Archives for May, 2026

Emergency responders assisted by other people and heavy machinery inspect the site of an Israeli strike in Saksakiyeh, Lebanon, May 9, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Stringer

Israeli strike kills seven in south Lebanon, Lebanese health ministry says

Reuters

Israeli settlement structuers being installed in Sanur near Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 9, 2026. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Settlers force re-burial of Palestinian man in West Bank, family says

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: 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/File Photo

UK deploys warship to Middle East with eye on potential Hormuz mission

Reuters

Israel hit a car on a motorway south of Beirut

At least 8 killed as Israel pounds Lebanon despite truce

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Brazilian Activist Thiago Avila, who was detained aboard the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, which was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters, appears at a court in Beersheba, southern Israel May 6, 2026. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo

Gaza flotilla activists to be released from Israel detention and deported

Reuters

Israel has continued to carry out strikes in southern Lebanon, with Hezbollah retaliating with missiles launched at a military base

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Agence France-Presse

Following the start of the war with US-Israeli attacks on February 28, Iran largely closed the Strait of Hormuz and the US later imposed its own blockade of Iranian ports

Iran keeps US waiting for response on peace plan

Agence France-Presse

Sameer Abu Salah, a 54-year-old Palestinian from Gaza, has been stranded in the occupied West Bank since the the war erupted

'No home left' for Gazans stranded in West Bank since Oct 7

Agence France-Presse

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, May 8, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

US, Iran no closer to ending war as Gulf clashes flare

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 12, 2026. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon

Analysis-Trump's feuds, tensions with allies likely to outlast Iran war

Reuters

A tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for oil

Trapped seafarers traumatised by Gulf fighting: charities

Agence France-Presse

A bronze seal for the Department of the Treasury is shown at the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

US imposes sanctions on 10 individuals, companies for aiding Iran's weapons sector

Reuters

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan attend a news conference following their talks in Moscow, Russia March 17, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool

Russia's Lavrov tells UAE counterpart of need to support US-Iran talks

Reuters

The United Nations headquarters before a meeting on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at the U.N., in New York City, U.S., April 27, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

US revises UN resolution on Iran but China, Russia still expected to veto

Reuters

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Zawtar el-Gharbiyeh

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Agence France-Presse

A woman walks past a banner featuring Iran's late supreme leaders, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C), next to newly elected Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in Tehran on April 19, 2026.

Analysis

Why Iran's wartime behavior risks lasting rupture with Gulf states

Iran's rhetoric and policies toward Gulf states have sharply escalated, raising questions about whether years of painstaking regional rapprochement can survive mounting distrust and maritime confrontations.

A correspondent in Tehran

By A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics