[AUDIO] Andy Burnham apologises for Labour’s stance on Gaza and says it ‘didn’t get...
Pippa Crerar
The Guardian / July 9, 2026
PM-in-waiting says party must ‘do better’ in approach to Middle East and he will put more pressure on...
US launches strikes on Iran for a second day after Trump says agreement to...
Nadeem Badshah
The Guardian / July 9, 2026
Attacks on three locations across Iran came after three tankers in the strait of Hormuz were targeted on...
Gadi Eisenkot: the ex-general who could break Netanyahu’s grip on Israeli politics
Amelia Hankins
The New Arab / July 9, 2026
Surging in the polls, the ex-military chief has become the face of Israel's opposition and the biggest...
Why the post-war reality belongs to Iran
Imran Khalid
Foreign Policy in Focus / July 9, 2026
Whatever the fate of the current ceasefire, Iran has won the first round of the conflict.
Oil...
As millions mourn Ali Khamenei, Iran prepares for a new chapter
Fateme Karimkhan
New Lines Magazine / July 9, 2026
Red flags filled Tehran as people gathered for the slain leader’s funeral, but behind the grief and...
US targets Iran railways as it unleashes deluge of strikes for third day
Sharon Zhang
Truthout / July 9, 2026
The US military said it has struck over 170 targets in Iran over the past two days.
The U.S. military...
How Iran used Ali Khamenei’s funeral as a political and diplomatic tool
Marzieh Kouhi-Esfahani
The Conversation / July 9, 2026
Ali Khamenei, who served as Iran’s supreme leader until his assassination in a US-Israeli operation in February 2026,...
Amnesty International calls for investigation into Israeli air strikes on Lebanon as ‘war crimes’
Middle East Monitor / July 9, 2026
Amnesty International on Thursday called for an investigation into three Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon carried out...
Applying the imperial rule in the Strait of Hormuz
Edward Hunt
Foreign Policy in Focus / July 9, 2026
The Trump administration rejects international law but demands Iranian compliance.
The Trump administration is reviving an imperial...
‘It was back-to-back explosions’: Iranians recall 48 hours of terror after US attack on...
Deepa Parent
The Guardian / July 9, 2026
Residents in Bandar Abbas and Sirik regions describe communities in fear and ‘feeling abandoned’ after US strikes.
Residents in...
