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Starmer is not trying to ‘de-escalate’ the war on Iran – he has got us involved
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Roger McKenzie
A general view of Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery in Kuwait, March 20, 2026
Middle East / 20 March 2026
Iran hits Kuwaiti oil refinery as US and Israel continue to attack Tehran
20 March 2026
A woman rides an electric scooter past a factory displaying an image depicting the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, bearing the words ‘Socialism or Death,’ in Havana, Cuba, March 19, 2026
Cuba / 20 March 2026
Millions in US do not want bombs falling on Havana, say activists
20 March 2026
An explosion erupts from a building following an Israeli strike in central Beirut, Lebanon, March 18, 2026
Lebanon / 19 March 2026
War correspondent attacked and injured by Israeli warplane in Lebanon
19 March 2026
Pedestrians walk below an image of César Chavez on a mural in San Francisco, March 18, 2026
United States / 19 March 2026
Cesar Chavez accused of sexually abusing union leader Dolores Huerta and others
19 March 2026
People watch the sunset from the Malecon during a blackout in Havana, March 16, 2026
Latin America / 18 March 2026
Cuba's Diaz-Canel slams US threats to overthrow Cuba
18 March 2026
Democratic Republic of Congo Patrice Lumumba (centre, left) arriving in New York City, July 24, 1960
Belgium / 18 March 2026
Belgium to try former diplomat for the murder of Patrice Lumumba
18 March 2026
Joe Kent, Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, speaks during a congressional debate at KATU studios October 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore.
United States / 17 March 2026
Trump's counter terrorism chief quits over war in Iran
17 March 2026
Street vendors chat during a blackout in Havana, March 16, 2026
Cuba / 17 March 2026
Island-wide blackout hits Cuba
17 March 2026
Fire and plumes of smoke rises after a drone struck a fuel tank forcing the temporary suspension of flights near Dubai International Airport, in United Arab Emirates, early March 16, 2026
Middle East / 16 March 2026
Fears of a global energy crisis grow as Strait of Hormuz remains closed
16 March 2026
A boy pushes a bicycle carrying jerrycans of water through a sandstorm in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, March 14, 2026
Gaza / 16 March 2026
Israel to allow reopening of the Rafah crossing
16 March 2026
Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble after a strike in southern Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2026
Iran / 13 March 2026
US-Israel missiles target Tehran Al-Quds Day Palestinian solidarity march
13 March 2026
Smoke emits from the Afghan side as trucks are parked along a roadside following cross-border clashes between Pakistan and Afghan forces, near the Torkham border crossing point, Pakistan, February 28, 2026
Central Asia / 13 March 2026
Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of targeting homes in air attack that killed at least 4
13 March 2026
Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026
Iran / 12 March 2026
Iran’s Supreme leader warns Strait of Hormuz closure will be used as leverage
12 March 2026
Two women from the Iranian Red Crescent Society stand as a thick plume of smoke from a U.S.-Israeli strike on an oil storage facility late Saturday rises in the sky in Tehran, Iran, March 8, 2026
Middle East / 10 March 2026
US, Israel and Iran continue missile barrages as Trump sends mixed messages on war
10 March 2026
Mexican ship ARM Huasteco, carrying aid according to the Mexican government, arrives to Havana Bay, Cuba, February 28, 2026
World / 10 March 2026
International People’s Assembly launches solidarity mission to Cuba and Venezuela
10 March 2026
Coffins holding the bodies of mostly children are prepared for the funeral of those killed in what Iranian officials said was an Israeli-U.S. strike Feb. 28 at a girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran, Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Iran War / 9 March 2026
US likely responsible for killing at least 165 in Iranian school attack, new report
9 March 2026
Women's right activists take part in a rally to mark International Women's Day, in Karachi, Pakistan, March 8, 2026
Human Rights / 9 March 2026
International Women's Day reclaimed as a day of protest for change
9 March 2026
Two women from the Iranian Red Crescent Society stand as a thick plume of smoke from a US-Israeli strike on an oil storage facility late Saturday rises in the sky in Tehran, Iran, March 8, 2026
Middle East / 8 March 2026
Iranian oil facilities hit hard by US and Israeli air strikes
8 March 2026
US President Donald Trump speaks at the Shield of the Americas Summit at Trump National Doral Miami, Florida, March 7, 2026
Latin America / 8 March 2026
Cuba slams ‘reactionary and neocolonial’ inaugural Shield of America meeting
8 March 2026
