United States President Donald Trump has again asserted that he would exert influence over Iran’s next supreme leader, saying that whoever is picked for the role without Washington’s approval is…
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IRAN: Tehran names Khamenei’s son as new supreme leader after father’s killing
Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader, just over a week after the assassination of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in joint United States-Israeli strikes that have plunged the entire…
MIDDLE EAST: Oil soars past $100 a barrel, stocks plunge as US-Israel war on Iran rages
Oil prices have surged past $100 a barrel amid the fallout of the United States and Israel’s war on Iran. Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose more than 20 percent…
Starmer and Trump speak for first time since president’s Iran criticism
Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have spoken for the first time since the US president angrily criticised the UK’s Iran response. No 10 released limited details of the call,…
UAE: UK opens charter flights booking portal for Britons in Dubai
The Foreign Office has opened a booking portal for British nationals in Dubai who wish to access government charter flights to leave the Middle East region. Thousands of Britons have been stranded…
MIDDLE EAST: Trump administration denies reports that Iran captured US soldiers
Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s National Security Council, claimed that his country has captured United States soldiers since the outbreak of war last week. The comments came in a…
MIDDLE EAST: Israeli settlers kill two Palestinians in occupied West Bank
Israeli settlers have shot dead two Palestinians during an assault on a town in the occupied West Bank, WAFA news agency WAFA reports – the latest in a series of…
CYPRUS: War fuels debate in Cyprus over UK military bases
A drone strike on a British airbase in Cyprus has reignited an enduring debate about the UK’s presence on the island. It’s a week since the drone punched a hole…
MIDDLE EAST: Israeli troops push into Lebanon for yet another war with Iran’s proxy Hezbollah
Beside Israel’s northern border fence, the bursts of machine-gun fire from inside Lebanon are loud and long, as new Israeli forces push in to take strategic positions near the border.…
MIDDLE EAST: UK aircraft carrier given five days to be ready to deploy
One of the UK’s two aircraft carriers has been placed on advanced readiness to sail from Portsmouth. The crew of HMS Prince of Wales have been told they must be…