Foreign secretary says one third of those who were in region have left as MPs press for support for those still stranded Ben Quinn Political correspondent The number of UK nationals flown back from the Middle East since the start of the conflict with Iran reached 100,000 on Tuesday, Britain’s foreign secretary has said. Yvette Cooper told parliament this…
Saeed Shahin Islamabad Experts say attacks on Afghanistan are ‘defensive, not offensive’ but carry a risk of spiralling cycle of violence An escalating Pakistani campaign of airstrikes against targets in Afghanistan is aimed at forcing the Taliban authorities to abandon their support for Pakistani militants, according to officials and experts. The strategy is to impose such a…
Iran experts believe the symbolism of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death is overwhelming and that the regime will struggle to fill the power vacuum Robert Tait Even before US and Israeli missiles began raining down, those sensing the winds of change were forecasting a Berlin Wall moment for Iran. Mass nationwide demonstrations in January – although…
Last week, Lebanon was in relatively good shape. Its armed forces were supporting the steady advancement of state authority. Preparations for legislative elections were in full swing. Long-awaited reform was underway. A World Bank loan was poised to kick-start reconstruction. And, warming relations between Lebanon and Syria were opening new areas for bilateral cooperation. Of…
US president leaves open possibility of US troop deployment in Iran, while ruling out having Kurdish forces in Iraq mount an invasion US-Israel war on Iran – follow live Hugo Lowell aboard Air Force One Donald Trump on Saturday offered only a vague description of what he meant by his demand for an unconditional surrender by Iran’s…
Restart of operations will be a relief to those stranded but may not dispel doubts raised by past week about key transit hub Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent After nearly a week of uncertainty, airspace closures and very limited flights, news that hundreds of thousands of passengers around the world were hanging on for emerged: the Gulf-based…
In reality, US president’s opposition to foreign entanglements had only ever been partial Julian Borger in London and Andrew Roth in Washington Donald Trump ordered the launch of the war on Iran last Friday afternoon while on board Air Force One, as the presidential plane made its descent towards Corpus Christi, Texas. Trump was on his way to…
Among the 3,000 delegates is former athlete who sits as an independent on the National People’s Congress Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent Among the generally drab lineup of mostly middle-aged men in suits who make up the nearly 3,000 delegates to the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s parliament, a few stand out. There are delegates from…
Trump cited debunked claims in video address that Iran was on verge of nuclear weapons to justify US casualties Edward Helmore Donald Trump recorded a new video address on Sunday, vowing to avenge three American deaths after the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran and accusing the Iranian regime of “waging war against civilization itself”. The US president addressed…
Critics claim the operations are geared at social media, but police say they have enabled real arrests Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok Police officers from Bangkok’s metropolitan bureau had less than 24 hours to prepare for their latest undercover operation. They would be starring as performers of a lion dance at a temple fair held for the…