When Hamid heard news of the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a week ago today, he felt a wave of euphoria and took his wife and daughter into the street outside his home in Tehran to celebrate. For the next few days, as US and Israeli bombs slammed into buildings across the ca»»»

Lebanese official media reported on Saturday that clashes had erupted as Israeli forces attempted a landing operation along the Lebanon-Syria border, with militant group Hezbollah saying its fighters were involved. The state-run National News Agency (NNA), citing the Lebanese health ministry, said »»»

More than 1,100 vessels have been hit by GPS interference across the Middle East Gulf since the start of the conflict, according to maritime firm Windward. Experts warn these attacks pose severe risks to navigation and are contributing to the de facto blockade of the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Shi»»»

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi said Tehran had "already informed the Europeans and everybody else that they should be careful not to be involved in this war of aggression against Iran". He warned that if any country "joins America and Israel in t»»»

The militant group Hezbollah has lost political backers in Lebanon after strikes it launched this week against Israel to honour Iran’s late supreme leader Ali Khamenei provoked a robust military response. Lack of public support for the militant group has even spread to the southern Shiite community»»»

Hungarian-Ukrainian relations took another sharp turn for the worse after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly threatened Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over Hungary’s refusal to back another €90 billion package for Ukraine. In his Friday morning interview on Kossuth Radio, PM Orbán made it»»»

With ethnic brethren in northern Iran and a US outreach to Iran’s Kurds following the launch of Operation Epic Fury, Turkey and Azerbaijan are at risk of being drawn into the war. For Iran’s Azeris, the largest minority group in a multi-ethnic country, it could mean trouble as ethnic fault lines th»»»

In this edition of the Spotlight, we speak to Richard Dalton, the former British ambassador to Iran and Libya and a former consul general in Jerusalem, to unpack the first week of war and what may come next. With President Donald Trump demanding Iran’s “unconditional surrender” and Tehran showing n»»»

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday said that Ukraine would provide assistance to the US and other allies in ​response to requests for support in dealing with Iran's Shahed drones currently being used in the Middle East conflict. The United States and its Middle Eastern allies are turning»»»

On March 8, 2026, the world marks International Women's Day, to celebrate women's achievements and reinforce commitment to gender equality. In fact, this year denotes 115 years of collective action and advocacy. On a global scale, Europe is actually very progressive. If one looks at the World »»»

Talking Europe sits down at the EU Commission with a man whose work goes to the very heart of what the EU sees as its core values. Michael McGrath is the Commissioner responsible for democracy, justice, the rule of law and consumer protection. His work concerns not just breaches of the rule of law »»»

China’s leadership has indicated that policy settings will remain largely unchanged this year, with modest monetary easing but little additional fiscal support a note from Capital Economics says. Despite declaring an intent to rebalance the economy toward consumption, concrete policy measures remai»»»

The global oil market perception of Operation Epic Fury is sliding rapidly from seeing the conflict as a “disruption” into what could become a full-scale “crisis.” Given the limited oi storage capacity in the Gulf and inadequate alternative pipeline network to the Red Sea, the region will hit a pro»»»

China’s leadership has indicated that policy settings will remain largely unchanged this year, with modest monetary easing but little additional fiscal support a note from Capital Economics says. Despite declaring an intent to rebalance the economy toward consumption, concrete policy measures remai»»»

Speculation is swirling over who will run out of missiles first: the US or Iran? The US has fired off five years’ worth of Tomahawk missiles in the first week of the war with Iran and announced a wind-down of the intensity of the attacks on March 5 to allow for a longer fight. »»»

The world has just been struck by one of the worst energy crises since the Russian invasion of Ukraine four years ago. The outbreak of war in the Middle East is almost certainly going to be far more significant. Yet the price of oil only ticked up $10 in the first few days and as the first week com»»»

