News24 | US embassy in Iraq comes under drone, rocket attack as Iran war expands

17/03/2026 06:50 News 24

A drone and rocket attack targeted the US embassy in Baghdad, while a strike killed four people at a house reportedly hosting Iranian advisors, security officials said, pulling Iraq deeper into the Middle East war.

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News24 | Trump insists ‘nobody expected’ Iran retaliation on Gulf allies after US, Israel strikes

US President Donald Trump was warned that attacking Iran could trigger retaliation against US Gulf allies despite his claims that Tehran’s reaction came as a surprise, said a US official and two sources familiar with US intelligence reports....

17/03/2026 05:00 News 24

News24 | NATO allies refuse Trump’s Strait of Hormuz warship request as oil soars

NATO allies and other Western nations pushed back on Monday on US President Donald Trump’s demand that alliance members help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the critical conduit for crude oil that Iran has effectively closed....

17/03/2026 03:58 News 24

News24 | Qatar Airways announces limited March flight schedule as airspace remains closed

Qatar Airways has announced a limited flight schedule to and from the Qatari capital, Doha, as the US-Israeli war on Iran roils air travel in the region....

17/03/2026 03:55 News 24

News24 | ‘AI can be very dangerous’: Trump accuses Western media of Iran fake news war coordination

US President Donald Trump accused Iran of using artificial intelligence as a “disinformation weapon” to misrepresent its wartime successes and support....

16/03/2026 11:33 News 24

News24 | Iran wants ‘serious review’ with Gulf Arab ‘neighbours’, amid war with US, Israel

Iran’s relations with Gulf states will require a “serious review” in light of the US-Israeli war on Iran, limiting ‌the power of external actors so the region can become prosperous, said Tehran’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia....

16/03/2026 07:10 News 24

News24 | Trump ‘demanding’ other countries assist the US in opening Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump said his administration is talking to seven countries about helping to secure the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Israeli war on Iran, calling on them to help protect ships in the vital waterway that Tehran has mostly blocked to oil tanker traffic....

16/03/2026 05:14 News 24

News24 | Israel settlers use cover of Iran war restrictions to attack West Bank Palestinians

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank are taking advantage of curbs on movement imposed during the war on Iran to attack Palestinians, with military roadblocks preventing ambulances from reaching victims quickly, rights groups and medics say....

16/03/2026 03:38 News 24

News24 | Ukraine finds new role as protector of US, Gulf allies amid Iran war

The United States, which stopped providing military and financial assistance to Ukraine under President Donald Trump, has asked for Kyiv’s assistance in protecting its bases from Iranian retaliatory strikes in the Gulf....

13/03/2026 19:10 News 24

News24 | Sanctions relief against oil ‘increasingly inevitable’ to stabilise markets, says Russia

Moscow said on Friday that the global energy market “cannot remain stable” without its oil, piling pressure on Washington to lift more sanctions as the Middle East war strangles supplies....

13/03/2026 14:28 News 24

News24 | White House aides in tug-of-war battle for Trump ear over Iran war exit strategy debate

A complex tug-of-war inside the White House is driving US President Donald Trump’s shifting public statements on the course of the Iran war, as aides debate when and how to declare victory even as the conflict spreads across the Middle East....

13/03/2026 11:30 News 24

News24 | Israel, Iran exchange fire in fresh attack waves, up to 3.2 million people displaced

Fresh strikes rocked Iran and several Gulf countries, as Israel and the Islamic Republic unleashed a new wave of attacks in a war that has ignited the Middle East and threatens to torpedo the world economy....

13/03/2026 09:20 News 24

News24 | Iran, US, Israel leaders defiant and vow to continue war as death toll hits 2 000

The leaders of Iran, Israel and the US all voiced defiance and vowed to fight on as the Middle East war approached the two-week mark, killing thousands of people, disrupting the lives of millions of others and ‌shaking financial markets....

13/03/2026 05:00 News 24

News24 | Trump administration spent $11.3bn in first few days of Iran war, may ask for more cash

Officials from US President Donald Trump’s administration estimated during a congressional briefing this week that the ‌first six days of the war on Iran had cost the United States at least $11.3 billion, a source familiar with the matter said....

12/03/2026 09:00 News 24

News24 | Trump's 'racist hate speech' fuelling rights abuses: UN watchdog

A UN watchdog warned on Wednesday that racist hate speech by US President Donald Trump and other political leaders, coupled with intensified immigration crackdowns, was fuelling grave rights violations....

