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Iran launches ‘revenge’ missile attack on Israel after assassinations 

18 March 2026

Iran has fired deadly cluster missiles at central Israel in what it says is “revenge” for Israel’s assassination o...

Iran war: What is happening on day 19 of US-Israel attacks? 

18 March 2026

EXPLAINER News|US-Israel war on Iran Iran has pledged “revenge” after Israeli strikes killed security chief Ali Lari...

Israel bombs central Beirut, killing 6, strafes south, east Lebanon 

18 March 2026

Israel has attacked a building in Bashoura, a neighbourhood in the heart of Beirut, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NN...

Iran fires missiles, drones across Gulf, region remains in war crosshairs 

18 March 2026

News|US-Israel war on Iran Iran has fired missiles and drones at several Gulf Arab nations, which have sought to interce...

Killing of Larijani will not destabilise Iranian political system: Minister 

18 March 2026

Israel’s killing of Ali Larijani, the powerful secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, will not deal ...

Trump confirms meeting with China’s Xi Jinping delayed as war on Iran rages 

18 March 2026

US President Donald Trump has confirmed he is delaying plans to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the end of the...

Who is Joe Kent, and why did he resign as Trump’s counterterrorism chief? 

17 March 2026

One of the top counterterrorism officials in the United States, Joe Kent, has resigned over his country’s war against ...

Xi Jinping’s anticorruption drive sweeps up senior Chinese military chiefs 

17 March 2026

Taipei, Taiwan – As thousands of Chinese government officials gathered in Beijing for China’s annual legislative mee...

Over 200 Ukrainian military experts in Gulf region to counter Iran’s drones 

17 March 2026

More than 200 Ukrainian military experts are in the Gulf region and wider Middle East helping governments in their defen...

Chile’s President Kast tosses out dozens of environmental protections 

17 March 2026

News|Environment The new Chilean government has announced the suspension of 43 rules to safeguard the environment, as pa...