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Three Palestinian women killed in Iranian West Bank strike

Cluster munitions hit the territory as the Islamic Republic took aim at Jerusalem

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

A Palestinian civil defence worker inspects the site where shrapnel from projectiles fell in Beit Awa near the West Bank city of Hebron on March 18, 2026 (Getty Images)

Qatar Energy's operating facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City, pictured on March 3, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

Qatar declares Iranian embassy staff ‘persona non grate’ after gas facility strike

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

US President Trump speaks to members of the media traveling on Air Force One en route to Miami on March 7, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

Trump distances US from Israeli strikes on Iranian gas field

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

A plume of smoke rises from the port of Jebel Ali following a reported Iranian strike in Dubai on March 1, 2026. (Image: Getty)

By Julie Fishman Rayman

Iran’s attacks expose the IRGC threat Europe can no longer ignore

3 min read

Prime Minister's Questions

Starmer and Badenoch trade blows on Iran and Mandelson in tense PMQs

By Lorin Bell-Cross

4 min read

US President Trump speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One on March 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

Trump labels BBC coverage of Iran War ‘corrupt and fraudulent’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Israel

Elderly couple killed in cluster bomb strike on Ramat Gan

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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By Jonathan Sacerdoti

The ‘moderate’ who ran death squads: how BBC and Sky sanitise the Iranian regime

Ali Larijani was no reformer but a central figure in repression – and yet much of British media coverage blurred that reality

4 min read

March 17, 2026 17:23

Iran's security chief Ali Larijani (C) and Iran's ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani (R) attend a ceremony marking the first anniversary of Israel's assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (Image: Getty)

By Yaakov Katz

Trump’s time advantage: the key to the Iran war strategy

From a purely military perspective, what has been achieved over the past weeks is nothing short of extraordinary – and the president is still at the beginning of his tenure

5 min read

March 17, 2026 16:25

Herzog voices concern for Commonwealth Jewry in the wake of terror attacks

The Israeli president is also calling for European support for efforts to disarm Hezbollah in Lebanon

By Natalie Lisbona

1 min read

March 17, 2026 16:18

Israeli President Isaac Herzog (Image: Israeli embassy)

UN agency launches investigation into strike on Iranian girls’ school

The US and Iran have traded blame for the incident, which local authorities say killed 168 people

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 17, 2026 15:14

This picture, obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency, shows the site of a strike on a girls' school in Minab, in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, on February 28, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israeli journalist sent death threats by ‘prediction market’ speculators over Iran missile report

Emanuel Fabian was allegedly pressured to change details of his coverage in an apparent attempt to manipulate the outcome of online bets

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 17, 2026 15:04

Times of Israel military correspondent Emanuel Fabian, pictured on November 20, 2024 (Flash90)

Head of US counter-terror agency resigns, blaming Iran War on ‘powerful’ Israel lobby

Joe Kent said he was leaving his position as he could not support the conflict ‘in good conscience’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 17, 2026 14:41

Joe Kent, the now-ex director of the US National Counterterrorism Center (Office of the Director of National Intelligence)

Iran hits US embassy in Baghdad as Gulf strikes continue

President Trump also put pressure on Nato allies to join his initiative to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz, but European powers appear reluctant to get involved

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 17, 2026 11:42