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Trump may talk of regime infighting, but Iran seems united by strategy born of war

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Extended naval blockade is admission US military escalation poses even greater risk

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UK prepared to deploy RAF Typhoons to keep strait of Hormuz open after Iran war

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Trump claims US has total control over strait of Hormuz after Iran seizes two container ships

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Israeli killing of Lebanese journalist draws international condemnation

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Journalist detained in Kuwait acquitted of ‘spreading false information’, says press monitor

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Lockheed Martin CEO sees Trump’s Pentagon as ‘golden opportunity’ for growth

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Middle East crisis live: US and Iran in blockade stalemate as Washington’s navy secretary leaves office ‘immediately’

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Number of billionaires globally could reach 4,000 in next five years

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Lebanon accuses Israel of blocking attempt to rescue journalist after bomb strike

Wed

Iranian forces seize two ships in strait of Hormuz amid doubts over further peace talks with US

Wed

Strait of Hormuz is hosting gunboat diplomacy as US and Iran vie for most effective blockade

Wed

Palestinian boy, 14, among two killed in settler attack near West Bank school

Wed

Gaza’s yellow line creeps forward as Israeli forces expand zone of control

Wed

Tui cuts profit forecast as effects of Iran war cost travel group €40m

Wed

Middle East crisis live: Trump extends ceasefire but blockade continues; Iran attacks container ship off Oman

Wed

Israel’s death penalty law could spell suspension from rights body role, says chief

Wed

Push to bring US and Iran together for peace talks as ceasefire deadline looms

Tue

Two Israeli soldiers jailed over smashing of Jesus statue in Lebanon village

Tue

Rabbi who boasts of bulldozing Palestinian homes will light torch for Israel’s national day

Tue

With the US-Iran ceasefire about to expire, could Trump put boots on the ground?

Tue

Requests for US legal aid linked to Palestine activism far surpass pre-2023 levels

Tue

Tuesday briefing: What it might take for lasting peace between the US and Iran

Tue

Middle East crisis live: Iran weighs Pakistan talks with US, and claims it has ‘new cards for battlefield’

Tue

Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says

Tue

JD Vance to lead US delegation in Pakistan if Iran agrees to talks

Mon

Pakistan seeks to raise its global standing in push for Middle East peace

Mon

US urges contractor to evacuate workers from Kuwait and Iraq over worries of Iran-backed attacks

Mon

‘We wasted a lot of lives’: CIA spymaster’s caution over past Iran intervention resurfaces from beyond the grave

Mon

Israeli army investigates soldier seen striking Jesus statue in Lebanon

Mon

Middle East crisis live: ceasefire under pressure and talks in doubt as Iran threatens to ‘retaliate’ to US seizure of ship

Mon

US military seized Iranian-flagged container ship, Trump says

Sun

Intemperate Trump brings chaos and confusion to Iran talks

Sun

Trump sends delegation to Pakistan for possible new round of Iran war talks

Sun

Middle East crisis live: Iran says ‘fundamental’ issues’ still to be resolved with US amid strait of Hormuz impasse

Sun

Trump and Tehran’s series of mismanaged posts stall progress towards peace

Sat

Iran closes strait of Hormuz again ‘until US lifts blockade’

Sat

‘Whatever life throws at us, we don’t walk alone’: how a London synagogue attack birthed an act of solidarity

Sat

Middle East crisis live: Iran warns it will close strait of Hormuz if US blockade continues

Sat

Six great reads: Iran’s social media memes, an abandoned department store and a 1,200-year-old record of cherry blossoms

Sat

Iran foreign minister: strait of Hormuz now ‘completely open’ to commercial vessels

Fri

Donald Trump claims to have ended a 10th war – but will the Lebanon ceasefire hold?

