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Israel launches new strikes on Tehran as Iran takes aim at Gulf sites
6+ hour, 10+ min ago (1653+ words) The standoff has sent crude oil prices soaring, with North Sea Brent crude now trading above $110 a barrel Iranian Shia women shout slogans during Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the Grand…...
Iran warns of 'zero restraint' amid heightened gas and oil attacks
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (1607+ words) Families displaced by the conflict in southern Lebanon, in the coastal city of Sidon US President Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Iran's vast South Pars gas field A string of strikes have decimated Iran's leadership since the war began…...
Iran's Larijani, the man whose power grew during Mideast war
6+ day, 22+ min ago (1277+ words) Iran's security chief Ali Larijani won't attend renewed talks with US negotiators in person, but the veteran insider is a central figure in the Islamic republic's security and nuclear policy Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Larijani…...
Israel president says Europe should back fight against Hezbollah as troops operate in Lebanon
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (924+ words) An Israeli artillery gun fires rounds towards southern Lebanon Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese have been displaced by the new war between Israel and Hezbollah Israeli strikes have devastated parts of Beirut's southern suburbs Israel's President Isaac Herzog said on…...
Will Yemen's Houthis join the Mideast war?
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (1485+ words) With assault rifles, daggers and posters of Iran's late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waving in the air as tens of thousands chant "death to America, death to Israel", there's little mistaking where the loyalties of Yemen's Houthis lie." But will the…...
Iran defiant as strikes hit Gulf transport, Trump to speak
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (902+ words) Smoke rises from a fire at Dubai International Airport Aftermath of a strike in Tehran on Sunday Overnight Israeli airstrikes caused devastation in the southern suburbs of Beirut An Israeli self-propelled howitzer artillery gun fires rounds towards southern Lebanon A…...
War in the Middle East: latest developments
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (1261+ words) Smoke rises from a fire at Dubai International Airport Explosions hit the Iranian capital on Monday, an AFP journalist reported, hours after Israel said it conducted large-scale overnight strikes." The blasts were heard in central Tehran as air defence systems…...
Israel launches fresh strike on south Beirut
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (1377+ words) An Israeli airstrike damaged the third storey on an apartment building in the Lebanese city of Sidon, reportedly killing one person The midnight strike, heard by AFP correspondents in the capital, came after a morning Israel army evacuation warning for…...
The environment, another casualty of war in the Mideast
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1368+ words) Experts say that war harms the climate and pollutes the air, water and soil. AFP interviewed experts about the environmental cost of war that often goes under the radar: US and Israeli aircraft use a considerable amount of fuel reaching…...
Iran envoy says Ukraine support to US, Gulf is a 'joke"
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1144+ words) Kyiv downgraded diplomatic relations with Iran after it supplied Shahed drones to Moscow Ukraine has fought off a near-daily barrages of Iranian-designed drones launched by Russia Iran's envoy to Ukraine, Shahriar Amouzegar, dismissed the support Kyiv has offered to the…...