No plan survives first contact with the enemy. That popular quotation is really a paraphrase of a somewhat more verbose statement by Prussian Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke the Elder in 1871. It’s obviously true: events, like individuals and groups, are unpredictable and even well-executed plans »»»

Speculation is swirling over who will run out of missiles first: the US or Iran? The US has fired off five years’ worth of Tomahawk missiles in the first week of the war with Iran and announced a wind-down of the intensity of the attacks on March 5 to allow for a longer fight. »»»

The world has just been struck by one of the worst energy crises since the Russian invasion of Ukraine four years ago. The outbreak of war in the Middle East is almost certainly going to be far more significant. Yet the price of oil only ticked up $10 in the first few days and as the first week com»»»

Speculation is swirling over who will run out of missiles first: the US or Iran? The US has fired off five years’ worth of Tomahawk missiles in the first week of the war with Iran and announced a wind-down of the intensity of the attacks on March 5 to allow for a longer fight. »»»

The world has just been struck by one of the worst energy crises since the Russian invasion of Ukraine four years ago. The outbreak of war in the Middle East is almost certainly going to be far more significant. Yet the price of oil only ticked up $10 in the first few days and as the first week com»»»

Speculation is swirling over who will run out of missiles first: the US or Iran? The US has fired off five years’ worth of Tomahawk missiles in the first week of the war with Iran and announced a wind-down of the intensity of the attacks on March 5 to allow for a longer fight. »»»

The world has just been struck by one of the worst energy crises since the Russian invasion of Ukraine four years ago. The outbreak of war in the Middle East is almost certainly going to be far more significant. Yet the price of oil only ticked up $10 in the first few days and as the first week com»»»

Speculation is swirling over who will run out of missiles first: the US or Iran? The US has fired off five years’ worth of Tomahawk missiles in the first week of the war with Iran and announced a wind-down of the intensity of the attacks on March 5 to allow for a longer fight. »»»

The world has just been struck by one of the worst energy crises since the Russian invasion of Ukraine four years ago. The outbreak of war in the Middle East is almost certainly going to be far more significant. Yet the price of oil only ticked up $10 in the first few days and as the first week com»»»

Speculation is swirling over who will run out of missiles first: the US or Iran? The US has fired off five years’ worth of Tomahawk missiles in the first week of the war with Iran and announced a wind-down of the intensity of the attacks on March 5 to allow for a longer fight. »»»

Speculation is swirling over who will run out of missiles first: the US or Iran? The US has fired off five years’ worth of Tomahawk missiles in the first week of the war with Iran and announced a wind-down of the intensity of the attacks on March 5 to allow for a longer fight. »»»

The world has just been struck by one of the worst energy crises since the Russian invasion of Ukraine four years ago. The outbreak of war in the Middle East is almost certainly going to be far more significant. Yet the price of oil only ticked up $10 in the first few days and as the first week com»»»

The world has just been struck by one of the worst energy crises since the Russian invasion of Ukraine four years ago. The outbreak of war in the Middle East is almost certainly going to be far more significant. Yet the price of oil only ticked up $10 in the first few days and as the first week com»»»

Speculation is swirling over who will run out of missiles first: the US or Iran? The US has fired off five years’ worth of Tomahawk missiles in the first week of the war with Iran and announced a wind-down of the intensity of the attacks on March 5 to allow for a longer fight. »»»

Speculation is swirling over who will run out of missiles first: the US or Iran? The US has fired off five years’ worth of Tomahawk missiles in the first week of the war with Iran and announced a wind-down of the intensity of the attacks on March 5 to allow for a longer fight. »»»

The world has just been struck by one of the worst energy crises since the Russian invasion of Ukraine four years ago. The outbreak of war in the Middle East is almost certainly going to be far more significant. Yet the price of oil only ticked up $10 in the first few days and as the first week com»»»

The world has just been struck by one of the worst energy crises since the Russian invasion of Ukraine four years ago. The outbreak of war in the Middle East is almost certainly going to be far more significant. Yet the price of oil only ticked up $10 in the first few days and as the first week com»»»