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Dahiyeh area of Beirut, March 5, 2026
Middle East / 6 March 2026
Iran and Israel exchange massive waves of missile attacks
6 March 2026
Plumes of smoke rise as strikes hit the city during the US–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, March 5, 2026
Middle East / 5 March 2026
Iran launches new wave of attacks against US and Israeli targets
5 March 2026
A screen showing Chinese President Xi Jinping as Premier Li Qiang delivers his work reports during the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, March 5, 2026
China / 5 March 2026
China aims for growth target of between 4.5 and 5%
5 March 2026
Ethnic minority delegates arrive to attend the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, March 4, 2026
China / 4 March 2026
China set to unveil sweeping new five-year plan as National People's Congress opens
4 March 2026
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
War on Iran widens across the Middle East
3 March 2026
A man inspects a car damaged after a Pakistani strike in on a refugee camp in Takhta Pul district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, February 28, 2026
World / 3 March 2026
Intense fighting continues between Pakistan and Afghanistan
3 March 2026
Afghan Taliban soldiers look toward the Pakistani side on the Afghan side of the Torkham border crossing with Pakistan in Torkham, Afghanistan, February 27, 2026
South Asia / 27 February 2026
Pakistan in ‘open war’ with Afghanistan
27 February 2026
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
Risk of war grows as Iran and US fail to reach nuclear deal
27 February 2026
Vehicles drive past the Saint Sarkis church and a painting of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini in downtown Tehran, Iran, February 25, 2026
Middle East / 26 February 2026
Iran and the US hold hours of nuclear talks
26 February 2026
Kenya / 26 February 2026
Kenyan communist leader Omole kidnapped, tortured and illegally detained
26 February 2026
Members of the Congress give a standing ovation as President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, February 24, 2026
United States / 25 February 2026
Trump met with heckles during his State of the Union speech
25 February 2026
Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit, in the
Sudan / 25 February 2026
UN slams paramilitary attacks on civilians and calls for an end to the war in Sudan
25 February 2026
US President Donald Trump leaves after an event to proclaim ‘Angel Family Day’ in the East Room of the White House, February 23, 2026
United States / 24 February 2026
Trump slams reports that top general has warned him of the risks of attacking Iran
24 February 2026
Pedestrians walk past a billboard depicting a US aircraft carrier with damaged fighter jets on its deck and a sign in Farsi and English reading, ‘If you sow the wind, you'll reap the whirlwind’, at Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, February 22, 2026
International Relations / 23 February 2026
Iran-US nuclear talks set to continue in Geneva on Thursday
23 February 2026
Palestinians gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City, February 22, 2026
Middle East / 23 February 2026
Gaza child dies waiting for Israeli permission to leave for treatment
23 February 2026
Israeli soldiers stand guard as Palestinian worshippers line up to pass through the Israeli military Qalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, February 20, 2026
World / 20 February 2026
Israel blocks Palestinians from Ramadan prayers at Al-Aqsa
20 February 2026
Sudanese families displaced from El-Fasher reach out as aid workers distribute food supplies at the newly established El-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, Sudan's Northern State, November 16, 2025
Sudan / 20 February 2026
Three aid workers killed in paramilitary drone attack in Sudan's Kordofan
20 February 2026
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen during his funeral in the West Bank Bedouin village of Umm al-Khair, August 7, 2025
West Bank / 17 February 2026
Prosecutors plan to charge Israeli settler with killing Palestinian activist
17 February 2026
Tourists walk along the seafront promenade while a tanker exits Havana, Cuba, February 14, 2026
Cuba / 17 February 2026
Tens of thousands of pregnant Cuban women at risk due to US fuel blockade
17 February 2026
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali delivers a speech during the annual African Union Summit at the Addis International Convention Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 14, 2026
World / 16 February 2026
Enslavement and colonisation were crimes against humanity, say African leaders
16 February 2026
Palestinians walk along the separation barrier between the West Bank and east Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, February 15, 2026
West Bank / 16 February 2026
International community blasts Israel over occupied West Bank move
