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Could Trump’s Iran ‘excursion’ be a bigger global turning point than Vietnam?

strike on an Iranian drone.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a9b08e25441b2257a3fc237aaa2186dfc0493f12/0_0_5120_2880/master/5120.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) The status of cheap drones as the great leveller in modern conflict has been confirmed by the conflict. Photograph: US Central Command/X For students

Iran plans to offer insurance for Hormuz transit: Will it work?

news agency published on Saturday, Tehran will offer insurance for vessels transiting the strait and surrounding Gulf waters, with payments settled in cryptocurrency. Since the US-Israel war on Iran began on February 28, Iranian

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency

news that the conflict could end much sooner than expected by selling oil, with the price plunging by around 25%. However, market data shows a huge surge of bets were placed on the price

'Decimate' means much more today than it did in ancient Rome

news lately, you might have noticed that a certain word has suddenly become a favorite of President Trump's: "decimate." He has used it a lot to describe U.S. military action against Iran. Take

Boiling milk and worrying about the Iran war: A New Year dawns in Sri Lanka

strikes a match to get a fire going under the wooden kindling on a metal pan in her living room. She throws fire starters to feed the flames, and soon a clay pot of milk

U.S. attempt to open Strait of Hormuz tests fragile Iran war ceasefire

US of ceasefire violation Iran has said the new U.S. effort is a violation of the fragile ceasefire that has held for more than three weeks. In a post on X Tuesday, Iran's powerful

Is Egypt threatening Israel through its military exercises on the border?

news. “How, after everything we’ve been through, does the [Israeli military] approve a foreign army operating with live fire right on the contact line?” “Gunfire noise is the perfect cover for smuggling or even

SCOTUS weighs Temporary Protected Status cases. And, jury indicts James Comey again

news you need to start your day.* ### Today's top stories **The Department of Justice has secured a two-count indictment against former FBI Director James Comey.** The DOJ is accusing him of threatening President

SCOTUS temporarily restores mifepristone access. And, Indiana, Ohio vote in primaries

news agency on May 4, 2026, the Iran-flagged tugboat Basim sails near a ship anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. **Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP via Getty Images** Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP

A fresh financial crisis may be coming - it won't play out like the last one

news from America, they're filing for bankruptcy. We weren't quite sure [what] the implication was [for] us in the UK. So we were just told to turn up as normal." Initially

Australia news live: Albanese and Sultan of Brunei pledge energy cooperation; antisemitism royal commission to hold first public hearings in May

news live: Albanese and Sultan of Brunei pledge energy cooperation; antisemitism royal commission to hold first public hearings in May From Still on the opposition’s migration policy, and former Australian test cricketer, **Usman Khawaja

How does Iran’s leadership view the emerging deal with the US?

strikes that killed his father and other family members. He has not been seen or heard from publicly except for written messages attributed to him, amid concerns that he is a potential target for assassination

Is this the beginning of the end for LIV Golf?

news and finance - reported its imminent closure, before LIV chief executive Scott O'Neil insisted it was business as usual in a tubthumping email to staff. "Our season continues exactly as planned, uninterrupted

Andrew Hastie accuses Pauline Hanson of being ‘Maga first’ – as it happened

US war on Iran, and how repercussions were being felt by Australians. Speaking to a Nine newspapers podcast, Hanson suggested America’s war on Iran would be a success “if we can get the strait

Middle East crisis live: Witkoff and Kushner head to Pakistan for Iran negotiations

strikes hit the villages of Deir al-Zahrani, Kfar Reman and al-Sama’iya, which are **north of where IDF forces are located in southern Lebanon.** On Thursday, [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) announced that

European countries emerge as NATO leaders as U.S. role recedes

news conference at the White House on Feb. 27, 2025. **Carl Court/Getty Images** Carl Court/Getty Images In a statement to NPR last week, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the withdrawal

Friday briefing: How rising antisemitism is striking fear into the everyday lives of British Jews

striking fear into the everyday lives of British Jews Good morning. It is a terrible fact of life for British Jews that few were surprised by Wednesday’s knife attack in Golders Green, north London

U.S. strikes Iran. And, immigration courts use new tactic to speed up deportations

news you need to start your day.* ### Today's top stories **The U.S. military announced that it launched attacks yesterday on Iranian boats and missile launch sites** in Southern Iran. U.S. Central Command Spokesman Capt

What is the FDD, the pro-Israel think tank shaping Trump’s Iran policy?

news networks, often introduced as nonpartisan analysts. Its reports circulate through the US Congress and White House. Its website prominently states that it accepts no funding from foreign governments. And its name itself – invoking

Why the economics makes this the craziest world cup ever

strikes and seemingly promised that a deal to end the war was close at hand. Earlier in the day he had vowed to hit Iran "very hard". As ever with Trump, much can change very