War on Iran: What's happening in the Middle East

Here are the latest events in the Middle East war
16 March 2026, 10:04 AM

Flights temporarily suspended at Dubai's airport following nearby drone incident

The incident impacted a fuel tank, the Gulf financial hub's media office said, later adding authorities had extinguished the blaze that broke out
16 March 2026, 08:37 AM

Iran, US snub negotiation to end war

The United States and Iran yesterday rejected talks to end the war, as Tehran warned other countries against getting involved after President Donald Trump urged world powers to send warships to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.
16 March 2026, 02:05 AM

Swiss reject two flyover requests

The Swiss government said on Saturday that it discussed requests by US military and official aircraft to fly over the country, and based on its law of neutrality, rejected two Iran-related war flights but permitted three others.
16 March 2026, 00:00 AM

Israel running critically low on interceptors

Israel has warned the United States that its supply of ballistic missile interceptors is running dangerously low as its war on Iran enters its third week, according to US officials who spoke to Semafor.
16 March 2026, 00:00 AM

Trump aides debate exit vs escalation

A complex tug-of-war inside the White House is driving US President Donald Trump’s shifting public statements on the course of the Iran war, as aides debate when and how to declare victory even as the conflict spreads across the Middle East.
16 March 2026, 00:00 AM

Iran urges countries to avoid action that could widen war

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi urged other countries on Sunday to refrain from any action that could widen the scope of the war with Israel and the United States
15 March 2026, 16:12 PM

Trump says US not ready to agree deal to end Iran war

Donald Trump warned that he is not ready to seek a deal to end the war with Iran, as US ally Israel launched a new wave of strikes Sunday and Tehran's Revolutionary Guards threatened to hunt down and kill the Israeli leader.
15 March 2026, 16:00 PM

Iran arrests 20 people over suspected links to Israel: media

Authorities have carried out sweeping raids across Iran
15 March 2026, 15:39 PM

Iran Guards vow to 'pursue and kill' Israeli premier Netanyahu

Iran's Revolutionary Guards vowed on Sunday to target Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the war with Israel and the United States continues
15 March 2026, 12:30 PM

War on Iran: What you need to know today

Here are the latest events in the Middle East war
15 March 2026, 09:04 AM

US military identifies 6 soldiers killed in Iraq plane crash

The KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday
15 March 2026, 08:31 AM

Iran's ability to stop shipping through the Strait of Hormuz poses a difficult problem for the US and its allies

Iran's ability to stop shipping through the Strait of Hormuz poses a difficult problem for the US and its allies
15 March 2026, 08:22 AM

Israeli-occupied West Bank has experienced a surge in deadly settler violence

Israeli-occupied West Bank has experienced a surge in deadly settler violence
15 March 2026, 08:17 AM

AI fakes about Iran-US war swirl on X despite policy crackdown

The Middle East war has unleashed an avalanche of AI-generated visuals
15 March 2026, 08:12 AM

'Dubai is safe': UAE pushes to contain fallout from Iran onslaught

Dubai's Instagram account shared an emotional song to its 5.8 million followers that says "Dubai is safe, will always be safe"
15 March 2026, 08:08 AM

‘Send warships to secure Hormuz’

US President Donald Trump yesterday urged other nations to help secure a vital shipping lane choked off by the war with Iran, which showed no signs of slowing as strikes hit the US embassy in Baghdad and a major Emirati energy facility.
15 March 2026, 03:04 AM

Iranian mines: Nightmare at sea for the West

Tehran is seeking to choke the vital Strait of Hormuz to oil traffic following US and Israeli strikes against Iran, with fears it could be using sea mines to do so. Any Iranian mining of the key shipping lane, as its forces did in the 1980s, would be a nightmare for Western demining teams. Here’s an explainer:
15 March 2026, 01:22 AM

Democrats want answers on strikes

Nearly every US Senate Democrat signed a letter sent to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday requesting a “swift investigation” of airstrikes on a girls’ school in Iran that killed scores of children and any other potential US military actions causing civilian harm.
15 March 2026, 01:18 AM

Iran govt not at risk of collapse

US intelligence indicates that Iran’s leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of collapse any time soon after nearly two weeks of relentless US and Israeli bombardment, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
15 March 2026, 01:15 AM