#Iran crisis

The commanding officer of the United Kingdom’s Type 45 destroyer the HMS Dragon Ian Griffin on Tuesday said he is “immensely proud”, after the ship arrived in the waters off ...

Cyprus and Greece reviewed the presence of Greek military assets on the island and discussed Cyprus’ interest in acquiring the Kentavros defence system, during a meeting in Athens on Tuesday ...

Israel’s military will occupy southern Lebanon up to the Litani River, defence minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday, the first time Israel has clearly spelled out its intent to ...

Apparent U.S.-Israeli airstrikes hit a headquarters of Iraq’s umbrella group for Iran-backed Shi’ite militia and a residence belonging to its leader on Tuesday, an escalation of ...

Still not four full weeks into the war, and already Donald Trump’s “short-term excursion” – decapitate the Iranian regime with a surprise attack and impose harsh terms on the defeated ...

Bahrain has put forward a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would authorise countries to use “all necessary means” – diplomatic language for force – to protect commercial shipping in and ...

Global air travel remains severely disrupted after the war in Iran forced the closure of major Middle Eastern hubs, including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi, stranding tens of thousands of ...

The United States will continue its strikes on Iran, with the pause applying only to attacks on Tehran’s energy sites, Semafor reported on Monday, citing a U.S. official, ...

Iran launched waves of missiles at Israel on Tuesday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said there had been “very good and productive” talks aiming at halting the ...

Ukraine’s military intelligence has “irrefutable” evidence that Russia continues to provide intelligence to Iran and such activity can only prolong the war in the Middle East, Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

The United Kingdom’s Type 45 destroyer the HMS Dragon has arrived in the waters off Cyprus, British Defence Secretary John Healey said on Monday. He told the country’s parliament ...

Israel should extend its border with Lebanon up to the Litani River deep inside the country’s south, Israel’s finance minister said on Monday as Israeli troops bombed bridges ...

Daily flights between Jordan and Cyprus will operate during the upcoming Passover period, as Israeli travel company ISSTA moves to address restricted air capacity and rising demand for outbound travel. ...

Discount airline easyJet’s CEO said on Monday that ticket prices will rise towards the end of the summer due to the Iran war, adding that the conflict was driving ...

Cyprus remains “a safe country”, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Pace) Petra Bayr said on Monday, expressing solidarity with Cyprus and its people. Bayr, heading ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer summoned a national emergency meeting on Mondayto deal with the economic fallout from the escalating war in Iran, as Britain’s government borrowing costs surged to ...

The board of directors of British Cypriots expressed strong concern on Monday over the United Kingdom’s travel advice for Cyprus, warning that heightened safety warnings are causing cancellations and ...

Iran denied on Monday that it had engaged in negotiations with the United States, after President Donald Trump postponed a threat to bomb Iran’s power grid because of what ...

Israel said on Monday its own forces had misfired artillery that killed an Israeli farmer near the Lebanese frontier, the first Israeli civilian killed in a border conflict being waged ...

El Al Israel Airlines said on Monday it was reviewing its operations after the Transportation Ministry ordered a reduction of traffic at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv. Israel’s ...

Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community organisation in north London were set ablaze in a suspected antisemitic hate crime, police said on Monday, “An investigation has been launched after ...

Iran will attack Israel’s power plants and those supplying U.S. bases across the Gulf region if President Donald Trump carries out his threat to “obliterate” Iran’s power ...

Israel’s military has been ordered to destroy all bridges over Lebanon’s Litani River and to step up the demolition of Lebanese homes near the Israeli border, the country’...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran threatened to escalate their war by attacking energy facilities in the Gulf, a potential widening of hostilities that could deepen a regional crisis ...