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Firefighters spray smoldering debris at the site of an Israeli airstrike that struck a building in Beirut, Lebanon, April 8, 2026
Middle East / 8 April 2026
8 April 2026

Iran and US agree two-week ceasefire as Israel launches new strikes on Lebanon

CRISIS LOOMING: Fishing boats dot the sea as cargo ships, in the background, sail through the Arabian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz off the United Arab Emirates, Friday March 27 2026
Features / 9 April 2026
9 April 2026

Fertiliser chaos triggered by Gulf conflict could send prices soaring and leave millions facing devastating hunger, writes DYLAN MURPHY

A boy sleeps out in the open beside the roses he sells to passersby to make a living, along a seaside promenade in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, April 5, 2026
Global Poverty / 6 April 2026
6 April 2026
Displaced people who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon sit inside tents used as shelters as a rainbow breaks through the rain in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 29, 2026
Editorial / 30 March 2026
30 March 2026
People gather to greet freed Palestinian prisoners arriving on buses in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails under a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 13, 2025
Middle East / 30 March 2026
30 March 2026
From left: US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US President Donald Trump, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listen during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, March 26, 2026
United States / 27 March 2026
27 March 2026

As the US deepens its assault on Iran, a radicalised Maga fringe is embracing anti-semitism and fascist ideas – revealing the toxic politics unleashed by imperialist war, argues KEVIN OVENDEN

Members of the Iranian Red Crescent Society and other people carry a black sack containing the body of a victim who was killed after a residential building hit by a US-Israeli strike in Tehran, March 27, 2026
Middle East / 27 March 2026
27 March 2026