Hostilities in the Middle East pushes the world toward a harsher global order The United States and Israel justified their military campaign against Iran by claiming it was necessary to protect themselves, and the world, from a nuclear threat. Tehran was accused of secretly accumulating enough weapons-grade uranium to build up to 11 atomic bombs.
Preliminary findings suggest a human rather than AI error in relying on outdated targeting info An ongoing military inquiry has found the US preliminarily responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school that killed at least 175 people, most of them children, the New York Times has reported.
Preliminary findings suggest a "human" rather than AI error in relying on outdated targeting info An ongoing military inquiry has found the US preliminarily responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school that killed at least 175 people, most of them children, the Ne
US generals tell Trump killing Iranian sailors was ‘fun’ US President Donald Trump said he questioned the decision to sink an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka. Speaking at a rally in Hebron, Kentucky, Trump said he had asked military officials why the vessel was destroyed rather than captured. “I said, why the hell did we kill them?
US generals tell Trump destroying Iranian vessel was ‘fun’ US President Donald Trump said he questioned the decision to sink an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka. Speaking at a rally in Hebron, Kentucky, Trump said he had asked military officials why the vessel was destroyed rather than captured. “I said, why the hell did we kill them?
At least three ships were hit in and around the Persian Gulf on Wednesday, according to a British maritime monitoring group. Iran appeared to claim responsibility for the attack on the Mayuree Naree.
GCC condemns drone attack on Oman’s Salalah port The secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) condemned a drone attack on fuel storage tanks at Oman’s Salalah port. Jasem Mohamed Al Budaiwi said the GCC stands firmly with Oman and supports its efforts to safeguard its security, stability and territorial integrity. Omani authorities said drones struck fuel tanks at the port earlier on Wednesday, while other drones were intercepted.
Qatar warns UN Security Council inaction sends ‘dangerous signal’ Qatar’s ambassador to the United Nations urged the Security Council to act to halt the US-Israeli assault on Iran, which has escalated into a war across the Middle East. Speaking to reporters in New York, Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif al-Thani said continued Iranian attacks on Qatari territory were damaging relations between the two countries. “The Security Council must act and fulfil its responsibility,” she said.
WHO says 54 of health facilities shut in Lebanon amid Israeli attacks The World Health Organization said 49 primary healthcare centres and five hospitals in Lebanon have shut down as the US-Israeli war on Iran and its wider spillover in the region intensifies. In a post on X, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the closures followed evacuation orders and were severely limiting access to medical care. He warned that health systems across the region are under heavy strain more than 10 days into the escalation.
Trump says he's unaware of evidence indicating US bombed girls' school in Iran Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Wed, 03/11/2026 - 17:58 This comes four days after the president insisted that Iran targeted the school, killing mostly children US President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters before boarding Marine One from the White House in Washington, DC, on 11 March 2026 (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Off Four days after US President Donald Trump put the blame on Tehran for the bombing of a girls' school in Minab, Iran, he told reporters he's unaware of the mounting evidence that it was likely the result of a US air strike. At least 165 people died in that air strike. Most were children.
Israeli strikes kill 6 in southern Lebanon refugee camp At least six people were killed and several others wounded in Israeli air raids on the Burj al-Shamali camp in southern Lebanon, the country’s National News Agency reported. Two more people were killed in a separate strike on the town of Deir Antar, according to the report.
Interceptor shortage could force Gulf states to be selective in their targets: Report Submitted by Sean Mathews on Wed, 03/11/2026 - 19:15 Gulf pleas for restocking interceptors have been 'stonewalled' by the Trump administration, as it deals with global shortage, MEE revealed Explosions from the interception of an Iranian projectile are seen in the sky over Dubai in the UAE, on 1 March 2026 (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP) Off The Trump administration has been informed that its Gulf partners are running so low on missile and drone interceptors that they now need to be selective about which projectiles to target amid the war on Iran. The report by CBS published on Wednesday follows Middle East Eye’s exclusive report on 2 March about how the US was “stonewalling” requests by Gulf states to replenish their interceptors as early as the first week of the war on Iran. “Whatever munitions were produced in the last couple of months, we have shot several years' worth of production in the last few days,” a former US official familiar with the requests told MEE at the time.
The health crisis in Iran and across the Middle East is "escalating rapidly," reported Hanan Balkhy, WHO's Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean. She was speaking at a WHO press conference on March 5, 2026, convened to discuss the latest developments in the war initiated on Feb 28 by the US and Israel against Iran.
Israel says 200 munitions used in strikes on Beirut The Israeli military said it has carried out large-scale air and sea strikes on Beirut, using about 200 munitions. In a statement, the army said around 70 sites across the Lebanese capital have been targeted so far, including about 50 high-rise buildings. Lebanon’s death toll from Israeli attacks has risen to 634, including 91 children, according to earlier figures from Lebanese authorities.
From Jewish street-corner preachers, to Christian high-ranking officials, many believe the conflict has been prophesized The war between Israel, the US and Iran is raging.
From Jewish street-corner preachers, to Christian high-ranking officials, many believe the conflict has been prophesized The war between Israel, the US and Iran is raging. Throughout these days I'm woken to the sounds of emergency alerts on my phone, air raid sirens ringing, or the boom-boom in the skies above me as missiles are being intercepted.
PM Albanese's decision to send troops to the Middle East is "embarassing," Nick McKim has said Australia has been "hitched at the hip" to the US and Israel's "catastrophic" war with Iran, Senator Nick McKim has warned, after dozens of Australian troops departed for the Middle East.
Según la indagación en curso, el ataque del 28 de febrero a la escuela primaria Shajarah Tayyebeh fue consecuencia de un error de fijación de objetivos del ejército estadounidense.
Trump deflects questions on Iranian school strike US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was not aware of the strike on a school in southern Iran that killed 175 people, most of them children. Members of the administration have stated that an investigation is underway and declined to comment further, Al Jazeera reported. US media reports citing officials familiar with the preliminary findings say the military investigation has determined that the United States carried out the strike during the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Checkpoints in Tehran came under attack Wednesday evening, according to Iranian state media, which said Israeli drones killed several security personnel and Basij members in the capital.
