Iraq
- 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, 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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Airstrikes hit Iran-Iraq border as US and Israeli plan to mobilise Kurds gathers pace
Experts say backing Iran’s ethnic communities could ‘open up a hornet’s nest’ and increase risk of chaotic civ…
- 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…
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Dick Cheney, vice-president and giant of Republican politics, dies aged 84
Cheney, who served under presidents from Nixon to George W Bush, will be remembered for controversial role aft…
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Iran has taken care of millions of Afghan refugees with little international support | Letters
Ayoub Heidari of the Iranian embassy contests the claim that hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees may be r…
- Foreign policy, Iran, Iran's nuclear programme, Iraq, Japan, Middle East and North Africa, Nuclear weapons, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Nations, US foreign policy, US news, World news
Alarm in Middle East over US strikes on Iran amid fears of widening conflict
Leaders of UAE, Qatar and Oman criticise attack and urge de-escalation as EU and UN call for immediate diploma…
- Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East and North Africa, Non-proliferation treaty (NPT), North Korea, Nuclear weapons, Saddam Hussein, Stuxnet, Syria, US news
Nuclear non-proliferation is a failure in the Middle East | Letters
Unless Israel is open about its nuclear weapons and joins the non-proliferation treaty, Iran will one day have…
- Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East and North Africa, Non-proliferation treaty (NPT), North Korea, Nuclear weapons, Saddam Hussein, Stuxnet, Syria, US news
Nuclear non-proliferation is a failure in the Middle East | Letters
Unless Israel is open about its nuclear weapons and joins the non-proliferation treaty, Iran will one day have…
- Gaza, Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israel-Gaza war, Lebanon, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, South and Central Asia, World news, Yemen
Seemingly disparate Middle East conflicts show collective erosion of self-restraint
As pockets of war multiply across region so does the risk that conflict becomes more contagious and intractabl…
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Explainer: the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, Iran’s Middle East strikes and the latest on Israel and Gaza
Iran has launched strikes on sites in Pakistan and Iraq, and the US has struck Houthi sites in Yemen. Meanwhil…
- Afghanistan, Gaza, Hamas, Iraq, Israel, Israel-Hamas war, Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian territories, Protest, UK news
Why Britain’s politicians shouldn’t rush to take sides in war | Letters
Readers respond to a piece by Aditya Chakrabortty about protesters calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas…
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Six women rescued from back of lorry in France after texts to reporter
Women aiming to reach UK or Ireland realised lorry was heading in wrong direction and contacted BBC journalist…
- Afghanistan, Australia news, Australian foreign policy, Australian military, Australian politics, Iraq, John Howard, Middle East and North Africa, World news
After John Howard took Australia to war in Iraq, he was scarcely held to account. Instead, he was re-elected | Paul Daley
On the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, Paul Daley maps out the events leading up to Australia’s invo…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Arms trade, Children, Europe, Iraq, Islamic State, Libya, Nato, Nigeria, Race, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UK news, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Yemen
All wars horrify us, but it seems not equally so | Letters
Readers respond to an article by Nesrine Malik about how the invasion of Ukraine has been viewed differently t…