1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (1402+ words) Pro-government supporters wave national flags as one of them holds a picture of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during a rally in a square in western Tehran. (Source: Associated Press) Iran and the United States have hardened their positions…...

19+ hour, 31+ min ago  (1726+ words) Members of the displaced Abd el-Hajj family, and two of their cousins, right, who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sit inside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon (Source: Associated Press) As Israel trades fire with Hezbollah,…...

2+ day, 23+ min ago  (1668+ words) First responders inspect a destroyed car in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, northwestern Iran (Source: Associated Press) Iran dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East and launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries including…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1324+ words) We are now more than three weeks into the war between the United States, Israel and Iran, which has grown to engulf much of the Middle East. There are few signs the conflict will slow down or stop anytime soon....

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1455+ words) Smoke billows following an Iranian missile strike in Tel Aviv. (Source: Associated Press) Airstrikes battered Iran and Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel's Tel Aviv and sites across the Mideast overnight, even as US President Donald Trump said the United…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1492+ words) President Trump and President Macron of France. (Source: Associated Press) We've long had your back, now it's our turn. That is how the famously transactional US President Donald Trump is framing his demands that allies help him with the Iran…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1177+ words) US officials confirmed thousands more US troops are heading to the Middle East. (Source: 1News) US President Donald Trump frequently contradicts himself, sometimes in the same speech, social media post or even sentence. In the past 24 hours, he sent a torrent…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1725+ words) Iranians reach toward the coffins as they follow the funeral procession of Iran's intelligence minister Esmail Khatib and, according to Iranian officials, his wife and daughter, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 20, 2026. (Source: Associated Press) Iran threatened to target recreational and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1234+ words) Analysis: The war in Iran and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz have sent oil prices past US$100 a barrel " and Kiwis flocking to fill up. Petrol just hit NZ$3 a litre and some stations have reported running…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1054+ words) Fires burning on ships after a US military attack on a port in Bandar Abbas, Iran, March 2, 2026. (Source: Planet Labs PBC via AP) (Source: Supplied) Satellite images are beginning to be released giving a glimpse into the toll of the…...