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The UAE is attacked as U.S. says it helped 2 ships through the Strait of Hormuz

attack occurred. No injuries were reported. ADNOC Logistics & Services, an affiliate of the oil company, said on X that the ship held no cargo when it was hit off the coast of Oman. ### U.S. military

Israeli attacks kill 14 people in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire

News Agency (NNA), despite a temporary United States-mediated “ceasefire”. In the municipality of Jebchit, three people were killed and seven wounded in an attack that destroyed a residential building. A seperate attacked killed four

Celebrations in Lebanon as 10-day ceasefire with Israel begins

attack at 11:50pm local time (20:50 GMT), just 10 minutes before the ceasefire took effect. Trump later issued a social media post urging Hezbollah to respect the ceasefire. “I hope Hezbollah acts nicely

Middle East crisis live: Lebanon hit by one of the heaviest days of Israeli bombing in weeks

news agency NNA reported on Wednesday. It said 14 people were killed in the town of Burj al-Shamali in southern Lebanon, including two children and three women. ![A photograph of a child lies

US and Iran close to temporary truce, Pakistani officials claim

attacks on nearby countries’ oil and other infrastructure in the Gulf are the two main cards Iran can play in negotiations. The US has blockaded Iran, stopping all Iran-linked shipping seeking to exit

Iran vows ‘long, painful’ response if US renews attacks

Israel war on Iran, the strait remains closed, choking off 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas supplies. That has sent global energy prices surging and heightened concerns about the risks

Israel and Iran exchange attacks as ceasefire falters

Lebanon and has, in recent weeks, expanded the area it occupies in the country’s south, saying it is acting in pursuit of Hezbollah fighters who continue to fire rockets and drones at northern Israel

‘Dishonorable’: Trump says leaked Iran ceasefire terms fake

news agency, IRNA, published what it described as seven main points of the deal. The report indicated virtually no compromise from Iran on key issues that have long held up a breakthrough in a more

Drone strikes UAE nuclear plant highlighting risk of renewed war

News Agency/via AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A drone strike sparked a fire on the edge of the United Arab Emirates' sole nuclear power plant on Sunday in what authorities called an "unprovoked terrorist attack

How Iran has changed, and how it hasn’t, in two months of war

Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen. They have also brought some of the paramilitary fighters inside Iran to help them control the situation, with Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) or Hashd al-Shaabi and other armed

Israeli attacks on Gaza increased by 35% since Iran ceasefire: Report

news agency. “It stopped in the announcement, but in reality and on the ground, the war has not stopped,” he added. His family has been living in a shelter in the ruins of Khan Younis

Nato seeks to ‘understand the details’ of US decision to withdraw troops from Germany

Israel, Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE. A preexisting transatlantic rift has been significantly worsened by the refusal of Washington’s Nato allies to get involved in the war with Iran after the initial US-Israeli

Analysis: Bennett-Lapid alliance attempt to unseat Israel’s Netanyahu

Lebanon and Iran – even if they appear to have [slipped beyond his control](/news/2026/4/24/reality-check-israeli-ambitions-confront-us-dictates-in-iran-and-lebanon). Netanyahu’s soft underbelly, however, has been the multiple corruption charges he faces, and the related ongoing trial, increasing his desparation

Iran war day 70: US, Iran trade fire in Hormuz amid ceasefire tensions

Israel are expected to hold a new round of negotiations in Washington on May 14-15 aimed at reaching a peace agreement, a US official said, despite new Israeli strikes. ## In the Gulf - **UAE urges

What’s happening on day 96 of Iran war as US, Iran engage in new attacks

Israel war on Iran [entered its 96th day](/news/liveblog/2026/6/3/iran-war-live-us-strikes-irans-qeshm-says-tehran-attacks-kuwait-bahrain?update=4621777), the conflict widened across the Gulf region, with both sides reporting new military actions. The United States military said on Wednesday it carried

BRICS talks end without joint statement as divisions over Iran war deepen

news conference that a BRICS member had blocked parts of India’s statement. Iran repeatedly targeted its Gulf neighbour following the outbreak of the war on February 28, reportedly striking the UAE more than

Ships attacked in Strait of Hormuz after ceasefire extension

attacks come after President Trump indefinitely extended the ceasefire with Iran at the 11th hour, ahead of its expiration. Trump said he was doing so at the request of mediating country Pakistan and it would

U.S. military says it's striking 'multiple targets' in Iran in 2nd day of renewed fire

attack helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz. The helicopter collided with an Iranian drone, according to a U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. It wasn't clear whether

Ed Husic calls on Labor to establish ‘red line’ on Israel’s actions, including treatment of flotilla activists

News Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) Husic said there was growing disquiet about Israel among Labor MPs, including after Israel’s national security minister, [Itamar Ben-Gvir](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/20/israeli-security-minister-itamar-ben-gvir-stirs-diplomatic-outrage-with-flotilla-activist-abuse-video), taunted detained flotilla activists last

The US, Israel and the normalisation of scandal

Lebanon stopped Israel from continuing to commit mass murder and pulverising the southern portion of the country. Meanwhile, televangelist Paula White-Cain, head of the White House Faith Office and Trump’s personal spiritual adviser