Though the conflict is centered on the Persian Gulf, shipping companies fear that the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen could resume attacks on vessels in the Red Sea hundreds of miles to the west.
The US-Israeli military action will test the fragile rules governing the use of forceThe killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, by a US-Israeli strike is a targeted assassination of a head of state. It also marks a grave escalation i…
Hostility to the US is high even among reformists, which may set the surviving leadership on a destructive pathTwo Irans are in view now. By night, there is the Iran that danced, celebrated and cried tears of joy at the death of the Ayatollah Ali Khame…
Samson hits 97 not out, West Indian bowling falters in Kolkata as India set up World Cup semifinal against England.
A badly weakened Iran will no longer intimidate or threaten its neighbors in the same way. The regional impact could be comparable to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The diaspora hope the death of Ali Khamenei will bring change – and peace – even as fears remain over Iran’s futureOn Saturday night, with bombs falling across the Middle East and rumours of the death of Ali Khamenei, the longtime ayatollah of Iran, sp…
Weakened after two years of wars
Footage from the Strait of Hormuz shows an oil tanker ablaze after a reported hit from an unidentified projectile.
Iran is reeling a day after the United States and Israel carried out a large attack that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Erika Solomon, the Iran bureau chief for The New York Times, explains how ordinary Iranians are responding to…
The toll in Beit Shemesh was the highest in Israel since the start of the conflict with Iran on Saturday.