Yemen
- Explainer
- Middle East tensions
‘The Great Satan’: How the era of the ayatollahs began
Iran has a new Supreme Leader, only its third in nearly half a century. Here’s how the clerics came to power – and held on to it.
- Angus Holland
Latest
Trump weighs new military options against Iran
The plans being considered by the US president go beyond those he considered weeks ago amid widespread protests against Iran’s government.
- Tyler Pager, Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt, David E. Sanger and Helene Cooper
Trump 2.0 is all about power. His biggest move may be just days away
Under Trump 2.0, the so-called norms of the rules-based order are being tossed aside in favour of raw power and brute strength. But it won’t necessarily pay off.
- Michael Koziol
- Analysis
- Middle East tensions
Trump trapped as tensions between two powerful allies burst into the open
Growing animosity between a crown prince and a powerful sheikh reached a dramatic climax this week, in a development that could move markets and disrupt the world.
- Vivian Nereim
UN’s grim week: 6 peacekeepers and an interpreter killed, 10 more staffers detained in Yemen
The United Nations fears its peacekeepers, interpreters and other staff are increasingly coming under attack.
- Edith M. Lederer
Hegseth under pressure after Pentagon watchdog finds he put troops at risk
Sources shared the findings of a report after the US defence secretary shared information about a military strike on a Signal group chat.
- Lisa Mascaro and Ben Finley
- Updated
- Israel
Israeli air strike takes out Yemen’s Houthi prime minister
The Iran-backed Houthi movement vowed to continue “in open war” with Israel until the war in Gaza ends.
- Updated
- Middle East at war
Four people rescued from Red Sea nearly 48 hours after Houthis bombed cargo ship
Ten people from the Greek ship Eternity C remain missing, and the attackers are believed to be holding six of them, maritime security sources said.
- Renee Maltezou and Jonathan Saul
The sheikh who conquered soccer – and coddles warlords
The Emirati vice president is best known as the owner of Manchester City soccer club. Behind the scenes, he is called the “handler” guiding his country’s secret foreign wars.
- Declan Walsh and Tariq Panja
America’s most feared: The B-2 ‘stealth’ bomber that struck Iran’s ‘nuclear mountain’
The batlike B-2 is perhaps the most potent symbol of US military power – and it’s the only plane that could strike Iran’s deepest nuclear site.
- Tom Housden