Hezbollah claims attack on Israeli forces in southern Lebanon Hezbollah has said its fighters fired rockets at a group of Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon's Khiam. In a post on X, the group said the rocket salvo targeted the group who were near a municipal building in the town. This follows another attack claimed by the group, which targeted Israeli soldiers inside a tent in the town of Maroun al-Ras, also in southern Lebanon.
Israel said on Tuesday that it had killed two more high-ranking figures, including the man who had essentially been running Iran for weeks.
Tel Aviv [Israel], March 17 (ANI): Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday confirmed Ali Larijani, Iranian Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, was killed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in an overnight airstrike in Tehran as the conflict in West Asia escalates.
Iran war could plunge 45 million into acute hunger, says UN agency Submitted by Peter McNamara on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 11:48 Spiralling costs and choked aid routes are likely to affect the most vulnerable as the war's end edges no closer Afghan men queue to receive packages of fortified biscuits distributed by the United Nations World Food Programme in the Laja Mangal district of Paktia province on 16 March 2026 (AFP) Off The number of people who experience acute hunger could leap to 364 million globally if the war on Iran continues until June, the World Food Programme said on Tuesday. "This would take global hunger levels to an all-time record and it's a terrible, terrible prospect," the WFP’s deputy executive director Carl Skau said in Geneva. Analysis by the UN agency has shown that since US and Israeli attacks on Iran began at the end of February, valuable aid routes to countries already suffering from chronic food insecurity have been blocked and shipments have been delayed.
On the 18th day of the war in Iran, the Israeli army announced that Gholamreza Soleimani, head of the Organization for the Mobilization ...
US forces could capture a key Iranian island, but this would lead to a whole host of new problems When the US and Israel choose the logic of coercive pressure on Iran, they inevitably step into more than just another Middle Eastern crisis. They enter one of the most dangerous knots in world politics.
NATO is weighing options to expand its missile defense footprint in Turkey amid concerns over potential threats from neighboring Iran, according to information cited by Bloomberg from sources familiar with the talks. The alliance already operates a missile defense installation in eastern Turkey, where an early warning radar tracks activity across the Middle East, but further reinforcements are now under consideration.
As Iran’s top national security official, Mr. Larijani had a reputation for acting as a bridge between hard-line figures in the armed forces and more moderate political factions.
Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war Middle East crisis – live updates Britain’s national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, attended the final talks between the US and Iran and judged that the offer made by Tehran on its nuclear programme was significant enough to prevent a rush to war, the Guardian can reveal. Powell thought that progress had been made in Geneva and that the deal proposed by Iran was “surprising”, according to sources. Continue reading...
Pretoria cannot be drawn into the sphere-of-influence politics that the great powers want to pull it into, Foreign Ministry Director-General Zane Dangor has said South Africa has no reason to cut ties with Iran and will not allow itself to be drawn into the rivalry of major powers, including the US, Foreign Ministry Director-General Zane Dangor has said, according to Reuters.
Pretoria cannot be drawn into the sphere-of-influence politics that the great powers want to pull it into, Foreign Ministry Director-General Zane Dangor has said South Africa has no reason to cut ties with Iran and will not allow itself to be drawn into the rivalry of major powers, including the US,
Venice Biennale artists demand Israel's exclusion from renowned festival Submitted by Oscar Rickett on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 12:01 A letter from the Art Not Genocide Alliance to the Biennale's directors has been signed by 178 participants in this year's exhibition An Italian soldier stands guard in front of Israel's pavilion during the pre-opening of the Venice Biennale art show, on 16 April 2024 (AFP) Off A group of artists, curators and art workers participating in the 2026 Venice Biennale have written to the festival’s organisers demanding Israel ’s exclusion from the international exhibition. In a letter to the directors of the Venice Biennale seen by Middle East Eye, the Art Not Genocide Alliance (ANGA) says it is standing “in a collective refusal to allow you to platform the Israeli state as it commits genocide ”. Signed by 178 participants from around 25 countries represented in this year’s festival, the letter says that the “Venice Biennale’s complicity with the attempted destruction of Palestinian life must end”.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The central train station in Holon, east of Tel Aviv, has been temporarily closed following recent Iranian missile strikes.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Five major power plants of the Zionist regime that generate more than half of Israel’s electricity are considered as potential targets in a possible strike by Iran.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran's Minister of Education Ali-Reza Kazemi proposed converting the Minab elementary school that was devastated during the current US-Israel aggression into a museum honoring the student martyrs.
Israeli strikes hit Beirut southern suburbs near airport Israeli warplanes launched several strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Tuesday, Lebanon’s official news agency ANI reported. The bombardment targeted multiple locations, including areas close to the airport. "A third Israeli strike on the southern suburbs targeted the old airport road (...
Drone and rocket attacks reportedly targeted the US embassy in Baghdad early on Tuesday and a separate strike killed four people at a house reportedly hosting Iranian advisers in the Iraqi capital, security officials said, pulling the country deeper into the war in the Middle East. The strikes came hours after air defences thwarted a rocket attack at the embassy and a drone caused a fire at a luxury hotel frequented by foreign diplomats in Baghdad’s fortified green zone, Agence France-Presse reported Middle East crisis – live updates Continue reading...
Tehran, March 17 (Xinhua) -- More than 61,000 civilian facilities in Iran have been damaged in the Iranian capital Tehran, since the start of the conflict, including over 18,000 residential and commercial units, according to Fatemeh Mohajerani, a government spokesperson. Mohajerani said that 226 women and 204 children were killed in the strikes.
Gas prices in the region will surge 100% more than previously projected, Kirill Dmitriev has said Gas prices across the EU are set to rise by at least 100% more than previously forecast, Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev has said, as bloc officials continue to push member states to shun Russian energy.
US seeks fertilizer from Venezuela and Morocco amid Iran war The Trump administration is exploring alternative fertilizer supplies as the war with Iran disrupts global markets. White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett told CNBC on Tuesday that Washington is looking to Venezuela and potentially Morocco to ease shortages and stabilise supply for American farmers. Hassett said the move is designed to cushion the impact of the conflict on agricultural production and food prices.
