Trends - Iran Israel War

Selection of new supreme leader ‘will not be lengthy’, Iranian official says

A member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, which will elect a new supreme leader, said the process “will not be...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 12:24pm

Loud explosions heard in Iranian capital: AFP journalists

Loud explosions rocked Iran’s capital, AFP journalists said, as the war with the United States and Israel entered...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 12:14pm

Iranian media says five IRGC troops killed in Bushehr

The ISNA agency reports that five members of the IRGC’s air force and navy have been killed in US-Israeli attacks on...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 12:13pm

Qatar Airways suspends flight operations amid airspace closure

Qatar Airways has temporarily suspended all flight operations following the closure of the country’s airspace. The...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 12:03pm

US embassy in Kuwait closes indefinitely over ‘regional tensions’

The US Embassy in Kuwait said it was closed until further notice, a day after an AFP correspondent saw smoke rising...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 11:56am

PHOTOS: Aftermath of Israeli strikes on Beirut

People walk on the rubble of buildings damaged in an early morning Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 11:49am

Hezbollah says targeted 3 Israeli bases after strikes on Lebanon

Hezbollah said it targeted three Israeli military bases in response to the strikes on the group’s strongholds in...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 11:44am

Israeli military claims ‘simultaneous strikes’ on Beirut, Tehran

Israel’s military claims it is carrying out simultaneous strikes on Tehran and Beirut as the war widened and...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 11:20am

US State department issues updated travel advisory for Iraq

The US Department of State has updated its travel advisory for Iraq to reflect the ordered departure of...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 11:17am

PHOTOS: Flight delays and cancellations mount during Iran–US crisis

Qatar airline staff stand by a departure board disp

Published 03 Mar, 2026 11:04am

Global brands shut Middle East stores as conflict causes chaos

In Dubai and other major Middle Eastern shopping hubs, many stores are closed or operating with a skeleton staff as...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 10:54am

Qatar refutes Bloomberg report, says Patriot interceptor missiles ‘well-stocked’

Qatar has refuted a Bloomberg report that claimed that the Gulf state was running short on interceptor missiles to...

Updated 03 Mar, 2026 11:22am

Trump says US ‘not where we want to be’ on highest end weapon stockpiles

President Donald Trump said the United States was “not where we want to be” in terms of its stockpiles of the...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 10:38am

Five Emirates flights depart from Dubai as restricted operations resume

Five Emirates flight departed Dubai this morning, Flightradar24 says as the airline resumes restricted operations....

Published 03 Mar, 2026 10:37am

Drones hit Amazon data centers, facility in Gulf

Tech giant Amazon confirmed that two of its data centers in the United Arab Emirates were “directly struck” by...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 10:35am

PHOTOS: Heightened security, roads leading to US Consulates in Karachi, Lahore blocked

Published 03 Mar, 2026 10:33am

US claims it ‘destroyed’ command facilities of Iran’s Guards

US military officials claim they have destroyed command posts of Iran’s Guards as well as Iranian air defense and...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 10:27am

Iran’s Araghchi says US launched strikes ‘on behalf of Israel’

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has weighed in on his American counterpart’s justification for attacking...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 10:15am

Iran’s Guards say targeted US air base in Bahrain: state media

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards targeted a United States air base in Bahrain, the Islamic Republic’s elite force said in...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 10:03am

Indian airlines to resume limited Middle East flights

Indian airlines said that they were resuming limited commercial services to the Middle East in a bid to collect...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 10:01am

Oil rises as expanding US-Israeli conflict with Iran elevates supply risks

Oil prices rose for a third day on Tuesday as the widening US-Israeli conflict with Iran and threats to shipping...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 09:44am

China supports Iran’s ‘sovereignty, security, territorial integrity and national dignity’

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that Beijing values its longstanding friendship with Tehran and supports Iran...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 09:25am

WATCH: Smoke rises from US Embassy in Riyadh after drone hits

Published 03 Mar, 2026 09:19am

WATCH: Iranian drone intercepted by US Army in Northern Iraq

Published 03 Mar, 2026 09:13am

Israel army issues new evacuation warnings in Lebanon

The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders for dozens of locations in Lebanon on Tuesday, including a warning...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 09:08am

Netanyahu says war against Iran may take ‘some time’, but not years

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran may take “some...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 08:57am

WATCH: Tehran’s historic Golestan Palace sustains major damage after US-Israeli strikes

Published 03 Mar, 2026 08:45am

Saudi defence ministry says 8 drones intercepted near Riyadh

Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry that it had intercepted more than half a dozen drones near the capital Riyadh and...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 08:23am

Canada asks citizens to leave UAE as soon as they can ‘secure a flight option’

Canada asked its citizens to leave the United Arab Emirates as soon as they can “secure a flight option”. The...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 08:09am

US will take action to mitigate oil price spike for Americans, Rubio says

The US will take action to mitigate rising energy prices due to a spike in the price of oil caused by the Iran...

Published 03 Mar, 2026 07:59am