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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
Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept missiles from Iran over Tel Aviv, Israel, March 26, 2026
Middle East / 27 March 2026
27 March 2026

The belief that leadership removal can dismantle Iran reflects a flawed reading of history, write RAMZY BAROUD and ROMANA RUBEO

 

First responders inspect a destroyed car at the site of a residential building hit in an overnight strike during the U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, northwestern Iran, March 24, 2026
Middle East / 25 March 2026
25 March 2026
Plumes of smoke rise from an oil facility in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, March 14, 2026
Cost-of-Living Crisis / 24 March 2026
24 March 2026

Green Party leader Polanski slams Chancellor Reeves' ‘unbelievably weak response’ to the ‘enormous bill hikes facing households’

US President Donald Trump speaks with the media before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Florida, March 23, 2026
Middle East / 25 March 2026
25 March 2026

RAMZY BAROUD and ROMANA RUBEO analyse how the US has consistently negotiated in bad faith to secure the element of surprise in military attack

US President Donald Trump speaks during the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy presentation with the Navy Midshipmen football team in the East Room of the White House, March 20, 2026
Cost-of-Living Crisis / 20 March 2026
20 March 2026
A building collapses as smoke rises following an Israeli strike in central Beirut, Lebanon, March 18, 2026
War / 21 March 2026
21 March 2026

Militarism and war cannot be separated from ‘bread and butter issues,’ argues MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS — opposing them is central to trade unionism

A rescue worker carries a child at the scene of an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut, Lebanon, March 18, 2026
Middle East / 18 March 2026
18 March 2026
President Donald Trump stands on stage next to the FIFA World Cup after receiving the FIFA Peace Prize during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, December 5, 2025
Men’s Football / 17 March 2026
17 March 2026
Rescue workers carry a severely injured man after pulling him from the rubble following a strike in southern Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 13, 2026
Editorial: / 13 March 2026
13 March 2026
One of Britain's F-35B jets at RAF Marham in Norfolk
Iran / 14 March 2026
14 March 2026

As the Stop the War Coalition holds its annual conference, ANDREW MURRAY warns that Britain’s alignment with US foreign policy is fuelling global instability and diverting billions from welfare, wages and public services

EXPRESSING REVULTION: CND, Stop the War, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain and Friends of Al-Aqsa organised national protest march to the US Embassy in London. March 7 2026
Protest / 13 March 2026
13 March 2026

KEITH FLETT argues that we need to stand up to those in power every single time they transgress

WORLDWIDE RESISTANCE: South Koreans in Seoul denounce the US and Israeli attacks on Iran in Seoul yesterday
Global Politics / 13 March 2026
13 March 2026

ALAN SIMPSON offers a few pointers on dealing with the ongoing, Trump-led destruction of the norms of a rules-based international order established post-WWII

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends a debate at the Senate regarding the conflict in Iran and the Gulf region, in Rome, March 11, 2026
Diplomacy / 11 March 2026
11 March 2026
British Royal Marines at the Alfaw Oil fields during the illegal invasion of Iraq, March 2003
Voices of Scotland / 10 March 2026
10 March 2026

As tensions escalate over Iran, CAROL MOCHAN MSP argues that Britain must finally learn from the disastrous legacy of Iraq and choose diplomacy over another catastrophic conflict

The Anglo-Iranian oil refinery at Abadan, Iran, March 18, 1951
Middle East / 10 March 2026
10 March 2026

From the colonial oil plunder of 1909 to the current threat of a regional inferno: Western interference in Iran forms a chain of coups, puppets, and cynical geopolitics centered on oil, says MARC VANDEPITTE

A protester takes part in a demonstration organised by CND, Stop the War, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain and Friends of Al-Aqsa, at the US Embassy in London, March 7, 2026
Iran War / 8 March 2026
8 March 2026

Starmer attempts to make up with the warmongering US president as tens of thousands protest against the bombing of Iran over the weekend

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
8 March 2026
Graves being prepared for the victims, mostly children, of an Israeli-US strike on a girls' primary school in Minab, Iran, March 2, 2026
Iran / 9 March 2026
9 March 2026

DR HANA SAADA asks why a war crime against innocent children on this scale does not dominate the world’s coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran

Protesters from the CND, Stop the War, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain and Friends of Al-Aqsa, lead a national demonstration to the US Embassy in London to call for an end to attacks on Iran, March 7, 2026
Anti-War / 9 March 2026
9 March 2026

A call from the World Peace Council to the peace movements of the world