Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Sunday that the country’s forces could fight an intense war for six months against the United States and Israel, which said it struck Tehran’s commanders at a seaside hotel in the heart of Beirut.

The United States has started using British bases for certain operations against Iran during the Middle East war, the UK government announced on Saturday.

When Israeli strikes began pummelling Beirut’s southern suburbs early on Monday, Sudanese refugee Ridina Muhammad and her family had no choice but to flee home on foot, eventually reaching the only shelter that would accept them: a church.

Israel announced a new wave of “broad-scale” strikes on Tehran on Saturday as the escalating war in the Middle East entered its second week and oil prices surged on fears about global supply disruption.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday condemned an “unacceptable attack” on UN peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon, after speaking with his Lebanese and Syrian counterparts.

Six days into the war between the United States, Israel and Iran, bombardments are intensifying – as are questions about how long the conflict can last, whether air defence systems can keep up and what a victory over Iran would mean. Retired general F…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has pledged to use “political and financial tools” to force Ukraine to restart flows through the Druzhba pipeline, the key route for Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia. 

By closing the Strait of Hormuz and attacking oil and gas facilities in Gulf countries, Tehran is driving up hydrocarbon prices. But renewable energy – largely dominated by China – is not immune to the effects of geopolitical tensions either.

France on Thursday confirmed it had temporarily allowed the US Air Force to use one of its bases for missions in Iran. The French military says it has guarantees that only planes not involved in carrying out strikes will land at the country’s faciliti…