A UK warship Tuesday left port in southern England en route to the eastern Mediterranean to “bolster British defences in the region” amid the US-Israeli war with Iran, the Royal Navy said. The HMS Dragon’s departure from its base...
Israel’s cybersecurity directorate said it had identified “dozens of Iranian breaches into security cameras for espionage purposes” since the start of the war in the Middle East, urging the public to be vigilant. “The...
Oil prices tumbled Tuesday after US Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced that the US Navy had escorted a tanker through the Strait of Hormuz. Near 1715 GMT, Brent oil futures were down 15 percent at $84.09 a barrel after Wright reported the...
A post by US Energy Secretary Chris Wright saying that the US Navy had escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz was deleted on Tuesday, minutes after his account had posted it. Markets have been roiled by the US-Israel war on Iran, and...
Israel’s army estimated on Tuesday that around half of the missiles being fired at the country by Iran contained cluster munitions, posing an added danger to people on the ground. “Approximately 50 percent of Iranian missiles fired...
Iran accused Israel on Tuesday of killing four of its diplomats in a weekend strike on a seafront hotel in Beirut, according to a letter addressed to the United Nations chief. “In the early hours of Sunday, 8 March 2026, the Israeli regime...
Lebanon’s government said on Tuesday that nearly 760,000 people had been registered as displaced since the outbreak of the new war between Israel and Hezbollah. In an updated figure, the government’s disaster management unit said the...
US attacks on Iran will hit a new intensity Tuesday and the war will continue as long as President Donald Trump decides, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said. “Today will be yet again, our most intense day of strikes inside Iran — the most fighters, the...
Iran launched a new salvo of missiles on Tuesday at Israeli cities including Tel Aviv and US targets in the region, the Revolutionary Guards said, as fighting between the foes showed no signs of letting up. The latest salvo utilised...
Ukrainian military experts are due this week in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists on Tuesday, where they will share expertise on downing Iranian drones. Ukraine has to fend off nightly...
Passenger train services between China and North Korea will resume this week six years after their suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic, rail authorities in Beijing confirmed on Tuesday. Train journeys between the two countries were halted in...
Finland’s intelligence agency warned Tuesday that Russian spies could boost their efforts to target and destabilise the new NATO member once the Ukraine war ends. The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (SUPO) said that while the Ukraine...
Russian President Vladimir Putin called for de-escalation in the Iran conflict during a phone call on Tuesday with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian, the Kremlin said. “The President of Russia reaffirmed his principled position in...
India ordered tighter controls over natural and cooking gas on Tuesday following import disruptions caused by the Middle East war, with restaurants warning it could spark widespread closures. The world’s most populous nation is the fourth...
American firm Planet Labs PBC on Tuesday said it had further delayed access to its satellite imagery of the Middle East to 14 days to protect US-allied countries there. The California-based Planet had already imposed a 96-hour delay last week for...