Fri

Middle East crisis live: UN chief calls for Israel-Lebanon ceasefire to be ‘fully’ respected as it comes into effect

Fri

Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly ‘quadruple tap’

Thu

Hegseth says US is ‘locked and loaded’ to finish job of destroying Iran energy grid

Thu

‘A dollar or two increase is devastating’: US readers on toll of rising gas prices

Thu

Middle East crisis live: Trump says Israel and Lebanon to hold talks Thursday; US hits Iran’s oil sector with new sanctions

Thu

When the ‘Dubai dream’ goes wrong - podcast

Thu

Trump needs a better Iran deal than Obama’s – but faces major hurdles

Apr 15

More than £1bn pledged for Sudan as humanitarian crisis deepens

Apr 15

Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti at risk in Israeli jails as he faces ‘escalating abuse’

Apr 15

Middle East crisis live: US claims blockade has ‘completely halted economic trade’ into Iran, as Trump hints at return to talks in Pakistan

Apr 15

UK to call for end to Sudan bloodshed at Berlin talks on third anniversary of war

Apr 14

US-Iran peace talks could resume in next two days, Trump says

Apr 14

Trump accuses ally Meloni of lacking courage for not joining attacks on Iran

Apr 14

Israeli ambassador to Germany condemns Bezalel Smotrich’s tirade against chancellor

Apr 14

Detention of journalist in Kuwait raises questions about crackdown on freedom of speech

Apr 14

Iran tries to cosy up to Europe to increase pressure on US

Apr 14

Middle East crisis live: Hezbollah urges Lebanon to pull out of talks with Israel; blockade of strait of Hormuz begins

Apr 14

US expected to start naval blockade of Iranian ports after deadline passes

Apr 13

Pope Leo visits Algeria in sign of Africa’s growing importance to Catholic church

Apr 13

Israeli forces fire teargas at schoolchildren holding West Bank sit-in

Apr 13

French cement maker convicted of financing terror groups to keep its Syria plant working

Apr 13

This week saw humanity at its worst. Artemis II told the opposite story | Flynn Coleman

Apr 13

And the election winner is … the candidate who can afford Africa’s soaring nomination fees

Apr 13

Middle East crisis live: Iran warns US blockade of strait of Hormuz would violate ceasefire

Apr 13

Middle East crisis live: Iranian negotiator says ‘we will not bow to any threats’ as Trump says US navy will blockade strait of Hormuz

Apr 13

Trump says US will blockade strait of Hormuz after Iran peace talks fail

Apr 12

Planeloads of negotiators and too little time: US and Iran’s 21 hours of talks

Apr 12

JD Vance says talks failed due to Iran’s refusal to give up nuclear programme

Apr 12

US state department revokes green cards of three Iranian nationals it links to regime

Apr 11

US and Iran hold talks in Islamabad as Pakistan seeks to broker peace deal

Apr 11

Is Iran Trump’s Suez crisis, or just a passing thunderstorm?

Apr 11

JD Vance dispatched to negotiate Iran peace with few cards to play

Apr 10

Middle East crisis has given Iran new way to resist nuclear limits, say former US-Iran envoys

Apr 10

’He’s mentally unstable’: Iranian American in Congress condemns Trump’s war and pushes for his removal

Apr 10

Gulf states rethink security in light of US-Israel war on Iran

Apr 10

Middle East crisis live: Trump casts doubt on Iran war ceasefire over continued closure of strait of Hormuz

Apr 10

Greens say Australia should step up pressure on Israel over ‘disastrous, illegal, immoral war’ on Lebanon

Apr 10

Israel’s attacks on Lebanon should not be happening, says Keir Starmer

Apr 9

‘Mental breakdown’: oil tanker workers stuck in Gulf for six weeks are reaching their limit

Apr 9

Son of British couple detained in Iran calls on Starmer to press for their release

Apr 9

Israel’s bombing of Lebanon after US-Iran ceasefire prompts condemnation

Apr 9

Did Israel attack Lebanon to spoil Iran war ceasefire as soon as it began?

Apr 9

‘There’s no Hezbollah here’: the Lebanese reaction to Israeli strikes that killed hundreds

Apr 9

Who can claim victory if Iran ceasefire holds? An early winner is China

Apr 9

Lebanon must be included in US-Iran ceasefire deal, Yvette Cooper to say

Apr 9

Thursday briefing: What difference will the ceasefire in the Middle East make, and will it hold?

Apr 9

Middle East crisis live: Red Cross ‘outraged’ as Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill at least 254; strait of Hormuz impasse continues

Apr 9