Tehran is seeking to choke the vital Strait of Hormuz to oil traffic following US and Israeli strikes against Iran, with fears it could be using sea mines to do so. Any Iranian mining of the key shipping lane, as its forces did in the 1980s, would be a nightmare for Western demining teams. Here’s an explainer:

US intelligence indicates that Iran’s leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of collapse any time soon after nearly two weeks of relentless US and Israeli bombardment, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

Nearly every US Senate Democrat signed a letter sent to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday requesting a “swift investigation” of airstrikes on a girls’ school in Iran that killed scores of children and any other potential US military actions causing civilian harm.

If Vladimir Putin’s quarter-century of expansionist rule has taught the West anything, it’s that the Russian president shouldn’t be taken at his word.

Meeting scheduled for March 18-19

Message read by a newscaster on state television

The latest report was completed within the last few days, the source said.

People left in waves, especially those who were next to targets.

China is North Korea's largest trading partner and a vital source of diplomatic, economic and political support for the isolated nuclear state.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a post on social media platform X

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and the ruling J&K National Conference leader, Farooq Abdullah, on Wednesday had a close shave after a man allegedly fired a shot at him during a wedding function in Jammu. Abdullah was accompanied by Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary when the incident occurred.

The wealthy US allies had long been seen as safe havens in a turbulent Middle East, but the current war has spread across the region and seen their critical infrastructure, military bases and energy facilities targeted.

Congress may soon consider providing billions in Iran war funding

Reuters first reported that strike was likely carried out by US military

Iran yesterday said the world should prepare for oil to hit $200 a barrel, as three more ships came under attack in the blockaded Gulf, forcing governments to tap their strategic oil reserves.

The UAE President wrote a patriotic poem that was performed by the national orchestra, state media said yesterday, as his country faced the attacks unleashed by Iran after US-Israeli strikes.

China warned the United States yesterday that the excessive use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its military could plunge the world into a “Terminator”-like dystopian future.

Ukraine hit a “key” military factory in a missile strike Tuesday on Russia’s western city of Bryansk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said after Moscow gave a toll of six dead in the attack.

The Iranian capital has experienced one of its most intense nights of bombardment by the United States and Israel since the start of the war 10 days ago as numerous areas of the sprawling city have been hit to devastating effect.

Since the US and Israel unleashed strikes on Iran on February 28, war has spread across the region and casualties have been reported in countries around the Middle East.