Lebanon says death toll from Israeli strikes up to 102 Lebanon says the number of people killed in Israeli air strikes Monday has risen to 102. The health ministry also said 638 had been wounded in the attacks.
Los medios de comunicación estatales y los propagandistas en línea adoptan una postura confiada, a pesar de las graves pérdidas. Parte de su contenido ha sido generado por IA.
ABU DHABI, 5th March, 2026 (WAM) -- UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received a phone call from Her Excellency Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, to discuss the escalating military and security situation in the region and its implications for regional and international peace and stability.
Agence France-Presse (AFP), citing a French military spokesperson, reported that France has authorized the United States to allow Americ ...
The Israeli military said it began "a wave of strikes” hours after telling civilians living in a large swathe of southern Lebanon to leave their homes immediately.
First government-chartered flight to evacuate citizens from Middle East takes off from Muscat one day late Middle East crisis – live updates The first flight chartered by the UK government to evacuate British nationals from the Middle East has now departed, Keir Starmer has confirmed. The prime minister announced that the delayed charter flight from Oman, which was originally scheduled to leave at 7pm on Wednesday, had taken off during a Downing Street press conference. Continue reading...
Israel's propaganda directorate being sued by unpaid activists claiming millions Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Thu, 03/05/2026 - 13:48 Former Israeli spokesperson Eylon Levy is not part of the lawsuit - but says he is owed money by Israel's public diplomacy directorate Former Israeli spokesperson Eylon Levy, pictured in 2024, is one of a number of influencers who say they are owed money by Israel's Hasbara directorate (AFP) Off Former employees of Israel ’s national public diplomacy directorate, which oversees Israeli propaganda, are demanding millions of shekels for unpaid work carried out since October 2023, according to Israeli daily Calcalist. Known by its Hebrew name, Hasbara, the national public diplomacy directorate is being sued by companies and contractors who provided their services in the first months of Israel’s genocide in Gaza , which followed the Hamas-led attack of 7 October 2023. Two private companies, which provided studios for Israeli leaders and funded activism in Europe, are demanding two million shekels ($650,000) between them.
For Mamatmusa Ukubaev, the first explosions on February 28 were unnervingly close. "There are military bases and facilities 1 or 2 kilometers away from us. They are being hit, too.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement from its Public Relations office that it carried out an attack on an Am ...
UK embassy says 'temporarily' withdrawing some staff from Bahrain The United Kingdom said on Thursday it was "temporarily" withdrawing some staff and their dependants from its Bahrain embassy as Iran presses on with its retaliation campaign in the Gulf. "Due to the ongoing security situation, the UK has taken the precautionary step of temporarily withdrawing some Embassy staff" and their families, it said in a statement on Instagram. "Our Embassy continues to operate," it said, adding that "the situation is serious and we do not expect it to end in the coming days".
Three-way peace talks are on hold, and Kyiv fears that U. S. air defense systems it needs to counter Russia could be diverted to the Iran conflict.
The widening conflict in the Middle East has paralyzed shipping through the vital waterway, choking off critical energy flows from the region Oil prices held near multi-month highs on Thursday as attacks on tankers and the escalating conflict in the Middle East disrupted shipping through the Strait
CAIRO, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The conflict ignited by the United States and Israel against Iran has caused immense devastation across the region. Iran and Israel have sustained heavy damage, while Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and the Gulf Arab states have also experienced significant destruction or disruption. Trkiye, still grappling with economic challenges, is also feeling the impact.
It seems the Islamic Republic has now elevated its long-standing objective of pushing U. S. forces out of the region to the top of its ag ...
The Guardian asked US readers about the military action in Iran – their responses were largely disapproving As hundreds of civilians and some US service members have been killed in the aftermath of the 28 February strike against Iran by the United States and Israel, the Guardian asked readers in the US what their thoughts are on the latest military action in Iran. Their responses were largely disapproving, with some acknowledging that the Iranian regime needed to be toppled, even with a high cost. Continue reading...
Photojournalist Stefanie Glinski speaks to Iranian photographer Mohammad Mohsenifar, who has been documenting the attacks on the Iranian capital over the past week Iranians woke up on Thursday to a new round of explosions in Tehran, on the sixth day of war since the US and Israel launched attacks that have so far killed more than 1,200 people, including the country’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. The casualties include 168 children who were killed at a school in the southern province of Hormozgan; thousands more people have been injured. People mourn the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei along Enghalab street in Tehran on Sunday Continue reading...
While many welcomed the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, they now have grave concerns about relatives amid an internet blackout Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast In a social media video, Ehsan Hakimi watches Iranians wade through rubble in the neighbourhood of Tehran he grew up in. He sees the aftermath of an airstrike in the residential area of Narmak – where the former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was known to have lived – from the first few days of the US-Israel war on Iran. Continue reading...
Azerbaijani president slams 'act of terror' after four injured in alleged Iran drone strike Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev denounced a suspected Iranian drone strike on an airport on Thursday as an "act of terror" that left four people injured. "We will not tolerate this unprovoked act of terror and aggression against Azerbaijan. Our Armed Forces have been instructed to prepare and implement appropriate retaliatory measures," he told a meeting of his Security Council.
(260305) -- BAKU, March 5, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a mobile phone shows debris of a drone at Nakhchivan International Airport in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, March 5, 2026.
Turkey 'strongly condemns' drone attacks on Azerbaijan: ministry Turkey's foreign ministry on Thursday roundly condemned a series of drone attacks on Azerbaijan which Baku blamed on Iran, calling for such attacks to end "immediately". "We strongly condemn the drone attacks carried out today on Azerbaijan," a ministry statement said, adding that such attacks "increase the risk of the war spreading" and insisting that they "must end immediately".
