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Milad telecommunication tower is seen at left in a general view of a part of Tehran, Iran, April 23, 2026
Middle East / 24 April 2026
24 April 2026
Iran's Mehdi Taremi shoots a penalty kick to score his side's second goal during a friendly soccer match between Iran and Costa Rica, in AIran's Mehdi Taremi shoots a penalty kick to score his side's second goal during a friendly soccer match between Iran and Costa Rica, in AIran's Mehdi Taremi shoots a penalty kick to score his side's second goal during a friendly soccer match between Iran and Costa Rica, in Antalya, southern Tntalya, southern Turkey, March 31, 2026.ntalya, southern Turkey, March 31, 2026.
Men's Football / 23 April 2026
23 April 2026
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, after he returned from Miami, April 12, 2026
Anti-War / 21 April 2026
21 April 2026

CND and the Stop the War Coalition are calling for a mass protest this Saturday to end British complicity in illegal US strikes at RAF Fairford. SOPHIE BOLT explains

The sun rises behind tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, April 18, 2026
Middle East / 19 April 2026
19 April 2026
Backdropped by ships in the Strait of Hormuz, damage, according to local witnesses caused by several recent airstrikes during the U.S.-Israel military campaign, is seen on a fishing pier in the port of Qeshm island, Iran, April 13, 2026
Middle East / 17 April 2026
17 April 2026
Assem Abdallah reacts as he enters his friend apartment destroyed in a Israeli airstrike in Kfar Roumman, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah
Middle East / 18 April 2026
18 April 2026

Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon is just the latest of its recurring cycles of aggression in the region, says VIJAY PRASHAD

A shopper in a supermarket
Britain / 16 April 2026
16 April 2026

Food crisis looming as Iran war hits supply chain

Eliana Abi Nassif, 2, holds a doll next to her family's tent used as a shelter after fleeing Israeli bombardment in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, in Beirut, April 15, 2026
Middle East / 16 April 2026
16 April 2026
Goods at a food bank
Editorial / 16 April 2026
16 April 2026
A volunteer talks on his phone while walking amid the debris of a residential building that was damaged on March 4 during the US-Israeli military campaign, in southeastern Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2026
Middle East / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026
A cargo ship sails in the Persian Gulf towards Dubai port as seen from Ajman, United Arab Emirates, April 14, 2026
Middle East / 14 April 2026
14 April 2026
Women walk past a banner depicting the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S. and Israel strikes on Feb. 28, in northern Tehran, Iran, April 12, 2026
Middle East / 13 April 2026
13 April 2026
An excavator removes rubble as a firefighter sprays water on smoldering debris at the site of a strike that destroyed half of the Khorasaniha Synagogue and nearby residential buildings in Tehran, Iran, April 7, 2026
Middle East / 14 April 2026
14 April 2026

From Vietnam to Iran, US leaders repeat a failed strategy of terror bombing – one that history shows cannot break a determined, resilient society, says DYLAN MURPHY

Displaced families extend their hands while waiting for donated food beside the tents they use as shelters after fleeing Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, April 9, 2026
Lawman / 11 April 2026
11 April 2026

ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?

Rescuers carry an injured man from a destroyed building that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut, Lebanon, April 8, 2026
Editorial / 9 April 2026
9 April 2026