From the jet fuel used in bombing raids to acrid smoke from burning oil depots, the conflict in the Middle East is inflicting a significant toll on nature and the climate.
AFP interviewed experts about the environmental cost of war that often goes…

From the jet fuel used in bombing raids to acrid smoke from burning oil depots, the conflict in the Middle East is inflicting a significant toll on nature and the climate.
AFP interviewed experts about the environmental cost of war that often goes…

SYDNEY, Australia — Three more members of the Iranian women’s soccer team have left their asylum in Australia and decided to return home, Canberra said Sunday.
Seven members of Iran’s visiting soccer delegation competing in the…

March 14 (Reuters) – Russia is supplying Iran with Shahed drones to use against the U.S. and Israel, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told CNN in an interview excerpt aired on Saturday.
Zelenskiy told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria that it is “100%…

When Israeli settlers attacked their West Bank village of Abu Falah, Milia Hamayel told her son not to try to fight them off, but the 30-year-old went to defend a friend’s land anyway.
“I called him two or three more times and he didn’t answer….

Dubai is scrambling to preserve its image as a safe haven despite Iran’s onslaught, with influencers rallying behind the government’s message as authorities crack down on those sharing footage of strikes.
For decades, the Gulf was seen as an oasis…

AI-created videos circulating on Elon Musk’s X depict American soldiers captured by Iran, an Israeli city in ruins, and US embassies ablaze — a surge of lifelike deepfakes despite a policy crackdown to curb wartime disinformation.
The Middle East…

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States may carry out more strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub, saying that while Tehran appears ready to make a deal to end the conflict, “the terms aren’t good enough yet.”He…

By Maya Gebeily, Emily Rose and Jarrett Renshaw
DUBAI/JERUSALEM/PALM BEACH, March 15 (Reuters) – Iran threatened escalation across the Middle East to retaliate for American airstrikes on its energy hub and U.S. President Donald Trump urged…

A fire that broke out at the Lanaz refinery in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil after a drone strike was contained by authorities, but operations at the refinery remain suspended, officials at the Kurdistan Region’s Ministry of Natural Resources…

The Strait of Hormuz is only closed to US and Israeli ships, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview with MS NOW on Saturday.Other ships are free to pass, although many prefer not to due to “security concerns,” which…