Archives for March, 2026

The HMS Dragon during ammunitioning operations at Upper Harbour Ammunitioning Facility (UHAF) in Portsmouth Harbour, after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that Britain would deploy the naval vessel, along with helicopters equipped with counter drone capabilities, to the eastern Mediterranean as the conflict in the Middle East intensifies, in Portsmouth, Britain March 4, 2026. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

Analysis-UK’s slow support for allies in Iran conflict deepens doubts about military effectiveness

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Smoke rises following an explosion in Tehran, Iran, March 1. Majid Asgaripour/WANA

US-Israeli strikes on Iran in breach of international law, says Italian minister

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Vehicles drive along a street near the Diplomatic Quarter, following drone strikes that hit the U.S. embassy compound and were intercepted by Saudi air defences, according to the Defence Ministry, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 3, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Stringer

Diplomats in Riyadh ordered to shelter in place due to potential threat, sources say

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reacts during a one-on-one interview with Reuters on the Iran crisis and Ukraine war, at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium March 5, 2026. REUTERS/Yves Herman

NATO's Rutte backs Macron's nuclear revamp but says US umbrella is ultimate guarantee

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A sign in support of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last shah, is displayed as men make bread at Tavazo, a Persian patisserie in Finchley, an area known for a high concentration of Persian businesses and home to a large Iranian community, in London, Britain, March 4, 2026. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

Joy of UK's Iranian diaspora turning to fear as conflict rocks homeland

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Security personnel stand guard as an ambulance enters inside the Galle National Hospital, following a submarine attack on the Iranian military ship, IRIS Dena, off the coast of Sri Lanka, in Galle, Sri Lanka, March 5, 2026. REUTERS/Thilina Kaluthotage REFILE - CHANGING NAME OF HOSPITAL

Factbox-Iranian warship sunk by US torpedo participated in Indian drill

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a visit to the North Macedonian army's Ilinden barracks in Skopje, North Macedonia, March 3, 2026. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

Exclusive-NATO's Rutte does not see need to invoke Art. 5 after missile incident

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a visit to the North Macedonian army's Ilinden barracks in Skopje, North Macedonia, March 3, 2026. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski/File Photo

Exclusive-NATO allies will keep supporting Ukraine despite situation in Iran, Rutte says

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TEHRAN, IRAN - JANUARY 10: Iranian Basij militia members display their drones during military manoeuvres on January 10, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Basij, a militia group that has played a prominent role in suppressing protests, held military manoeuvres in the Iranian capital. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Azerbaijan accuses Iran of drone strike on airport

The attacks damaged an airport in the Nakhchivan exclave and slightly wounded two civilians.

Supplies are displayed on shelves at a supermarket, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 3, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Rula Rouhana

Gulf food strategy tested as Iran war snarls shipping routes

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FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises after reported Iranian missile attacks, following United States and Israel strikes on Iran, as seen from Doha, Qatar, March 1, 2026. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo

Russia accuses US and Israel of trying to drag Arab countries into a wider Middle East conflict

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Smoke rises following an explosion, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 5, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iran has not requested Russian arms supplies, Kremlin says

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Smoke rises following a drone explosion at the airport of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video released March 5, 2026. Social Media/via REUTERS

Azerbaijan says two people injured by Iranian drones

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Sakhi Aun Muhammad, a medical student of Tehran University of Medical Science (TUMS) speaks with Reuters after returning from Iran along with others, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Quetta, Pakistan, March 4, 2026. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed

Pakistanis fleeing Iran describe strikes shaking ground under their feet

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European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European Commission Vice-President Kaja Kallas attends a press conference in Krakow, Poland, February 20, 2026. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki

Gulf countries concerned about risk of Iran civil war, says EU's foreign chief

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FILE PHOTO: Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler attends a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, as a part of a NATO Defence Ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 4, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

Turkey says it is closely following actions of Iranian Kurdish PJAK militant group

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