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👉 Listen to This Is Why on your podcast app 👈 The warship HMS Dragon is now not expected to leave for the Mediterranean...

A week of attacks on Iran and the killing of its supreme leader and senior commanders have plunged Iran into crisis – who’s in...

Ukraine has raised the prospect of postponing future peace talks aimed at ending its four-year-old war with Russia, because of the Iran conflict. The...

It’s been a snowy and bitterly cold morning in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. It’s a place where journalists and their cameras are usually not allowed;...

I have witnessed Iraqi and Iranian Kurdish fighters working with American forces in Iraq and Syria over many years. The Kurds were instrumental in...

As acts of vengeance go, which is what Hezbollah says its strikes on northern Israel in the early hours of Monday morning were, this...

Regime change isn’t what it used to be. Donald Trump himself had talked it up as a reason for attacking Iran. In a White...

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that an Iranian official behind an attempt to ​assassinate Donald Trump in 2024 has been killed...

Donald Trump’s offer of US-backed insurance and naval escorts for shipping travelling through the Strait of Hormuz has not prevented maritime premiums soaring as...

👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 What happens next in Iran? Will there be regime change?...

Iran has made a “big mistake” by not just attacking US bases and assets in the Gulf states, but also targeting civilians in the...

Forget science fiction. The age of AI in war is here. Israel has used AI systems in Gaza to flag potential targets and help...

Britain will deploy HMS Dragon and helicopters with anti-drone capabilities in Cyprus, Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed. The prime minister said on social media...

Mexican gang boss “El Mencho” was buried in a shiny gold coffin as heavily armed soldiers guarded his funeral. Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, who led...

A top US politician has threatened Cuba’s leaders days after the killing of Iran’s head of state. Lindsey Graham, Republican senator for South Carolina...

Tributes have been paid to people killed in a mass shooting at a Texas bar – as it was confirmed a third victim has...

Take the win or double down. That’s Donald Trump’s dilemma as the war escalates with Iran. He says there could be weeks more to...

Some wars start slowly while others spring to life at speed. This one is racing, transforming nations, politics and loyalties at a spectacular rate....