Archives for April, 2026

A view of the B1 bridge is pictured, a day after it was destroyed by a strike in Karaj, around 20miles (35kms) southwest of Tehran, April 3, 2026. US President Donald Trump said on April 2 the tallest bridge in Iran had been destroyed, hours after threatening to bomb the country "back to the Stone Ages." (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images) /

Analysis

Why Trump's infrastructure-focused strikes risk hardening Iran's war posture

Targeting infrastructure has opened a new phase in the US-Israel-Iran war, hardening Tehran's stance and pushing the conflict toward attrition with fewer off-ramps.

A correspondent in Tehran

By A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

Israeli defence systems kicked in to repel attacks over Tel Aviv

Israel using AI to fine-tune air raid alert system

Agence France-Presse

Randy George (left) is the latest senior military officer to be ousted, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (right) insisting the president is simply choosing the leaders he wants

Hegseth fires top US army general in new shake-up

Agence France-Presse

Pope Leo XIV delivers a homily during the Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 29, 2026. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

Pope Leo urges Israel's Herzog to end Iran war in phone call, Vatican says

Reuters

The vessel belongs to CMA CGM, a French container transportation and shipping company

Container ship declaring French ownership passes through Hormuz strait

Agence France-Presse

Sacks of harvested wheat are seen at a grain market in Gaggarpur village, in the northern state of Haryana, India, April 25, 2025. REUTERS/Bhawika Chhabra

World food price rise set to continue if Iran war lasts, FAO says

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Afghan men walk next to debris lying at the site of a drug rehabilitation center destroyed in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 18, 2026. REUTERS/Sayed Hassib/ File Photo

China says peace talks advance between Afghanistan, Pakistan

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan, of the French far-left opposition party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed - LFI), attend a political rally by the alliance of left-wing parties, called the "Nouveau Front Populaire" (New Popular Front) in Montreuil, near Paris, on the first day of official campaigning for the upcoming French parliamentary elections, France, June 17, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

French far-left MEP Rima Hassan to be tried in July over post on X

Reuters

The B1 bridge, southwest of Tehran, is shown on April 3, 2026, a day after it was struck

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Agence France-Presse

Iran's former top diplomat urges deal with US to end war

Agence France-Presse

Cars queue to cross Anzac Bridge during peak hour in Sydney, Australia, March 30, 2026. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo

Australians cancel Easter travel as worries mount over fuel crisis

Reuters

French President Emmanuel Macron waves to media as he leave Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, South Korea, April 2, 2026. Yonhap via REUTERS

South Korea, France agree to deepen defence cooperation amid Middle East conflict

Reuters

Iranian women hold portraits of Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei (R) and Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) while gathering in front of Tehran's Mellat park on April 2, 2026

Iran hunts crew member of crashed US jet after one reported rescued

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Analysis-Trump's anger over Iran thrusts NATO into fresh crisis

Reuters

Smoke rises following a reported strike, as burning debris litters the surrounding area, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Baharestan, Isfahan province, Iran in this screengrab taken from a social media video released on April 1, 2026. SOCIAL MEDIA/via REUTERS/File Photo

US vows to target more Iranian infrastructure as nations seek to open Hormuz

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. April 1, 2026. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Trump threatens to strike Iran's bridges and electric power plants

Reuters