
Daily Signal - 1 hour 51 min ago
California could see gas prices spike as high as $10 per gallon due to multiple refinery shutdowns and U.S. involvement in the Middle East, a state lawmaker is warning. “I believe we could very easily be around $10 gas. It's about to get worse if we don't do anything about it," Assemblyman David Tangipa,...

The Hill - 2 hours 3 min ago
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday directly warned the U.S. and Israel that any new attack on Tehran would lead to a conflict that spreads beyond the Middle East. The statement, reported by Iranian State media, claims the regime did not expend its full arsenal during the U.S.-Israeli air campaign that began on Feb....

The Independent - 3 hours 23 min ago
Israeli police on Wednesday forced detained activists who were aboard a Gaza -bound aid flotilla to kneel on the ground in rows with their hands tied behind their backs while a minister looked on, drawing criticism from foreign leaders and even from inside Israel's own government .

The Independent - 3 hours 39 min ago
Many airlines have cancelled flights due to rocketing jet fuel costs caused by conflict in the Middle East...

The Guardian - 4 hours 11 min ago
Airstrike at the start of the war was aimed at freeing populist ex-president from house arrest, US newspaper claims Middle East crisis live updates Fresh questions have been raised over the US and Israeli effort to depose the Iranian regime after it was claimed that Israel wanted to put the populist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power. Ahmadinejad's turbulent presidency, from 2005 to 2013, was marked by incendiary attacks on Israel but he recast himself as a critic of the regime and champion of the...

The Guardian - 4 hours 26 min ago
In state department cable, Jerusalem embassy told to issue protest to Palestinian Authority leaders, warning consequences will follow' if they failed to comply The US has ordered its Jerusalem embassy to pressure the Palestinian leadership into dropping a bid for a UN general assembly vice-presidency, anxious that the role could allow Palestinians to chair high-profile debates on the Middle East. A 19 May state department cable seen by the Guardian instructed the US embassy in Jerusalem to issue...

The Independent - 6 hours 19 sec ago
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was injured in an Israeli strike on his home that was launched to free him from house arrest, according to reports...

The Guardian - 6 hours 51 min ago
Billionaire philanthropist's Open Society Foundations has worked to advance justice and human rights around world For decades, the Open Society Foundations have worked to advance justice and human rights in Africa, the Middle East and trouble spots around the world. But the OSF's latest major investment is aimed at a crisis closer to home. On Tuesday, the organisation, founded by the billionaire philanthropist George Soros and headquartered in New York, announced a $300m spend aimed at boosting...

The Independent - 7 hours 15 min ago
Polls suggest the Israeli leader would lose a vote amid rising anger directed at his government...

New York Times - 7 hours 44 min ago
Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stand near a drone display at a government-organized march in Tehran last month.

The Independent - 8 hours 47 min ago
Economists said April's inflation fall will only be a brief respite before the Middle East conflict sends prices spiking again.

The Independent - 9 hours 23 min ago
Experts said the gloomy ONS figures showed the beginning of a hit to jobs from the energy shock caused by the Middle East conflict.

CNBC - 9 hours 26 min ago
Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Wednesday threatened to extend the Middle East conflict "beyond the region" if the U.S. and Israel resume attacks against Tehran.

The Guardian - 11 hours 29 min ago
Trump says he could strike Iran again as Tehran threatens new fronts' in war if an attack takes place Trump threatens a big hit' if Tehran does not make deal soon Welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East. Donald Trump warned the US may strike Iran again a day after he said he had held off a major assault in hopes of a peace deal but Tehran's army threatened to open "new fronts" if he went ahead. The US Senate has advanced a war-powers resolution that would end...

The Independent - 15 hours 29 min ago
The US president earlier said the military may launch "another big hit" on Tehran if a peace deal is not agreed...

ABC News - 20 hours 33 min ago
The United Nations has lowered its forecast for global economic growth and raised the prospects for inflation in response to Middle East crises and rising oil prices...

The Hill - 22 hours 49 min ago
The U.S. is imposing new sanctions on an Iranian currency exchange and 19 vessels accused of helping financially prop up the regime, the latest move in the Trump administration's campaign to exert enough economic pressure on Tehran that it capitulates to U.S. conditions for ending the conflict. The State Department on Tuesday announced sanctions against...

The Independent - 23 hours 20 min ago
The US president earlier said the military may launch "another big hit" on Tehran if a peace deal is not agreed...