11/03/2026 16:57 News 24

News24 | ‘Not our fight’: Iran war exposes divide among Europe’s far-right parties

The US-Israeli war on Iran has exposed divisions among Europe’s far-right parties and personalities....

11/03/2026 14:29 News 24

News24 | Hezbollah returns to guerrilla warfare as it awaits full-scale Israel invasion of Lebanon

Lebanon’s Hezbollah is applying lessons from its last war with Israel as it braces for a possible full-scale Israeli invasion and protracted conflict, returning to its roots in guerrilla warfare in south Lebanon, four Lebanese sources said....

11/03/2026 12:20 News 24

News24 | Container ship hit as Iran chokes Strait of Hormuz amid war with US, Israel

A container ship was hit off the coast of the United Arab Emirates by an unidentified projectile, a British maritime security agency reported, as Iran retaliates across the Gulf in response to US-Israeli strikes....

11/03/2026 07:17 News 24

News24 | Iran war sends oil price soaring as Khamenei son takes charge

The Iran war sent oil prices spiralling above $100 a barrel on Monday after Tehran under new leader Mojtaba Khamanei fired a new barrage of missiles at Israel and its crude-exporting Gulf neighbours....

11/03/2026 03:44 News 24

News24 | Israel says Iran hacked security cameras

Israel’s cybersecurity directorate said it had identified “dozens of Iranian breaches into security cameras for espionage purposes” since the start of the war in the Middle East, urging the public to be vigilant....

10/03/2026 17:50 News 24

News24 | Iran bets on endurance strategy to grind down US-Israel resolve for war

Iran is wagering it can outlast the US and Israel - not militarily - but by grinding the war into a brutal contest of endurance....

10/03/2026 11:50 News 24

News24 | Iran’s Revolutionary Guards demand end to US-Israeli strike, vow to block Middle East oil

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they would not allow “one litre of oil” to be shipped from the Middle East if US and Israeli attacks continue, prompting a warning from US President Donald Trump that the US would hit Iran much harder if it ‌blocked exports from the vital energy-producing reg...

10/03/2026 07:10 News 24

News24 | ‘They have nothing left’: Trump hints at end to Iran war, and oil prices fall, stocks jump

Oil prices tanked and equities rallied following a wild day of swings that came after US President Donald Trump said the US-Israel war on Iran would be ending earlier than thought....

10/03/2026 05:00 News 24

News24 | US State dept approves weapons sale to Israel in emergency of Trump govt’s ‘own creation’

The US State Department approved the “emergency” sale of 12 000 bomb casings to Israel on Friday as the countries engage Iran in an escalating Middle East war....

10/03/2026 03:34 News 24

News24 | ‘A warning has been issued’: Iran threatens property confiscation for US, Israel support

Iranians living ‌abroad could have property confiscated and face other legal penalties if they express ‌support for the United ⁠States and Israel, the Iranian prosecutor ⁠general’s office said....

09/03/2026 13:56 News 24

News24 | Iran strikes Gulf countries, driving up oil prices, leaving airline passengers stranded

Iran launched fresh strikes on energy installations in the Gulf, including a petroleum complex in Bahrain, as oil prices soared on fears over supply disruptions due to the Middle East war....

09/03/2026 09:10 News 24

News24 | Iran names Mojtaba Khamenei supreme leader as Trump threatens ‘he’s not going to last long’

Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father, Ali Khamenei, as supreme leader, signalling that hardliners remain firmly in charge, as the week-old US-Israeli war with Iran pushed oil above $100 a barrel....

09/03/2026 05:59 News 24

News24 | Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to target US forces - report

Russia is providing Iran with targeting ‌information that includes locations of US warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the Washington Post reported ‌on Friday, citing three officials familiar with the ⁠intelligence....

06/03/2026 17:56 News 24

News24 | ‘No deal with Iran except unconditional surrender,’ Trump says

Donald Trump has stressed that any deal with Iran must result in the country’s “unconditional surrender”, setting maximalist war objectives for the United States....

06/03/2026 16:09 News 24

News24 | US says it will escort ships in the Strait of Hormuz ‘soon’

The US energy secretary said on Friday the US Navy was preparing to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz “as soon as it’s reasonable to do it,” as traffic through the key trade route remains strangled due to the US-Israel war on Iran....

06/03/2026 14:58 News 24

News24 | Greece to deploy Patriots to protect Bulgaria amid Iran war fears

Greece will deploy a Patriot missile battery and two F-16 jets in the north of the country to help defend neighbouring Bulgaria as the Middle East war flares, Defence Minister Nikos Dendias said on Friday....

06/03/2026 14:24 News 24

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