Special Interest:
Middle East
Israel pummels Lebanon
Israel carried out a wave of air strikes across Lebanon on Wednesday, which killed at least 182 and wounded hundreds more.
Reported - 08/04/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0j6d538l6qo
Officials meet in Pakistan
US officials, headed by Vice President JD Vance, have met with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ahead of peace talks with Iran.
Reported - 11/04/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn4v0xm9y0kt
WHO suspends Gaza medical evacuations
The World Health Organization has suspended medical evacuations from Gaza to Egypt via the Rafah crossing after a contractor was killed by Israeli troops on Monday.
Reported - 07/04/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g8pzpw2g2o
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/7/who-halts-gaza-medical-evacuations-after-worker-killed
Israel kills Iran navy chief
Israel says it has killed Alireza Tangsiri, the Iranian navy chief overseeing the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Reported - 26/03/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy81p99x07no
Israel to control large buffer zone in southern Lebanon
Israeli troops will control a large swathe of southern Lebanon as part of their campaign against Hezbollah, Defence Minister Israel Katz says.
Reported - 24/03/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy91j9qwp4do
Iranian missiles hit near Israeli nuclear site
Israel's health ministry says 180 people were injured - some seriously - in Iranian missile strikes on Arad and Dimona, towns close to a nuclear facility.
Reported - 23/03/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9qdvnv13qdo
Energy facility targeted in Middle East
Gas prices are rising in Europe following an attack on Qatar's Ras Laffan energy complex by Iran, in response to Israeli strikes on the South Pars gas field in Iran.
Reported - 19/03/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c24d410m3g4t
Iran's intelligence minister killed
Iran's intelligence minister Esmail Khatib has been killed in an airstrike, the country's president has confirmed.
Reported - 18/03/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2d1dz14k51o
Iranian security chief killed in air strike
Israel says Iran's top security official, Ali Larijani, and the head of the paramilitary Basij force, Gholamreza Soleimani, have been killed in Israeli air strikes.
Reported - 17/03/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24deezq6meo
Pakistan air strike on Kabul
More than 100 people have been killed in a Pakistani air strike on a drug treatment centre in Afghanistan's capital.
Reported - 16/03/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g8n7e0l40o
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/16/asia/pakistan-afghanistan-strike-hospital-latam-intl
Israeli ground operations in Lebanon
Israel's military says its troops have begun "limited and targeted ground operations" against the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
Reported - 16/03/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyz78kgp22o
US refuelling plane crashes in Iraq
4 crew members have died as a result of a US military refuelling aircraft crash in western Iraq, US Central Command (Centcom) has said.
Reported - 13/03/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0dz5ql17vo
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/us-military-aircraft-iraq-crash
US targeting Iranian ships
The US military says it has "eliminated" 16 Iranian mine-laying ships in the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran attempts to blockade the passage.
Reported - 11/03/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd70wzw9vqlt
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/11/us-iran-strait-of-hormuz-mine-boat-attacks
Iran names new Supreme Leader
Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes, has been chosen as his successor.
Reported - 08/03/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78xxg05w0zo
Israeli special forces raid Lebanese village
Dozens of people have been killed in Lebanon in major Israeli air and ground operations, in a failed operation to recover the remains of an Israeli military airman who went missing in Lebanon 40 years ago.
Reported - 07/03/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8l2p2l3v0o