Security

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AFP)

Middle East

Netanyahu Declares Israeli Forces Striking 'Heart of Tehran,' Vows Intensified Operations

The building of the Kuwait’s Health Ministry. (Photo: Kuwait’s Health Ministry)

Middle East

One Dead, 32 Injured in Kuwait Amid Escalating Iran Retaliation Campaign

USA

CENTCOM Confirms Three US Service Members Killed in Operation Epic Fury Amid Iran Conflict

Iraq

Iran-Backed Iraqi Militia Says Four Fighters Killed in US-Israeli Airstrike as Protests Erupt Across Iraq

Israeli emergency service officers search the scene of a missile attack near Bet Shemesh, some 30 kilometres west of Jerusalem on March 1, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

Middle East

Iranian Missile Strike Kills Eight in Israel’s Beit Shemesh Amid Escalating Regional Conflict

The US Embassy is seen across the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq, June 12, 2025. (PHOTO: AP)

Iraq

U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Issues Nationwide Security Alert, Suspends Consular Services

A yacht sails past a plume of smoke rising from the port of Jebel Ali following a reported Iranian strike in Dubai on March 1, 2026.

Middle East

UAE Warns Iran Against Targeting Neighbors as Gulf Retaliation Enters Second Day

People gather to mourn the death of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint US and Israeli strikes, at a square in Tehran on March 1, 2026. (AFP)

Middle East

Iran’s President Pezeshkian Declares Khamenei Killing a “Declaration of War Against Muslims”

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Iraq’s most revered Shiite cleric. (Cleric's Media Office)

Iraq

Grand Ayatollah Sistani Urges Iranian Unity as Iraq Mourns Khamenei’s Death

US President Donald Trump delivers a speech at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka on Oct. 28, 2025. (AFP)

USA

Trump Threatens “Unseen Force” as Iran Vows Fierce Retaliation

Ali Larijani, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)

Iran

Iran’s Security Chief Warns Against Division, Announces Interim Leadership Council After Khamenei Killing

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)

Iran

Trump Says Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Is Dead, Promises Continued Military Pressure

U.S. President Donald Trump. (Photo: AFP)

Middle East

Trump Vows Swift Resolution as U.S. and Israel Strike Iran; Larijani Warns of Lasting Lesson to Aggressors

Demonstrators wave Iranian flags and banners of armed factions while carrying portraits of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the flag of Kataib Hezbollah during a protest near Baghdad’s Green Zone, Feb. 28, 2026. (Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Pro-Iran Demonstrators March Toward U.S. Embassy in Baghdad as Airstrikes Hit Jurf al-Sakhar

Smoke and fire trail from a U.S. destroyer in Gulf waters as it launches rockets toward Iranian targets, Feb. 28, 2026, as part of Operation Epic Fury. (Photo: CENTCOM)

Middle East

CENTCOM Details U.S.-Led Strikes on Iran in Operation Epic Fury, First Public Account of Early Saturday Offensive

Smoke rises over Manama, Bahrain, following explosions on Saturday, February 28, 2026. (Photo: Bahraini social media)

Middle East

Iran Strikes Gulf States as Residential Areas Targeted, Hormuz Closed and Widespread Missile Exchanges Rock Region