri Lanka, choosing between refunds and rebookings, and the ETA rules for dual citizens...

The Independent - 9 hours 11 min ago
Zelensky says Trump's move could net Moscow as much as $10bn to support Putin's war on Ukraine...

The Independent - 9 hours 22 min ago
Kharg island holds 94 per cent of Iran's oil exports and could choke off the country's economy for years...

The Independent - 9 hours 36 min ago
Kharg Island is the linchpin of Tehran's oil industry...

BBC - 9 hours 57 min ago
The Middle East war and a photo Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Mandelson dominate Saturday's front pages.

The Guardian - 11 hours 59 min ago
Iranian military said in a statement that oil and energy infrastructure belonging to firms that cooperated with the US would immediately be destroyed' How have you been affected by the latest Middle East events? Saudi Arabia's defence ministry is saying that two drones have been intercepted and destroyed in the eastern region. More now after reports of explosions in Dubai on Friday morning: thick black smoke rose over the financial hub's skyline after what authorities described as a...

The Guardian - 12 hours 56 min ago
This blog has now closed. Follow our Middle East blog here Both Pete Hegseth and Dan Caine were asked today about energy secretary Chris Wright's comments to CNBC on Thursday, where he said that the US Navy cannot escort ships through the strait of Hormuz now but it was "quite likely" that could happen by the end of the month. Gen Caine appeared to agree with Wright's assessment, calling the waterway a "tactically complex environment" . Continue reading...

BBC - 14 hours 8 min ago
The reinforcements will come from an amphibious ready group that is usually based in Japan, an official told CBS, the BBC's US partner.

New York Times - 14 hours 50 min ago
President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at Mar-a-Lago in December.

New York Times - 14 hours 50 min ago
A resident walks through a neighborhood of central Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on Friday.

The Guardian - 14 hours 54 min ago
President says forces obliterated' military targets on Kharg Island and warned its oil infrastructure could be next Middle East crisis live updates Donald Trump said Friday that US forces have "obliterated" military targets on Iran's Kharg Island and warned that the oil infrastructure there could be next. "For reasons of decency, I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island," Trump wrote on social media. "However, should Iran, or anyone else, do...

PBS Newshour - 16 hours 5 min ago
Around 2,500 U.S. Marines are heading for the Middle East, along with a Navy amphibious warship. Their mission is not yet clear, but it signals a marked increase in U.S. forces in the region. The deployment comes as the Pentagon said more than 15,000 targets had been struck in Iran over nearly two weeks of relentless bombing against the regime. Stephanie Sy reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

UPI - 16 hours 25 min ago
The USS Tripoli and its 2,500 Marines are headed to the Middle East to bolster U.S. military power there as the war in Iran enters its third week.

CBS Sports - 16 hours 38 min ago
F1 will drop two races no plans to replace them on the 2026 schedule...

New York Times - 16 hours 44 min ago
Demonstrating the Bullet interceptor drone in the Kyiv region of Ukraine on Wednesday.