Middle East

The US President has convened a high-level meeting in the National Situation Room hours after blunt posts on social media raised expectations he was considering American military intervention. 

Israel has struck more of Iran’s key nuclear and missile program sites with the aim of ‘degrading Iran’s ability to threaten the region’, as the conflict in the Middle East enters its sixth day. 

Iran’s hardened, underground nuclear sites are impervious to most conventional weapons — except the US-made 30,000-pound, deep-penetrating bomb.

THE WASHINGTON POST: Here’s what we know about the Iranian sites that Israel has attacked so far, why they are so difficult to destroy and what nuclear hazards the strikes could pose.

After US President Donald Trump held a security meeting in the White House Situation Room, the US Embassy in Israel announced it would be closing, telling staff to ‘shelter in place’.

Israel and the US are ratcheting up pressure on Iran, sparking fresh speculation that Washington could be preparing for a more direct intervention alongside its closest Middle East ally.

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.