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The Iran war has strengthened Ukraine in surprising ways. Could a ceasefire with Russia be closer?

drone strikes on energy-producing infrastructure reduced Russia's earnings by $1 billion, eradicating around two-thirds of the previous week's gains. Another plus for Ukraine from the Iran war fallout has been finally

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

drones at regional countries, as well as US forces, if the US and Israel actually try to take Iran “back to the Stone Age”, as threatened by Trump, through more strikes against critical civilian infrastructure

$25bn or $1 trillion: How much has Iran war really cost the US?

related deaths among its service members, with more than 200 injuries. ## Did Democrats buy it? Democrats questioning Hegseth and his associates were not buying the responses on the cost of the Iran war. Representative

Iran’s currency falls to new low as US blockade, sanctions impact trade

strikes](/news/2026/4/7/iran-warns-region-and-beyond-as-tension-builds-ahead-of-us-ultimatum) against ports, naval facilities, airports, and railway networks across the country. Iran’s top steel and petrochemical producers were also extensively bombed, as were oil and gas facilities, power stations, and major industrial

Katya Adler: Europe's Nato allies push back at reported US threat to Spain

relations between Europe and the United States, along with a potentially devastating defence impact, reared its Medusa-like head. Again. "No worries," Spain's determined-to-appear calm prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, said to waiting

Why are anti-war protests in the West muted on Iran?

strikes on Lebanon, which have killed more than 1,300 people, and its invasion of southern Lebanon. Opinion polls in the US and Europe say the war is deeply unpopular. But widespread anger against

‘A stress test’: US-Germany rift widens as Iran-war drags on

impact may be limited. More consequential, analysts say, could be a separate decision to cancel plans to station long-range weapons systems in Germany. On Monday, the German defence ministry said there had been

Turkiye unveils its first intercontinental ballistic missile: What we know

strikes by attacking US military assets and infrastructure in the Middle East, Ankara [reported](/news/2026/3/18/turkiye-says-nato-bringing-in-more-defences-after-missile-interceptions#:~:text=NATO%20air%20defences%20shot%20down,second%20missile%20on%20March%209.) that NATO’s air defences shot down ballistic missiles

Two wins, two losses: What India, Pakistan have learned a year after war

relative position against one another”, he told Al Jazeera, “or if one party will pull away the next time around”. ## Beyond the hardware Despite these upgrades, Pakistan’s air defence posture remains its most exposed