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An F-35 arriving back at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, June 2019
Iran / 4 March 2026
4 March 2026

Corbyn tables Commons Bill requiring Parliament's approval before allowing foreign militaries to use British bases

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks to soldiers at the RAF base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, during his three-day trip to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Cyprus, December 10, 2024
Editorial: / 4 March 2026
4 March 2026
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump during a press conference at Chequers, near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, September 18, 2025
Middle East / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026

Prime Minister urged to ditch Trump as campaigners warn US's illegal war in Iran will raise energy bills and worsen public services

A woman walks past a building which was damaged after a strike on a police station amid the US–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, March 3, 2026
Middle East / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026
A plume of smoke rises following a US-Israeli military strike in Tehran, Iran, March 3, 2026
Editorial: / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, March 2, 2026
Editorial: / 2 March 2026
2 March 2026
A plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 2, 2026
War / 2 March 2026
2 March 2026

Tehran retaliates with attacks on Israel, the Gulf Arab states and crude oil flows

The arm of a deceased person is seen protruding from the rubble as rescue workers and residents search in the aftermath of an Israeli-US strike on a girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran, February 28, 2026
Middle East / 2 March 2026
2 March 2026
Police officers fire tear gas shell to disperse Shiite Muslims during a protest to condemn the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Karachi, Pakistan, March 1, 2026
South Asia / 2 March 2026
2 March 2026
Civil defence workers survey the rubble of a police station after it was struck amid the joint U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026
Middle East / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026

The US-Israeli strikes against Iran are part of a decades-long war against the Islamic Republic which has refused to bow to US demands that it surrender its sovereignty, argues VIJAY PRASHAD

People watch from a rooftop as a plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 1, 2026
Middle East / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026

History shows from Iraq to Libya, and now Iran, that regime-change fantasies rarely deliver stability — but they always deliver human and economic cost, says MARYAM ESLAMDOUST

FOREVER WAR: This photo provided by the White House which has been partially blurred, shows President Donald Trump talking with CIA director John Ratcliffe (left) Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida during Operation Epic Fury on Saturday
Features / 2 March 2026
2 March 2026

As Washington and Tel Aviv escalate their assault on Iran, the rhetoric of ‘great power’ politics masks a faltering empire resorting to familiar regime-change tactics, says JOHN McINALLY

A plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 1, 2026
Iran / 1 March 2026
1 March 2026
CARNAGE: Rescue workers and residents search through the rubble after an Israeli-US strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, Saturday February 28
Features / 2 March 2026
2 March 2026

Hundreds protested against the US-Israel attacks on Iran in Parliament Square on Saturday, fearing a wider conflagration and horrified by the targeting of young schoolchildren, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Iranian navy ships conducting operations during a join drill by Iranian and Russian forces in the Indian Ocean, February 17, 2026
Middle East / 27 February 2026
27 February 2026