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Members of the Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah attend the funeral of their members, who were killed in an airstrike that targeted a Hashd al‑Shaabi headquarters near the western al‑Qaim district on the Syrian border, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in Baghdad, Iraq, on 2 March, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Why is US ally Iraq unable to disarm Iran's militia allies?

Five Iran-aligned armed groups have rejected the government’s 30 September deadline to surrender their weapons, dissolve their organisations and join state security forces.

An Iranian crude oil carrier identified as M/T Riesco burns as it sinks after being struck, which US Central Command says it targeted after attempted Iranian missile attacks on a US Navy warship over the past two days, at a location given as the Gulf of Oman, in this still image taken from video released on 8 September, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Iran and US hit tankers in biggest wave of attacks on shipping since war began

A person stands outside the British Consulate, on the day Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said he would close it in response to trade sanctions imposed by British Prime Minister Andy Burnham against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, in Jerusalem, September 8, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Jamal Awad

Israel tells British consulate in East Jerusalem to close within 30 days: Sources

Image: picture-alliance/AP Photo/H.Mohammed

Iran building new network of proxies to pressure US Gulf allies: Officials

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Israel's Netanyahu denies UAE warned him of October 7 attack

A representational image of the Strait of Hormuz. Photo: Reuters

Shipping traffic via Strait of Hormuz stays below 10-day average: Data

An unmanned US submersible Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it captured at the entrance of the Strait of Hormuz, at an undisclosed location in Iran, in this picture obtained on September 8, 2026. Photo: IRGC/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Iran says it captured US submarine drone in Strait of Hormuz

A drone view of the Libis' factory in Shilo, a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad

How two Israeli brothers are driving a West Bank settler land grab

Smoke rises from a burning truck during what the Houthis say was an attack targeting trucks coming from Saudi territory, at Al-Wadiah border crossing near Al-Wadiah, on the Saudi-Yemen border, in this still image obtained from a handout video released 7 September, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Iran retaliates against US allies after its oil tankers destroyed

Houthi supporters rally to commemorate Mawlid, marking the anniversary of Prophet Muhammad's birthday, in Sanaa, Yemen, August 25, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Who are the Houthis, Iran's allies in Yemen?

The US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is supporting US military operations in the war with Iran, conducts a replenishment-at-sea with fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser, August 16, 2026.

Iran, US trade competing claims over strikes near Strait of Hormuz

An F/A-18F Super Hornet prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of the US Navy's Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Arabian Sea February 15, 2026. Photo: US Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman/Handout via REUTERS

US strikes five Iranian oil tankers as regional tensions escalate

Photo: Getty Images

UK imposes sanctions on Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank