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Donald Trump gets 'the last laugh' as US kills alleged Iranian assassination plotter

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that an Iranian official behind an attempt to ​assassinate Donald Trump in 2024 has been…

The Royal Navy's destroyer will arrive too late for Cyprus - the French are already here

Twice, the air raid sirens sounded around RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on Thursday afternoon. We were rushed inside as soldiers lay on the floor in body…

Panic on the streets of Beirut as Israeli rhetoric sparks fears of all-out war

The news spread like wildfire and within minutes, the streets of Beirut were gripped with panic.

What satellite images reveal about war in Iran

Satellite images have revealed the scale of damage at Iranian military sites following US and Israeli strikes, but civilian infrastructure has also…

Defence secretary twice declines to rule out Britain joining strikes on Iran

Defence secretary John Healey has twice declined to rule out Britain joining strikes on Iran, when asked by Sky News.

Ukraine peace talks could be postponed for 'a while' due to Iran war

Ukraine has raised the prospect of postponing future peace talks aimed at ending its four-year-old war with Russia, because of the Iran conflict.

Unafraid of the wrath of Donald Trump, Spain's PM Pedro Sanchez has said 'no to war'

At a time when few seem willing to risk the wrath of the US president, Spain is an outlier.

'A chance for freedom' - Kurdish fighters desperate to join battle against Iran

I have witnessed Iraqi and Iranian Kurdish fighters working with American forces in Iraq and Syria over many years.

As Trump unleashes chaos, China has a message it wants the world to hear

It's been a snowy and bitterly cold morning in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

European nations step in to protect Cyprus as UK warship delay criticised
Millions in Cuba hit by blackout as Trump embargo bites

Millions of people were left without electricity in Cuba after a shutdown at one of the country's largest thermoelectric power plants.

'You can hear the boom': Sky News takes cover from rocket fire as Israel tries to wipe out Hezbollah

As acts of vengeance go, which is what Hezbollah says its strikes on northern Israel in the early hours of Monday morning were, this was not especially…

Iran's attacks are being repelled - but the numbers suggest there could soon be a problem

America's allies in the Middle East are reportedly begging Donald Trump for a swift end to the conflict.

Talk of what comes next for the Iranian people was conspicuous in its absence from White House briefing

Regime change isn't what it used to be. Donald Trump himself had talked it up as a reason for attacking Iran.