Dubai news latest: The Al Salam naval base in Abu Dhabi was struck by Iranian drones on Sunday, a day after the country’s Supreme Leader, Al Khamenei, died in US-Israeli strikes. UAE’s Defense Ministry said that no casualty was reported. Smoke billows from Zayed port after an Iranian attack (REUTERS) “Specialized teams responded today to … Read more
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, laid out a timeline for selecting a new supreme leader, saying that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s successor will be chosen in “one or two days.” The U.S. and Israel announced that Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed in U.S.-Israeli attacks in Iran, (Deepak Gupta/Hindustan Times) Araghchi was speaking to … Read more
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it had attacked the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln after the United States and Israeli strikes killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a joint operation on Saturday. U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln operates in the Arabian Sea, February 25, 2026. (via REUTERS) “The … Read more
US and Israeli attacks on Iran are unacceptable, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday as he called for an immediate ceasefire and the resumption of talks to prevent a wider regional conflict. China’s foreign minister Wang Yi said China wanted an immediate cessation of military action and a return to dialogue as soon … Read more
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that his government and the people of the country “join the people of Iran in their hour of grief and sorrow and extend the most sincere condolences on the martyrdom of His Eminence Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei”. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s statement came as protesters took to … Read more
Thousands of grieving Iranians gathered in Tehran’s Enghelab square on March 1 to pay their respects after the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who lost his life in air strikes conducted by Israel and the US. Following the US and Israel airstrikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, thousands of Iranians gathered … Read more
The United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on Saturday. Rumors about Kevin Spacey’s death surfaced on social media on Saturday. (REUTERS) Iran retaliated by launching a wave of missile and drone attacks targeting Israel. Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service reported that a woman was killed and at least 21 others were … Read more
LATE LAST year protests broke out in Tehran over the collapsing value of Iran’s currency, the rial. By early January they had spread to most of the country’s 31 provinces. Ali Khamenei, the country’s 86-year-old supreme leader, warned that “rioters must be put in their place”. Several days later, after that threat failed, Mr Khamenei … Read more
Editor’s note: On March 1st, Iranian state television confirmed that Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, had been killed in an airstrike SMOKE BILLOWING over the skyline after a drone attack. Civilians running in panic as air-defence interceptors boom overhead SMOKE BILLOWING over the skyline after a drone attack. Civilians running in panic as air-defence interceptors … Read more
When the U.S. military’s top general laid out the risks to President Trump of launching a major and extended attack on Iran, one of the issues he flagged was America’s stockpile of munitions. Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran on Saturday. Now that is being put to the test, as the U.S. races to … Read more