The ship’s U-turn is a metaphor for the dramatic reversal in the fortunes of Russia’s energy industry since the start of the Iran war. The de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz has trapped around ...

So it was striking when, on March 10th, Ukraine’s defence ministry said that in the first three days of the war with Iran, Gulf countries had fired 800 American-made Patriot interceptor missiles at ...

GLP-1 receptor agonists like semaglutide are being used off-label by healthy people hoping to slow ageing, despite limited evidence and unknown long-term risks.

The latest news in US politics, with coverage of Donald Trump’s second term ...

Donald Trump has taken one of the biggest gambles of his presidency. He has started a war against Iran that could reshape the Middle East and America’s relationship with its allies in the region.

Last Saturday morning I was watching Iran International in the flat with my mum, my sisters and their kids when, without warning, we heard a fighter jet soaring overhead. Then the bombs began to fall.

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