
The Independent - 3 hours 24 min ago
US president said of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu: If I tell him to do something, he does it'...

CNBC - 5 hours 43 min ago
Tensions in the Middle East still continue to simmer as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the war "has not yet ended"...

The Independent - 8 hours 10 min ago
The Middle East conflict is a key factor in the negative forecast...

The Independent - 8 hours 10 min ago
The Confederation of British Industry warned that around 200,000 more Britons were on track to become unemployed.

The Hill - 8 hours 19 min ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's open defiance in striking Iran against President Trump's demands for a ceasefire adds to growing divisions between the U.S. and Israel over the way forward on the war in the Middle East. Trump and Netanyahu have moved in lockstep in major military operations against Iran, and the president has delivered...

PBS Newshour - 8 hours 21 min ago
For analysis on how the latest escalation in the Middle East will affect a host of issues in the region, Amna Nawaz speaks with Miad Maleki at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and David Makovsky at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

The Guardian - 9 hours 7 min ago
This live blog is now closed. For the latest, read more of our coverage on the Middle East conflict here . Iranian media is reporting that there were no immediate casualties following apparent Israeli strikes on the Karun petrochemical plant in Mahshahr, a city in Iran's southwestern Khuzestan province. According to the Fars news agency, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they responded to what they described as an American-Israeli strike on the Iranian petrochemical site by launching a missile...

New York Times - 9 hours 22 min ago
President Trump insists that he has not violated his campaign pledge to avoid "endless wars," even though a conflict he called "a little excursion" in March has entered its fourth month.

BBC - 10 hours 17 min ago
Markets in Asia are hit by a tech sell-off, and oil is volatile as Iran and Israel launch attacks on each other.

Attack of the Fanboy - 10 hours 41 min ago
Who is calling the shots now?...

Newser - 12 hours 31 min ago
US airlines spent more than $6 billion on jet fuel in April, up 78% from a year earlier despite using slightly less fuel, government data released Monday showed. Since conflict erupted in the Middle East earlier this year after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, much of the...

The Guardian - 12 hours 48 min ago
Recent exchange of missiles between Iran and Israel highlights diverging views between US president and Israeli PM The latest eruption of hostilities between Iran and Israel appears to have been contained for now after Donald Trump insisted he called "all the shots" in the Middle East, but in a dangerously fragile region Benjamin Netanyahu has again shown he is ready to take shots of his own. The exchange of missiles on Sunday and Monday was ample demonstration of the inherent instability...

The Guardian - 13 hours 6 min ago
Netanyahu acknowledges pause in fighting in TV speech but vows forceful response to future attacks Middle East crisis live updates Fears of a return to a full-scale regional war in the Middle East eased on Monday when Israel and Iran said they had halted attacks on each other after an appeal from Donald Trump to "immediately stop shooting". Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, acknowledged the halt in fighting with Iran in a televised speech, but vowed to respond "with force"...

The Hill - 13 hours 26 min ago
The U.S. military disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Monday that it said was in violation of the U.S. Navy blockade, according to the U.S. Central Command (Centcom), which oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East. An F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS Abraham Lincoln, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, fired a precision...

The Independent - 14 hours 24 min ago
The shaky ceasefire between Iran and Israel was just about holding after Donald Trump intervened in the latest tit-for-tat strikes, but both sides pledged to resume hostilities if there was any further breach of the deal...

The Independent - 14 hours 52 min ago
The FTSE 100 closed up 5.15 points at 10,373.20.

The Guardian - 16 hours 17 min ago
The arch-enemies' exchange had the potential to derail the push for an end to the broader Middle East conflict Middle East crisis live updates Israel and Iran have returned to active war for the first time since a ceasefire was agreed two months ago in an exchange of rocket fire that threatened efforts to end the conflict. Donald Trump, who started the war in February alongside Israel but has since attempted to present himself as a mediator, told the two sides to stop shooting and said "final...

The Guardian - 16 hours 21 min ago
With roots in Armenia, Syria and Saudi Arabia, the singer-songwriter now lives in the US. But despite her Carole King-style sound, her homelands are never far from her mind The title song to Azniv Korkejian's fourth album as Bedouine, Neon Summer Skin, recreates a perfect day from childhood. "Being taken to the pool, where my only worry is being dragged away when the sun's setting," she says, calling from Los Angeles. "Later on, mom and dad wash me in the tub and put me to bed...

The Guardian - 17 hours 7 min ago
Chokehold on shipping route draws Houthis in Yemen back into conflict as commenters see no turning back' Middle East crisis live updates Iran's reversion to large-scale military exchanges with Israel broadened the conflict that began in February not only by making the Israeli attacks on Hezbollah a direct casus belli for Iran for the first time, but also by drawing the Houthis in Yemen back into the conflict with as yet incalculable consequences. Some in Tehran, buoyed up by past perceived...

Skift - 17 hours 46 min ago
The Gulf hub model was built for scale and transfer traffic. The Iran war has disabled both.

The Guardian - 18 hours 40 min ago
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as South Korea's KOSPI index slumps by 8% UK companies opting to hire temporary workers over permanent staff, recruitment firms say SpaceX IPO: how can I buy shares, and what are the risks? Shares in European companies at the heart of the AI boom are falling sharply at the start of trading. Chip firms such as Besi BE Semiconductor Industries (-4.5%) and ASML (-3.2%) which makes chipmaking machines are among the big fallers on the pan-European...

The Hill - 18 hours 46 min ago
Israel and Iran traded attacks on Monday for the first time since a fragile ceasefire agreement was struck in April, sparking concerns of a resumed conflict in the Middle East. Israel said it struck petrochemical facilities in Mahshahr that produce "unique materials that serve as critical components for the development of ballistic missiles." Israeli forces...

The Independent - 18 hours 54 min ago
The Line, a 170-kilometre long and 2-kilometre wide megacity envisaged in the Saudi Arabian desert at the heart of the Neom project, was criticised by many as unrealistic and unaffordable...

BBC - 19 hours 38 min ago
The BBC's international editor, Jeremy Bowen, said the public are "right to be worried" as the consequences of the war will be felt for generations.