Speculation is swirling over who will run out of missiles first: the US or Iran? The US has fired off five years’ worth of Tomahawk missiles in the first week of the war with Iran and announced a wind-down of the intensity of the attacks on March 5 to allow for a longer fight. »»»

The world has just been struck by one of the worst energy crises since the Russian invasion of Ukraine four years ago. The outbreak of war in the Middle East is almost certainly going to be far more significant. Yet the price of oil only ticked up $10 in the first few days and as the first week com»»»

Crude oil prices across the Persian Gulf have risen sharply since the outbreak of the Iran war, with Kuwait's benchmark jumping more than 10% in a single session and Brent crude trading near its highest level in over a year. »»»

Speculation is swirling over who will run out of missiles first: the US or Iran? The US has fired off five years’ worth of Tomahawk missiles in the first week of the war with Iran and announced a wind-down of the intensity of the attacks on March 5 to allow for a longer fight. »»»

The world has just been struck by one of the worst energy crises since the Russian invasion of Ukraine four years ago. The outbreak of war in the Middle East is almost certainly going to be far more significant. Yet the price of oil only ticked up $10 in the first few days and as the first week com»»»

Speculation is swirling over who will run out of missiles first: the US or Iran? The US has fired off five years’ worth of Tomahawk missiles in the first week of the war with Iran and announced a wind-down of the intensity of the attacks on March 5 to allow for a longer fight. »»»

The world has just been struck by one of the worst energy crises since the Russian invasion of Ukraine four years ago. The outbreak of war in the Middle East is almost certainly going to be far more significant. Yet the price of oil only ticked up $10 in the first few days and as the first week com»»»

A sustained $10 increase in global oil prices could generate around $3bn in additional annual export revenues for Azerbaijan and about $1.5bn in extra state budget income from the energy sector, according to estimates by Dutch banking group ING Group. »»»

On the evening of February 12, students at Tbilisi's Ilia State University spilled out of their campus and onto Chavchavadze Avenue, one of the capital's main thoroughfares, occupying the roadway in a march that carries a penalty risk of jail. They held national flags and banners reading "Protect E»»»

North Macedonia is preparing to introduce a new Law on Higher Education aimed at modernising the country’s universities, raising the quality of teaching and research, and aligning higher education standards with international benchmarks. »»»

North Macedonia is preparing to introduce a new Law on Higher Education aimed at modernising the country’s universities, raising the quality of teaching and research, and aligning higher education standards with international benchmarks. »»»

Up until late on Thursday the rise in global oil markets appeared to be more of an unfortunate bump than imminent oil shock. The immediate response to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a 10% price increase, appeared rather benign for what was long-assumed to be the oil market's nightmare scenari»»»

Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing criticism at home as he tries to strike a balance on the US-Israeli military action in Iran, as Canada scrambles to get its citizens out of the region and faces the risk of being dragged into a widening conflict. Carney expressed strong support for the initial s»»»

A new political project led by former Bulgarian president Rumen Radev would win the largest share of votes if parliamentary elections were held now, according to a poll released on March 5, as the country prepares for another snap election in April. »»»

As the UAE continues to navigate the ongoing regional tensions following the US‑Israel–Iran conflict, airport and airline operations are gradually resuming across the country. Over the past several days, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Ras Al Khaimah, and Fujairah airports have managed thousands of flights under»»»

The world has just been struck by one of the worst energy crises since the Russian invasion of Ukraine four years ago. The outbreak of war in the Middle East is almost certainly going to be far more significant. Yet the price of oil only ticked up $10 in the first few days and as the first week com»»»

Share: Once again, Hezbollah has dragged Lebanon into a war with Israel. File photo: A parade by the Iranian backed Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah militia (which is the only militia that refused to hand over its arms following the end of the civil war ) . It is now the most powerful group in Lebanon and»»»