Iran arrests 30 'spies' belonging to US and Israel, intelligence ministry says The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence said that arrested "30 spies, agents, and internal field operatives belonging to the American and [Israeli] enemy".
Mojtaba Khamenei’s rise to power amid a war with Israel and the United States—in which a his parents, wife and a daughter were killed—has led many to wonder whether his leadership will be shaped more by vengeance than by strategy or reconciliation.
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump has signaled the conflict with Iran could be nearing an end, offering an upbeat assessment of a war that has triggered regional tensions and volatility in global energy markets.
Advocacy group Dawn criticise censorship in Bahrain, Qatar during war The advocacy group Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn) called on Qatar and Bahrain to "immediately release" those arrested for peaceful expressions related to the ongoing war in the region. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Dawn's Advocacy Director Raed Jarrar urged the release and dropping of all charges on dissenting voices. "Sharing information or challenging their government's policies, including their ties to the US or Israel as they wage an unlawful war of aggression, should never be grounds for arrest," he added.
ABU DHABI, 10th March, 2026 (WAM) -- UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received a phone call from His Excellency Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, during which they discussed regional developments amid the escalating military situation and its serious implications for regional and international security and stability.
Half of UK news articles about Muslims are biased, landmark study finds Submitted by Imran Mulla on Tue, 03/10/2026 - 12:14 Study of 40,000 articles from across 30 media outlets finds 'Muslims are systematically portrayed through lenses of conflict, threat, and controversy' A photograph taken on 16 June shows the website of British opinion-oriented television and radio news channel GB News (AFP) Off A new study of 40,000 articles from across 30 media outlets in Britain has found that almost half published about Muslims in the UK contained a "high degree of bias", and 70 percent associated Muslims or Islam with negative aspects or behaviours. The Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM), a nonprofit organisation analysing the media's portrayal of Muslims, says in its report published on Monday that "Muslims are systematically portrayed through lenses of conflict, threat, and controversy" in the media. The report defines "bias" in terms of the "presence of negative associations with Islam or Muslims, use of broad generalisations rather than specific attribution, instances of misrepresentation, omission of contextual information or diverse perspectives, and quality of headlines".
Iran uses warheads weighing over one tonne against Israeli-US targets, IRGC say Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announce the 34th wave of attacks against US-Israeli targets "with pinpoint missiles and warheads weighing more than one tonne". According to the Iranian Tasnim agency, the commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force announced yesterday that they will use missiles with warheads weighing one tonne or more.
'Boogeyman mullahs': How decades of anti-Iran hysteria set us on the path to war Submitted by Nura Hossainzadeh on Tue, 03/03/2026 - 08:18 Western portrayals of the Islamic Republic as irrational and one-dimensional, devoid of political complexity, have helped ingrain prejudice and normalise a once-unthinkable war A man sits beside portraits of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a burial ceremony for a person killed in recent US-Israeli strikes, in Tehran on 9 March 2026 (Atta Kenare/AFP) Off The unthinkable has happened: the United States and Israel have launched a war on Iran , now in its second week. More than 1,300 people have reportedly been killed by American taxpayer-funded munitions, and some 100,000 displaced, while hospitals, schools, playgrounds and other civilian infrastructure have been destroyed . The assassination of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , in the opening US-Israeli strikes on 28 February was intended to decapitate the country's leadership and advance the regime-change goals openly declared by the Trump administration.
Yes, many Americans are struggling, but it’s good to know the first family can still afford Earth’s most expensive provisions. Morale is everything, isn’t it? In the absence of any clearly and consistently stated aims from the US administration, maybe each day of the Iran war just needs a moodboard description.
UK minister refuses to call US massacre at Iranian school a war crime A British minister has refused to declare the school massacre in Iran, which killed 165 people, many of them children, a war crime, labelling it the "realities of war". On 28 February, the day the US and Israel launched their attack on Iran, a double-tap strike targeted the Shajareh Tayyebeh School, a girls' primary school in the city of Minab. In an interview with Sky News on Tuesday morning, Courts Minister Sarah Sackman was asked for her "reflections on the evidence that has come to light".
MANAMA, 10th March, 2026 (WAM) -- The Bahrain Defence Force General Command (BDF) announced that its air defence systems have continued to successfully intercept successive waves of the Iranian aggression. Since the onset of hostilities, BDF forces have intercepted and destroyed 105 ballistic missiles and 176 unmanned aerial vehicles directed at the Kingdom of Bahrain, according to Bahrain News Agency.
The attempt to topple the Iranian government is pushing the Middle East into an increasingly deadly spiral of destruction Israeli strikes on oil storage facilities near Tehran over the weekend temporarily turned the Iranian capital into a fire-lit "hellscape," with long-term environmental and health
The attempt to topple the government in Tehran is pushing the Middle East into an increasingly deadly spiral of destruction Israeli strikes on oil storage facilities near Tehran over the weekend temporarily turned the Iranian capital into a fire-lit "hellscape," with long-term environmental and heal
ABU DHABI, 10th March, 2026 (WAM) -- The Council of the League of Arab States at the ministerial level convened an extraordinary session via videoconference on 8th March 2026, under the chairmanship of the United Arab Emirates, to discuss the targeting of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Arab states which have been subjected to unprovoked Iranian attacks.
Israel launches violent strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs Israeli warplanes launched violent attacks on Beirut's southern suburbs, the Lebanese state-owned news agency reported. This comes after expulsion orders were issued by the Israeli army early in the afternoon.
The price of jet fuel and diesel has surged since the war in Iran began, which could force airlines and trucking companies to pass on higher costs to their customers.
By Ayushi Agarwal New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): Abdulnasser Jamal Alshaali, Ambassador of the UAE to India, highlighted a robust national security framework that has allowed the United Arab Emirates to maintain normalcy despite facing a significant number of missile and drone attacks.