16 February 2026
Marco Rubio
World / 15 February 2026
Rubio gives green light to new era of US-European colonialism
15 February 2026
Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, center, greets the crowd during a military-backed tribes' rally in the Nile River State of Sudan
World / 15 February 2026
At least 6,000 killed over 3 days during RSF attack on Sudan’s el-Fasher, says UN
15 February 2026
Francesca Albanese, United Nations special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, following a press conference at Buswells Hotel in Dublin, March 20, 2025
Gaza Genocide / 13 February 2026
UN defends rapporteur Albanese after calls for her resignation
13 February 2026
Israeli soldiers during a raid in the occupied-West Bank town of Nablus, February 11, 2026
Middle East / 11 February 2026
Israel attacks Gaza and the occupied West Bank as Palestinian humanitarian crisis deepens
11 February 2026
South Sudanese women line up for food rations at a World Food Programme (WFP) distribution point organised by Catholic Relief Services in Jonglei state, South Sudan, November 13, 2024
East Africa / 11 February 2026
South Sudan on the ‘precipice’ as violence escalates, UN warns
11 February 2026
A Palestinian woman walks on the road in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026
Middle East / 10 February 2026
Israeli moves ahead with ‘de facto’ sovereignty over the occupied West Bank
10 February 2026
Children ride a merry-go-round on a playground surrounded by trash in Old Havana, Cuba, February 7, 2026
Latin America / 10 February 2026
Fuel supplies in Cuba reach critical levels
10 February 2026
Israeli soldiers in the Balata refugee camp in the occupied-West Bank, February 1, 2026
Middle East / 9 February 2026
Israel slammed over new West Bank settler laws
9 February 2026
US President Donald Trump tours ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ a new migrant detention camp at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in Florida, on July 1, 2025
Human Rights / 9 February 2026
The number of people in US immigration detention tops 70,000 for the first time
9 February 2026
fidel smirnov
Adelante! / 8 February 2026
Fidel Castro still guiding spirit of resistance, his grandson tells the Adelante Conference
8 February 2026
GAZA
Middle East / 8 February 2026
Rafah reopening allows Palestinians to cross between Egypt and Gaza
8 February 2026
putin and trump
South Africa / 8 February 2026
SA communists welcome Russia and US nuclear talks
8 February 2026
Firefighters extinguish a fire at a destroyed building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Ain Qana village, south Lebanon, February 2, 2026
Middle East / 5 February 2026
Israeli air attacks on Lebanon reach highest levels since ceasefire
5 February 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping via videoconference at the Kremlin in Moscow, February 4, 2026
World / 5 February 2026
Chinese and Russian leaders meet in video summit
5 February 2026
U.S. President Barack Obama (left) and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev (right) shake hands at a news conference at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, April 8, 2010, after signing the New START treaty reducing long-range nuclear weapons
World / 4 February 2026
Peace campaigners warn of arms race as New Start treaty expires
4 February 2026
CHOICE WORDS: People take part in a Stand Up To Racism counter-protest against a far right demo at the Cladhan Hotel in Falkirk, housing asylum-seekers, September 2025
Features / 5 February 2026
To confront the far right, the left must confront itself too
5 February 2026

The far right thrives on division, but denying racism within the left only strengthens it. As we mobilise for the All Together March, real solidarity demands honesty about our own failures, argues ROGER McKENZIE

A man walks between American and Cuban flags in Havana, February 1, 2026
Latin America / 4 February 2026
Anti-Cuban US escalation justified only by hatred, say unions
4 February 2026
A UN vehicle escorts ambulances and a bus carrying Palestinian patients in Khan Younis as they travel to the Rafah crossing to leave the Gaza Strip for medical treatment abroad, February 3, 2026
Middle East / 3 February 2026
Treatment of Palestinians crossing Rafah is ‘collective punishment,’ Hamas says
3 February 2026
Two women embrace next to a banner with a photo of Ran Gvili after the announcement that the hostage, whose remains were the last to be recovered from Gaza, had been identified, in a plaza known as Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 26, 2026
Gaza / 26 January 2026
Remains of the final hostage in Gaza recovered
26 January 2026
Protesters gather at Embarcadero Plaza for a protest in San Francisco, January 24, 2026, in response to a fatal shooting in Minneapolis
US / 25 January 2026
Thousands take to the streets to protest latest ICE's latest killing in Minneapolis
25 January 2026