The UN agency says it is preparing for an incident "in its broader sense," including strikes on key sites or use of atomic weapons The World Health Organization (WHO) is preparing for a potential "nuclear incident" in Iran, a senior regional official has told Politico.
What does Trump's Truth Social post after gas field attacks tell us about US-Israeli alignment?
Beijing and Moscow are both close partners of Tehran. With the US-Israeli strikes approaching a third week and Iran retaliating across the region, the conflict is poised to possibly -- and significantly -- affect those ties, the broader roles Russia and China play in the Middle East, and their relations with Washington.
Beijing and Moscow are both close partners of Tehran. With the US-Israeli strikes approaching a third week and Iran retaliating across the region, the conflict is poised to possibly -- and significantly -- affect those ties, the broader roles Russia and China play in the Middle East, and their relations with Washington.
US president says he told Netanyahu ‘don’t do that’ as he distances himself from attack that has angered Gulf allies The US-Israeli war against Iran has exposed further divisions between the two countries after an Israeli strike on Iran’s largest gas field angered US allies in the Gulf and prompted Donald Trump to say he knew nothing in advance about the attack – a claim that Israeli officials disputed. Speaking in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump said he had spoken to Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu following the strikes on Iran’s South Pars gas field – part of a reserve shared with Qatar – and had told the Israeli prime minister to refrain from further attacks that could escalate a regional war on energy infrastructure. Continue reading...
New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): India has reiterated the need to ensure the uninterrupted movement of goods and energy supplies and avoid attacks on civilian infrastructure amid the ongoing tensions in West Asia, the MEA said on Thursday. Addressing an inter-ministerial briefing in New Delhi, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the conflict is having wider global repercussions.
London [UK], March 19 (ANI): The leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Japan on Thursday condemned the Iranian attacks on unarmed commercial vessels and civilian infrastructure, including oil and gas installations, in the Gulf as the conflict in the region escalates.
Netanyahu: Iran has no capacity to enrich uranium, make ballistic missiles Iran no longer has the capacity to enrich uranium or make ballistic missiles after 20 days of US-Israeli air attacks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a news conference on Thursday.
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The patience of the Gulf states towards Tehran is not unlimited, the Saudi Arabian foreign minister has warned Iran could face retaliation from its Gulf neighbors for attacks on their energy infrastructure, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Al Saud has warned, adding that the "patience" of the countries of the region is not "unlimited.
New Israeli air strikes on south Lebanon Lebanon says that the Israeli army has targeted the town of Qabrikha, and Toulene in the Marjayoun area, Al Jazeera is reporting.
The US president wanted an easy win, but the conflict is spiralling following Israel’s attack on a gas field and Iranian retaliation across the region Shortly after the US and Israel began their illegal assault on Iran , with the US president still preening himself over the kidnapping of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro the previous month, a state department official joked that Donald Trump had a new foreign policy credo: “Decapitate and delegate”. It was a reversal of Colin Powell’s invocation of the “Pottery Barn rule” ahead of the invasion of Iraq: you break it, you own it. Gen Powell, then secretary of state, was warning that wars can escalate beyond expectation and are harder to exit than enter.
Foreign minister issues warning after Israeli attack on South Pars gasfield, as Qatar reels from retaliatory strike ‘Doomsday scenario’: a visual guide to the oil and gas site attacks in the Middle East Middle East crisis – live updates Iran said on Thursday it would show “zero restraint” if its energy infrastructure was targeted again, as Qatar revealed that almost one-fifth of its liquefied natural gas export capacity had been knocked out in an Iranian strike, in an attack likely to have a years-long impact. The warning, delivered by the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, follow Israel’s attack on the Iran’s massive South Pars gasfield – which it shares with Qatar – which triggered Iranian retaliatory strikes on Qatar’s Ras Laffan gas complex and other Gulf neighbours, sending stock markets tumbling globally and triggering sharp increases in gas prices . Continue reading...
The US-Israeli strategy against Iran is failing. Here is why Submitted by Sami Al-Arian on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 14:27 With incompatible war aims, no definition of victory, and a battlefield that keeps expanding, the US-Israel onslaught is doomed - and Iran only needs to survive to prevail A funeral procession for Iran's national security chief Ali Larijani, Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani and Iranian sailors killed in recent strikes, in Tehran on 18 March 2026 (Atta Kenare/AFP) Off The aggression launched by the United States and Israel against Iran has produced a striking strategic paradox. While the American-Zionist axis relies on brute technological force and indiscriminate fire, it remains blind to the historical and sociopolitical realities of the region.
Ras Laffan: How Qatar gas hub attack is hitting Asia and beyond Ras Laffan, the Qatari hub responsible for a fifth of the world's liquefied natural gas (LNG), is under Iranian attack. On Wednesday, Qatari officials said that Iranian missile strikes caused “significant damage” at Ras Laffan Industrial City, located 80km from the capital, Doha. The site was already the subject of an attack on 2 March, which suspended production .
Tel Aviv [Israel], March 19 (ANI): The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Thursday said it carried out strikes targeting Iranian naval infrastructure in the Caspian Sea, hitting vessels and operational facilities used by the Iranian navy. In a post on X, the Israeli military said the attacks targeted several maritime assets and command facilities linked to Iranian naval operations. <a href="https://x.
New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): Iranian strikes on Qatar's energy infrastructure crippled 17 per cent of the nation's liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity, potentially sidelining production for up to five years, as per a Reuters report.
Washington DC [US], March 19 (ANI): US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Thursday warned that Iran will face the 'largest strike package yet' today, asserting that the United States is winning the ongoing conflict 'decisively and on our terms.
Exclusive: How Hezbollah rebuilt while its enemies declared its death Submitted by Adam Chamseddine on Thu, 03/19/2026 - 16:30 The heavy blows Israel inflicted in 2024 prompted a return to the 'Mughniyeh spirit', sources say, creating a more agile and impenetrable fighting force A Hezbollah member at the public funeral ceremony for late Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine in Beirut, on 23 February 2025 (Reuters/Emilie Madi) On For over a year, Israel , Washington and even Lebanon’s government have been speaking as if Hezbollah has been broken for good. Yet the Lebanese armed movement is once again at war with Israel, striking its enemy in response to the US-Israeli war on Iran . Its performance on the battlefield and ability to strike deep into Israeli territory shows that Hezbollah treated its 15 months of ceasefire with Israel not as an end to war, but as a narrow and urgent window to rebuild, reorganise and prepare for what it believed would inevitably come next.
Exclusive: How Hezbollah rebuilt while its enemies declared it dead Submitted by Adam Chamseddine on Thu, 03/19/2026 - 16:30 The heavy blows Israel inflicted in 2024 prompted a return to the 'Mughniyeh spirit', sources say, creating a more agile and impenetrable fighting force A Hezbollah member at the public funeral ceremony for late Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine in Beirut, on 23 February 2025 (Reuters/Emilie Madi) On For over a year, Israel , Washington and even Lebanon’s government have been speaking as if Hezbollah has been broken for good. Yet the Lebanese armed movement is once again at war with Israel, striking its enemy in response to the US-Israeli war on Iran . Its performance on the battlefield and ability to strike deep into Israeli territory shows that Hezbollah treated its 15 months of ceasefire with Israel not as an end to war, but as a narrow and urgent window to rebuild, reorganise and prepare for what it believed would inevitably come next.
