People film projectiles over Doha in Qatar on June 23, 2025.

Oman Air suspends some regional flights amid tensions

International concern focused on fears that the US attacks would deepen conflict

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Iran's move to block Strait of Hormuz: What's next?

Oil prices spike, markets wobble as Iran votes to slam the gate on strategic waterway

File picture shows Iranian military personnel placing a national flag on a submarine in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's parliament has voted on Sunday to block the vital waterway, triggering a spike in global oil prices.

Israel's own nuclear program remains ambiguous

Israel is one of just five countries that aren’t party to a global nuclear treaty.

A file image made from a video aired by Israeli television station Channel 10 shows what the TV station claims is Israel's nuclear facility in the southern Israeli town of Dimona.

Egypt: Nine dead as four buildings collapse in Cairo

The tragedy began with the sudden collapse of two adjacent buildings on Abu Seif Street

A file picture of people and rescue workers carry a body which was removed from the site of a collapsed eight-storey building into an ambulance, in the Cairo suburb of Matariya.

Why Iran-Israel conflict threatens Middle East’s future

Only bold diplomacy can avert a wider catastrophe in a region already pushed to the edge

Firefighters and people clean up the scene of an explosion in a residence compound after Israel attacked Iran's capital Tehran, Friday, June 13, 2025.

Inside the US strike on Iran's deep nuclear bunkers

US has deployed its most powerful non-nuclear weapon, the 14000-kg GBU-57 bunker busters

A B-2 Spirit multi-role bomber (left) conducts air refueling operations with a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Pacific Ocean. At right, a US Air Force handout photo shows weapon specialists looking on as a mock-up Massive Ordnance Penetrator sitting in a bomb bay of the B-2 weapons load trainer on December 18, 2007 at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.

US to China: Deter Iran from closing Strait of Hormuz

Analysts have said Iran may opt to retaliate to Washington's early Sunday attack

The Gulf of Oman and the Makran region (C) in southern Iran and southwestern Pakistan, and the Strait of Hormuz (L) and the northern coast of Oman (bottom).

Israel says striking Tehran, western Iran

Iran launched 2 waves of missiles at Israel following the US bombing of its nuclear sites

This combination of pictures shows Iran's Isfahan nuclear enrichment facility on June 16, 2025 (top), and Iran's Isfahan nuclear enrichment facility in central Iran after US strikes on June 22, 2025.

Syria raises Damascus church attack toll to 20 dead

Suicide bomber detonates explosive belt inside Saint Elias Church in Damascus

State news agency SANA reported unspecified casualties

Did the US strikes succeed, and how will Iran respond?

There is speculation nuclear material had already been moved away

A B-2 Stealth Bomber comes in for a landing at the Palmdale Aircraft Integration Centre of Excellence in Palmdale, California.

Iran parliament approves closure of Strait of Hormuz

Iran lawmakers back Strait of Hormuz closure after US strikes on nuclear sites

A view of the Strait of Hormuz. The move comes less than 24 hours after a series of coordinated US airstrikes damaged Iran’s nuclear facilities in Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan.

US strikes on Iran: What we know so far, what’s next

From bunker-busting bombs to diplomatic fallout — here’s what triggered the strikes

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows damage at the Fordow enrichment facility in Iran after US strikes, on June 22, 2025.

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