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- Business, Commodities, India, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Oil, Russia, South and Central Asia, US foreign policy, US news, World news
US grants waiver to allow India to buy Russian oil amid Iran war
‘Stopgap measure’ designed to keep oil flowing into global market as Middle East crisis disrupts crude shipmen…
- Azerbaijan, Donald Trump, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kurds, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East and North Africa, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, US foreign policy, US news, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
Israel launches huge strikes against south Beirut after mass evacuation order
Residents fled Lebanese capital in panic before assaults on claimed Hezbollah targets while Tehran continues t…
- Azerbaijan, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, South and Central Asia, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
Iran denies responsibility for Azerbaijan drone strike – video
A drone has struck the only airport in Nakhchivan, an Azerbaijani exclave bordering Iran. A second fell close …
- Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kurds, Middle East and North Africa, Trump administration, UK news, US foreign policy, US news, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
Iran war briefing: Israeli military tells hundreds of thousands to leave Beirut
Evacuation order covers all of Beirut’s southern suburbs; Azerbaijani president orders armed forces to be at ‘…
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Azerbaijan accuses Iran of ‘terrorist’ drone attack on airport that injured four people
Tehran denies responsibility but strike raises prospect of US-Israel war on Iran spreading beyond Middle EastM…
- Iran, Middle East and North Africa, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US military, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
Sri Lanka evacuates crew from Iranian navy vessel days after warship was destroyed by US
Urgent request to dock is submitted by vessel after US submarine sank Iranian warship in same area on TuesdayM…
- Donald Trump, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East and North Africa, Sri Lanka, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
Israel launches new wave of strikes on Iran: what we know on day five of war
US defense secretary confirms US submarine sank Iranian warship; clerics in Tehran close to choosing Khamenei …
- Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Pete Hegseth, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Trump administration, US military, US news, US politics, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
US submarine sinks Iranian warship as conflict spreads beyond Middle East
Frigate goes down off Sri Lanka as Washington and Israel step up their offensive and promise to hit ‘deeper’ t…
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, China, Cyril Ramaphosa, Hezbollah, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, US foreign policy, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
‘Imperialist undertones’: global south condemns US-Israeli war with Iran
China calls it unacceptable to ‘kill leader of sovereign state’, while South Africa questions ‘pre-emptive’ ju…
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, China, Cyril Ramaphosa, Hezbollah, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, US foreign policy, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
‘Imperialist undertones’: global south condemns US-Israeli war with Iran
China calls it unacceptable to ‘kill leader of sovereign state’, while South Africa questions ‘pre-emptive’ ju…
- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
At least 22 people dead after pro-Iran protests in Pakistan and Iraq
US government buildings in Karachi and Baghdad targeted by crowds after killing of Ayatollah Ali KhameneiUS-Is…
- Afghanistan, Classical music, Culture, Folk music, Human rights, Islam, Law, Middle East and North Africa, Music, Religion, South and Central Asia, Taliban, World news
The Taliban are burning musical instruments in the name of morality. It is an assault on all culture
The sounds of Afghan history are being erased to prevent music’s ‘moral corruption’ of the Afghan people. We c…
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Indonesia prepares to send up to 8,000 troops to Gaza as part of Trump plan
Head of army says potential ‘peacemakers’ being trained, in what would be first outside force in Gaza since 19…
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Displacement Film Fund review – Cate Blanchett masterminds short film collection that brims with life and intensity
Rotterdam film festivalA set of shorts by film-makers from Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Syria and Somalia are s…
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Women behind the lens: six of our most striking images from 2025
A few of our favourite photographs taken by women from the global south and capturing moments of everyday life…