Contradicting images of parties and war flooded feeds after Iran targeted Gulf states in retaliation for US-Israeli attacks Mike Babayan was in a hookah lounge when he heard the explosion on Saturday night. Dubai – a gilded playground for the ultra-rich and oligarch class, billed as one of the safest places on Earth – had been attacked by Iranian missiles. Phones lit up with emergency messages urging residents to take shelter.
Donald Trump has insisted that Israel did not put pressure on the US to launch the initial strikes over the weekend, telling reporters that Iran 'was going to attack first'. The US president also threatened to cut off all trade with Spain after the Nato ally refused Washington permission for two jointly operated bases in southern Spain to be used in US strikes on Iran US politics - live updates Continue reading...
The leader of the opposition claimed New Delhis unwillingness to take a position diminishes the countrys standing in the world India's main opposition party has questioned the government's stance on the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in attacks by the US and Israel.
Despite rebukes from Donald Trump, many MPs back Keir Starmer’s stance so far, and say lessons from conflict in Iraq must not be forgotten Calvin Bailey keeps his Iraq medal, issued to members of the British armed forces who served as part of Operation Telic, safe in a drawer in his home. It features a clasp, given to personnel who were part of the very first wave of flights to leave British bases to invade Iraq in March 2003. So when the Labour MP for Leyton and Wanstead spoke at a meeting between Labour MPs and the prime minister on Monday evening, people listened.
US president claims ‘they want to talk. I said: Too Late! ’, while Rubio threatens the ‘hardest hits are yet to come’ US-Israel war on Iran – live updates Israel and the US intensified their attacks on Iran on Tuesday, launching waves of strikes targeting command and control facilities, strategic state offices and missile launch sites, as Donald Trump said he had rejected what he claimed was an attempt by Tehran to restart negotiations.
Strikes on Iranian leadership are putting Tehran under unprecedented military and diplomatic pressure Middle East crisis – live updates The war in the Middle East in maps, video and photos Iran endured a day of unprecedented military and diplomatic pressure on Tuesday as US airstrikes pushed the death toll in the country above 800 and the offices of Assembly of Experts, the body due to select a replacement for the assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamenei, were bombed. It would be an extraordinary security lapse if it emerges that many of the 88 elderly clerics on the assembly had been in the building in Qom voting at the time. “There was another hit today on the new leadership, and it looks like that was pretty substantial,” Trump said at a White House event, although it was unclear what specifically he was talking about.
US president suggests worst-case result of ayatollah’s assassination would be regime change that fails to relieve Iran’s repression Donald Trump said his biggest fear in the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran would be regime change that brought in leadership “as bad as the previous person”. At an Oval Office news conference with the visiting German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, the US president was asked by a reporter about the “worst-case scenario” of the risky operation that led to the assassination on Saturday of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei . Continue reading...
An energy shock from war in the Gulf will expose the limits of rigid fiscal rules. The real question is who absorbs the loss: the state, firms or households? The war in the Middle East has sent oil and gas prices soaring – and Britain remains deeply exposed to global energy markets.
The reported move by New Delhi comes in anticipation of supply constraints after Qatar halted LNG production India has cut natural gas supplies to industries in anticipation of supply constraints, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The move was made aftertop LNG producer Qatarhalted production, according to sources quoted by the agency.
(260303) -- TEHRAN, March 3, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Citizens gather for a mass funeral ceremony for students and staff members killed in a United States-Israeli attack on a school in Minab, Iran's southern province of Hormozgan, March 3, 2026. The school was bombed in Israeli and U. S.
ABU DHABI, 3rd March, 2026 (WAM) -- UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received a phone call from His Excellency Daniel Chapo, President of the Republic of Mozambique, during which they discussed the serious military escalation in the region and its implications for security and stability.
Trump administration considers armed escorts for oil and gas tankers in Strait of Hormuz: Report The Trump administration is considering providing armed escorts for tankers carrying oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a Politico report on Tuesday. An Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps official said on Monday that Iran would "set ablaze" any vessels travelling through the Strait of Hormuz. The world's largest insurers have already cancelled war-risk coverage for the area.
US troops were told Iran war 'anointed by Jesus' to bring on Armageddon, watchdog says Submitted by Oscar Rickett on Tue, 03/03/2026 - 16:47 Military Religious Freedom Foundation said it received widespread complaints about Christian-nationalist US commanders US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference on US military action in Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on 2 March 2026 (AFP) Off US commanders from every arm of the military have told their units that the war on Iran is “anointed by Jesus” and would bring about his return to Earth as part of the Armageddon, resulting in scores of complaints from serving members of the military. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), an organisation dedicated to ensuring that all members of the US military are guaranteed religious freedom, told Middle East Eye on Tuesday that it had received more than 200 similar complaints from personnel serving in the army, navy, air force, marine corps, and space force. The complaints received by the MRFF, first reported by journalist Jonathan Larsen, have come from more than 40 units and span at least 30 military installations.
(Photo credit: Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images) As of Tuesday, eight LIV Golf players reportedly have been unable to fly out of the Middle East ahead of this week's tournament in Hong Kong. Laurie Canter, Thomas Detry, Sam Horsfield, Anirban Lahiri, Tom McKibbin, Adrian Meronk, Caleb Surratt and Lee Westwood were practicing in Dubai before Saturday's U. S.
Investors fear rising oil and gas costs will stoke inflation and delay cuts in interest rates UK borrowing costs jumped for a second day on Tuesday as the potentially damaging effects of the Iran conflict spooked investors concerned that growth will stall across the major industrial economies. Investors fear inflation will rise, driven by rising oil and gas prices , hitting businesses and households just as they are recovering from a long period of elevated inflation. Continue reading...
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): The Iranian Embassy in New Delhi on Tuesday announced that a condolence book will be opened this week to commemorate the 'martyrdom' of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Imam Khamenei. 'On the occasion of the martyrdom of His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Imam Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, a condolence book will be opened at the Embassy of the I. R.
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): As West Asia plunges deeper into turmoil following the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei in US-Israel strikes, India's political landscape has erupted into a sharp debate over whether New Delhi's calibrated silence is strategic diplomacy or a troubling abdication.
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], March 3 (ANI): The Consulate General of India, Jeddah, on Tuesday said it is extending full support to Indian nationals travelling on special flights from Jeddah amid regional travel disruptions due to the ongoing conflict in the West Asia region.
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): Iran signalled a willingness to talk to end the current conflict with the US and Israel, but only 'with dignity' and without being dictated to. Speaking to ANI, Abdul Majeed Hakeem Ilahi, Special representative of the supreme leader of Iran, said, 'We are ready to stop the war. We are ready for negotiations.
