
The Independent - 55 min ago
The US and Iran raced to recover the stranded airman first after air defences brought down an F-15E jet...

The Independent - 1 hour 14 min ago
The Gaza health ministry says Israeli fire has killed at least 700 people since the ceasefire began...

The Independent - 5 hours 22 min ago
Race to find second crew member had been going on since the F-15 was shot down on Friday...

The Guardian - 5 hours 36 min ago
Market volatility caused by Middle East conflict exposes energy traders to heavy losses and rumours of insider trading at the highest level On the weekend that US-Israeli drones first began to rain down on Tehran, energy traders across the world's major financial centres began to redraw their strategies. When they returned to their trading desks on that March Monday morning, they found oil and gas prices spiking amid a market nightmare made real: the unprecedented shutdown of the vital trade...

The Guardian - 5 hours 36 min ago
As the Middle East is drawn into war, expats and influencers are under pressure to only share the positive side of the UAE. In reality many are at risk of being put behind bars, and often find the UK government has little interest in helping them get out A four-metre barbed-wire fence runs through the desert at the UAE Omani border. In the early hours of 17 February 2021, Albert Douglas, 58, a British businessman, was creeping along it, looking for a way through. Douglas, who cuts a slight figure...

The Guardian - 6 hours 8 min ago
Federal government chases supply guarantees from countries including Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia and Japan amid Iran war Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Asian trading partners have reassured Australia that the "normal supply" of fuel will continue amid the Middle East conflict, as the government prepares to intensify efforts to avert shortages of petrol and diesel. The federal government has been chasing supply guarantees from countries including Singapore...

The Guardian - 7 hours 47 min ago
This live blog is now closed. Our coverage of the Middle East crisis continues here Iran has executed two men convicted of membership in a banned opposition group and carrying out disruptive actions aimed at overthrowing the Islamic republic, the judiciary said . The executions on Saturday were the latest in a series targeting members of the banned People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), after four other convicted members of the group were executed earlier in the week. Continue reading...

The Guardian - 7 hours 49 min ago
Iran launches missiles and drones at Israel and Kuwait after US president says regime will face all hell' Search for missing US crew member of downed fighter jet enters second day Welcome to the Guardian's continuing coverage of the US-Israel war on Iran and the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. Iran launched missiles and drones at Israel and Kuwait early on Sunday, a day after Donald Trump said the Islamic republic had 48 hours to cut a deal or face "all Hell". The Israeli prime...

New York Times - 9 hours 32 min ago
The site of a strike at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran on Saturday.

The Guardian - 13 hours 6 min ago
Archbishop of Canterbury to issue urgent call for peace, as PM exhorts Britons to choose community over division' Religious and political leaders in the UK are highlighting the conflict in the Middle East in their Easter messages, calling for "peace, justice and freedom" in the region. The archbishop of Canterbury will deliver her first Easter sermon at Canterbury Cathedral on Sunday as the Church of England's top bishop. Dame Sarah Mullally will call "with renewed urgency"...

BBC - 13 hours 6 min ago
Dame Sarah Mullally will call for an 'end to the violence and destruction' before a congregation in Canterbury.

Deadline Hollywood - 13 hours 12 min ago
Saturday Night Live UK cold opened with the British prime minister calling on some friends to deliver a stirring address to the nation. George Fouracres’s Keir Starmer took to the lectern, flanked by the Union Jack flag, but admitted he’s “not inspiring” as a leader. Reflecting on war in the Middle East entering its second […]...

The Hill - 19 hours 43 min ago
President Trump on Saturday warned Iran that "time is running out" before the U.S. rains "all hell" down on the Middle East country. "Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Time is running out - 48 hours before all Hell...

The Independent - 21 hours 9 min ago
Iran's atomic agency says an airstrike has hit near its Bushehr nuclear facility, killing a security guard and damaging a support building...

The Independent - 21 hours 22 min ago
A three-year-old boy, the sole survivor, sustained injuries and is currently receiving hospital treatment in the capital...

The Hill - 21 hours 33 min ago
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Friday said Iran is "winning the war" after the Middle East nation's air defenses shot down two U.S. fighter jets. The Iranian military shot down an F-15E fighter jet over Iranian airspace and an A-10 Warthog attack plane before it reached Kuwaiti airspace. One of the service members who ejected...

The Independent - 21 hours 41 min ago
Reports from within Iran point to an increase in checkpoints and surveillance, with claims of phones seized and social media monitored, writes Amirhossein Miresmaeili...

The Independent - 23 hours 5 min ago
The IRGC will likely resist any invasion of Iranian territory with tenacity...

The Guardian - 23 hours 36 min ago
The president's son-in-law is acting as an envoy even as he looks to secure billions for his company from foreign governments After Donald Trump returned to the White House, his son-in-law and former senior adviser Jared Kushner declined to take a job in the new administration and instead planned to focus on running his Miami-based private equity firm. Kushner said he would also forgo raising more money for his company while Trump was in office, to avoid any appearance of a conflict. But since...