Qatar says it intercepted Iranian drone attack Qatar’s defence ministry said the country came under a drone attack launched from Iran. In a statement on X, it said the armed forces “successfully intercepted and neutralised all incoming drones.
Ordinary people from various parts of Iran describe expanding strikes, economic pain and fear of repression.
President has said US will shortly achieve its objectives – but it is not clear what exactly those objectives are Middle East crisis – live updates In his address to the nation on Wednesday evening Donald Trump said the US would “very shortly” achieve its strategic objectives in Iran – partly because the White House has constantly adjusted its goals since the start of the war on 28 February. Continue reading...
UK to convene meeting of 40 countries to discuss how to reopen Hormuz The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed that military planners will meet at the UK’s Permanent Joint Headquarters to take action on resolving the block on the Strait of Hormuz. The meeting next week will be to “discuss viable options to make the Strait of Hormuz accessible and safe for navigation,” according the MoD in a post to X on Thursday. The post also confirmed that UK military operations “continued their defensive missions across the region overnight” amid criticism that the British government is not being honest about UK involvement in the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Donald Trump’s primetime address on Wednesday evening provided little clarity on the US’s strategy in its war against Iran. Trump said that, while military action has made Iran ‘no longer a threat’, the US will continue to hit the country ‘extremely hard’ for several weeks and ‘bring them back to the stone ages, where they belong. ’ Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s global affairs correspondent, Andrew Roth – watch on YouTube Continue reading...
(260402) -- UNITED NATIONS, April 2, 2026 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (L) speaks to the press at the UN headquarters in New York, April 2, 2026. Guterres on Thursday reiterated his call for the United States and Israel to stop the war against Iran, and for Iran to stop attacking its neighbors.
UK elections: Here's where Greens, Your Party and independents will challenge Labour Submitted by Imran Mulla on Thu, 04/02/2026 - 13:46 Left-wing parties will seek to win control of councils in May local elections and coordinate to fight Labour and Reform Green Party leader Zack Polanski (R) and former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (L) take part in a march against the far right in central London on 28 March 2026 (AFP) Off Keir Starmer will be fighting for his career at the 7 May local elections, which many will interpret as a referendum on his premiership. His Labour Party is defending over half of the 5,000 council seats being contested across England in 136 councils next month, in the most crucial electoral contest since Starmer became prime minister of the UK in July 2024. The economy is struggling, particularly amid the US-Israeli war on Iran , Labour is flailing in the polls and Starmer's own popularity is historically low.
IRGC say they have launched attacks on Amazon centre in Bahrain Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say they have targeted Amazon cloud computing centre in Bahrain in retaliation for US attacks, according to state media outlet IRNA. “This response is the first practical warning to the enemy that if the warnings are ignored and the assassinations continue, we will punish the next companies that we have already announced much more severely, and the responsibility for the complete destruction of these companies in the region lies with the US President himself,” the Revolutionary Guard told state media. On Wednesday, Iran threatened to start attacking major US tech firms, including Apple, Google, and Microsoft in a target list released by the IRGC and posted to Telegram.
Tehran-Karaj bridge hit again by US-Israeli strike while medics attend to injured Two people were killed and several more injured in a US-Israeli strike on a bridge in Karaj, a city near Tehran. The highway bridge was targeted for a second time while rescue forces were at the scene to help people wounded in the previous strike, Iran’s Fars news agency reports. Alborz provincial officials have urged people to avoid the site.
TEHRAN, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Iranians gathered in Tehran on Wednesday to attend a funeral ceremony for Alireza Tangsiri, chief commander of the Navy of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), and other armed forces personnel killed in recent U. S. and Israeli strikes.
Yvette Cooper hosted virtual summit of more than 40 countries aimed at reopening vital shipping lane Middle East crisis live – latest updates Plans to clear sea mines and rescue trapped ships in the strait of Hormuz will be discussed at a global military planning meeting next week, after a virtual summit of more than 40 countries convened on Thursday hosted by Yvette Cooper. Ahead of the summit, the British foreign secretary condemned “Iranian recklessness” for “hitting global economic security” as she led talks aimed at reopening the vital shipping lane. Continue reading...
UN chief to US and Israel: it is ‘high time to stop the war’ United Nations secretary general Anontio Guterres has called on the US and Israel to “stop the war that is inflicting immense human suffering and already triggering devastating economic consequences. ” Guterres also added that Iran should “stop attacking their neighbours” and urged an end to the conflict. He warned that “we are on the edge of a wider war” and claimed its effects are “already being felt everywhere”.
Two of Iran’s biggest steel plants put out of service following US-Israeli attacks Two of Iran’s largest steel plants say they have been put out of service due to US-Israeli airstrikes targeting their operations. “Production lines have completely shut down following the high volume of attacks,” Mobarakeh Steel Company said, while the head of operations at Khuzestan Steel Company claimed units halted by the strikes will not be able to resume production for at least six months. On 27 March, Israeli forces said they struck steel plants connected to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, but provided no proof of such links.
Austria rejects US request to use airspace for Iran operations The Austrian defense ministry said it has refused to let the US use its airspace to launch military operations against Iran, citing the country’s longstanding policy of military neutrality. A ministry spokesperson said Washington had made “several” requests to use their airspace, adding that each case would be assessed individually, instead of imposing a blanket ban on US overflights. Austria joins Spain and Italy in being vocal about denying the US bombers permission to use their military bases or airspaces during the conflict.
The US president has threatened to halt arms supplies to Ukraine after European leaders refused to join the campaign US President Donald Trump has lashed out at NATO and key European leaders, deepening tensions within the bloc over the war against Iran.
Lebanon Prime Minister: ‘No end in sight’ to Israeli attacks Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said that there is no end in sight to the war which has already led to the displacement of a million people, as Israel’s latest bombardment on the country enters its second month. “Lebanon has become a victim of war – one whose outcomes and end date no one can predict,” Salam announced on Thursday, Reuters reports. He condemned Israel's “significant expansion in the occupation of Lebanese territories”, calling the talk about creating a Greater Israel which extends into Lebanon to create a buffer zone for security “dangerous”.
The comments were an apparent jab at the US leader's sometimes contradictory stance on the US-Israeli war against Iran.
The key waterway is closed for the US and its allies, but ships from other countries are able to use it, the official told RT The Strait of Hormuz will not return to the status quo enjoyed before the US-Israeli war against Iran, a security official has told RT.
The key waterway is closed for the US and its allies, but ships from other countries are able to use it, the official told RT The Strait of Hormuz will not return to the status quo enjoyed before the US-Israeli war against Iran, a security official has told RT.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Esmaeil Baqaei strongly condemned a US-Israeli strike on the Pasteur Institute of Iran, calling it a shocking violation of humanitarian norms and international law.
