Middle East

The CEOs of TotalEnergies, Shell, and EnQuest have warned that further attacks on critical energy infrastructure could have serious consequences for global supply and prices.

Iran’s Supreme Leader has issued a chilling warning, indicating a new escalation in the developing conflict with Israel, as US President Donald Trump weighs up conducting a strike on Iran.

At least 14 people have died after waves of Russian drones and missiles struck Kyiv overnight, with damage and casualties reported across multiple districts and regions.

US President Donald Trump is weighing a critical decision in the Israel-Iran war: whether to enter the fray by helping Israel destroy a deeply buried nuclear enrichment facility with a ‘bunker buster’ bomb.

US President Donald Trump has ordered the National Security Council to convene in the White House situation room as more troops are deployed in the Middle East.

Massive queues have formed along motorways in Tehran after US President Donald Trump warned everyone in the city to ‘evacuate immediately’.

THE ECONOMIST: Iran’s regime is often described as decaying, corrupt, bankrupt and despised by its citizens, and it may be about to collapse.

US President Donald Trump has issued a grim warning to everyone in Tehran after Iran failed to negotiate a deal with the US.

Sahar Emami, a TV presenter for the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network, was broadcasting live as an Israeli missile struck her news studio.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is on the ‘path to victory’, leaving the door open for the assassination of Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to ‘end the conflict’.

Even though Iran had about 2000 long-range missiles before the war, it did not have enough trucks to get them to launch sites, Israel analysts realised.

The famed Iron Dome defence system is under it’s greatest ever threat as Iran sends hundreds of missiles and drones into the sky intent on delivering maximum carnage within Israel.

An intense new wave of Iranian attacks has bombarded Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system, with multiple missiles causing blasts, killing at least three.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is facing sharp criticism after a bungled attempt to assist Australians stranded in Israel, as Iranian missile attacks continue to strike Tel Aviv.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: While Israel has been pummeling Iran with its own sophisticated missiles, setting oil facilities in Tehran ablaze, it still fears Iran’s capacity for fierce retaliation.