Iran names new supreme leader after Ayatollah Khamenei killed in US-Iran war
Mojtaba Khamenei is to replace his father despite threats by Donald Trump
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State Dept. Said to Order Diplomats in Saudi Arabia to Leave
The ordered departure of U.S. employees in the kingdom indicates that senior diplomats are bracing for a possible surge in violence in the war with Iran, officials say.
A retired security officer vanishes without a trace. His family is convinced it was a covert Israeli abduction
Family of Ahmed Shukr say he was kidnapped to get intel about a missing Israeli airman
A Beirut Hotel Sheltering the Displaced Comes Under Fire
A Christian hotel owner opened her doors to Shia Muslims fleeing Israel’s bombardment of the southern outskirts of Beirut. Then a missile struck the hotel, killing her 34-year-old receptionist.
Here’s how the Iran war is becoming very dangerous indeed
By Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin. The conflict in the Middle East continues, and is showing no sign of letting up. Israeli and US warplanes have continued to strike targets inside Iran, …
Israeli strike kills two Palestinians in car near university in Gaza City
Medics said the two people were travelling in a car near Al-Azhar University in western Gaza City
Trump says Iran’s new supreme leader ‘is not going to last long’ without his approval
Trump has reacted to reports that Iran has moved to elect a new supreme leader by claiming he has the final say
‘Israeli snipers shot my sons dead as they crawled towards hospital. We deserve justice’
Exclusive: A new report has revealed potential evidence of Israeli war crimes after three brothers from the al-Aweini family were killed while seeking medical help in Khan Younis. Their parents, in their fifties, were also attacked. Maira Butt investig…
Iran war ‘could bring down global economy’ after warning oil could reach $150 a barrel
The bombing of Iranian oil depots, retaliatory strikes across the Gulf and disruption in the Strait of Hormuz is hiking prices, prompting warnings oil could reach $150 a barrel and a gas shortfall in Britain
Tehran engulfed in thick black smoke after heavy wave of US-Israeli strikes on oil depots
Strikes on oil storage facilities lit up the night sky with plumes of orange flame