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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the Middle East is being “pushed to breaking point”, with shipping attacks, rising oil prices and widening humanitarian crisis. The UN chief, at a ceremony in Türkiye while accepting the Atatürk International Award for Peace, urged ceasefire and return to diplomacy to resolve the ongoing conflict in the region. Guterres urged all combatants …

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military on Thursday said it was dropping charges against five soldiers accused of beating and sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an alleged assault partially caught on camera. The decision, which came as much of the country’s attention was focused on the war with Iran, closed a flashpoint case that has bitterly divided Israel since the …

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first statement on the war, saying that the leverage of closing the Strait of Hormuz should be used, and that attacks on Iran’s Gulf Arab neighbors will continue. Khamenei did not appear on camera. Israeli intelligence assessed that he was likely wounded in the war’s opening salvo. See key quotes from Khamenei’s …

  The two countries filed their separate declarations of intervention on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, invoking Article 63 of the Statute of the Court. The Netherlands and Iceland have officially intervened in the ongoing genocide case filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The two countries filed their separate declarations of intervention on Wednesday, …

Oil prices climbed back above $100 a barrel and stock markets fell after three more cargo vessels were hit in the Gulf and Iran’s new supreme leader vowed to keep blocking the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route. Brent crude rose by more than 9% on Thursday to $101.59 before easing slightly to $99.44. The jump came despite the International …

Three cargo vessels have been hit by “unknown projectiles” in the Strait of Hormuz, maritime authorities say – the latest to be targeted in the vital oil corridor. It came on the same day as 32 countries voted unanimously to the release of 400 million barrels of oil due to the “unprecedented” situation, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced. Pressure …

The US military accidentally struck an Iranian elementary school, in an attack that state media said killed at least 168 children and 14 teachers, likely due to outdated information about a nearby naval base, according to two sources briefed on the preliminary findings of an ongoing military investigation. The February 28 strike on the Shajareh Tayyiba school in Minab occurred …

Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Tuesday told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, that the violation of Turkish airspace was “unacceptable”. Fidan was speaking during a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart, according to diplomatic sources. During the call, Fidan stressed that the “violation of Turkish airspace is unacceptable” and underlined that Türkiye “will continue taking all necessary measures against …

It’s happened twice now in a week. A telephone conversation between the presidents of Russia and Iran. As the US and Israel continue their strikes on Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin is styling himself as international peacemaker. That’s not an easy sell. After all, it was the Kremlin leader who ordered Russia’s full-scale invasion of an independent sovereign nation in …

  Smoke plumes caused by oil depot and refinery strikes drifted across Tehran on Monday, satellite images show, as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that attacks on oil facilities could pose serious health risks to residents. Since the US-Israeli attacks on Iran began on 28 February, we have confirmed strikes on at least four oil facilities around the capital. …