#International Conflict

Articles (30)

• 🇺🇸 Israel in row with South Korean leader over Palestinian abuse concerns — 11/04/2026 [USA]

  South Korea's president says it’s disappointing Israel does not 'even once reflect on criticisms from around the world'.

  Related: #Diplomatic Relations, #Human Rights
• 🇺🇸 News Wrap: Inflation report shows the biggest increase since 2024 — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  In our news wrap Friday, the latest inflation report shows the biggest price increase since 2024, the Trump administration released plans for a new triumphal arch in the president's effort to leave hi...

  Related: #Economics, #Politics
• 🇺🇸 VP Vance to lead U.S. team in Iran peace talks. And, Artemis II to return to Earth — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Vice President Vance is heading to Pakistan to lead a U.S. team in talks aimed at ending the war in Iran. And, Artemis II is set to return to Earth today.

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Space Exploration
• 🇺🇸 Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu says, "there's no ceasefire in Lebanon" — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "There's no ceasefire in Lebanon," and that Israel will continue striking the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. However, Netanyahu authorized dir...

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Middle East Security
• 🇺🇸 Cuban president reacts to Trump admin’s call for him to step down — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says "stepping down [is] not part of our vocabulary" amid reports that the U.S. government has asked the Cuban leader t...

  Related: #Diplomatic Relations, #Political Sovereignty
• 🇺🇸 Rubio heads to Europe to try garner support for Iran war — 27/03/2026 [USA]

  Representatives of the world's wealthiest democracies gather in France today for a G7 meeting, where U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to try to shore up support among reticent alli...

  Related: #Diplomacy
• 🇬🇧 Starmer says ‘every lever’ will be explored to ease rising costs of living from Iran conflict — 23/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>PM will chair Cobra meeting with key ministers and Bank of England on Monday, as experts warn of economic shock</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/mar/23/keir-sta...

  Related: #Economic Policy
• 🇬🇧 Kenyans fighting illegally for Russia in Ukraine to be granted amnesty — 22/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  It is illegal for Kenyans to serve in foreign armies and can carry a sentence of up to 10 years in jail.

  Related: #Diplomatic Relations
• 🇬🇧 Ella Baron on Donald Trump and the Iran war – cartoon — 22/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/22/ella-baron-donald-trump-iran-war-cartoon">Continue reading...</a>

  Related: #Political Satire
• 🇺🇸 U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz says Iranian energy infrastructure is a legitimate target in war — 22/03/2026 [USA]

  U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz on Sunday upheld President Trump's threat to strike Iranian energy infrastructure if Tehran keeps the strategic Strait of Hormuz closed.

  Related: #Energy Security
• 🇺🇸 Iranian authorities taunt US, Israel, EU amid strikes and assassinations — 22/03/2026 [USA]

  Iranians are concerned about the impact of potential attacks on power plants as the scope of US-Israel war expands.

  Related: #Geopolitical Tensions
• 🇺🇸 Trump: No Iranian leaders left to talk to, says war going ‘extremely well’ — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  US President Donald Trump said that Iranian leaders are “all gone” and that the White House has “nobody left to talk to.

  Related: #Diplomatic Relations
• 🇺🇸 Detained Britons used as ’human shields’ in Iran war zone, family says — 20/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Hostage Crisis
• 🇺🇸 Iran threatens to target tourism sites worldwide and says it's still building missiles nearly 3 weeks into war — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  U.S.-Israeli strikes have killed a slew of Tehran's top leaders and hammered its weapons and energy industries.

  Related: #Military Threats
• 🇺🇸 Switzerland halts weapons exports to U.S. over Iran conflict — 20/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Arms Trade, #Neutrality
• 🇺🇸 Russia says Ukraine peace talks in 'situational pause' amid Iran war — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  The Kremlin on Thursday said peace talks with the Trump administration to end the Russia-Ukraine war are on a “situational pause” amid the war in Iran.  "This is a situational pause, for obvious reaso...

  Related: #Diplomatic Negotiations
• 🇬🇧 The Guardian view on the Iran war escalation: as Trump breaks things, who will pick up the pieces? | Editorial — 19/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>The US president wanted an easy win, but the conflict is spiralling following Israel’s attack on a gas field and Iranian retaliation across the region</p><p>Shortly after the US and Israel began th...

  Related: #Political Criticism
• 🇺🇸 FBI seizes website tied to Iranian cyberattack on U.S. company, hacker group says — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  The Iran-linked hacking group had been quiet since causing significant disruptions to American medical company Stryker.

  Related: #Cybersecurity
• 🇬🇧 Indian film board blocks release of Oscar-nominated Gaza drama The Voice of Hind Rajab — 19/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Distributor says authorities warned screening Tunisian film-maker Kaouther Ben Hania’s docudrama could harm India–Israel relations</p><p>The Indian release of The Voice of Hind Rajab, the Oscar-nom...

  Related: #Censorship
• 🇬🇧 Japan PM to hold 'difficult' talks with Trump as Iran conflict looms large — 19/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  It comes days after Trump criticised Japan for not answering his demands for help in the Strait of Hormuz.

  Related: #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 European Union summit will focus on Iran war and a loan to Ukraine blocked by Hungary — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  European Union leaders are holding a summit in Brussels to tackle growing fallout from the Iran war, rising energy prices and a stalled loan for Ukraine

  Related: #EU Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Trump may push Japan for help with Iran war in White House meeting — 19/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Funerals held for Afghans killed in Pakistani strike on Kabul hospital — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  Afghans are burying the victims from a Pakistani air strike on a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul.

  Related: #Humanitarian Crisis
• 🇺🇦 Iran seeking intelligence from Russia in war against US, CIA director says — 18/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  "No, I don't take Vladimir Putin at his word," CIA Director John Ratcliffe said at a congressional hearing on March 18.

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Intelligence
• 🇺🇸 Japan's leader heads to Washington for a visit complicated by the Iran war fallout — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has left for the United States for what she expects to be a "very difficult" meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.

  Related: #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Trump issues 60-day waiver to shipping law to ease oil traffic during Iran war — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump on Wednesday issued a 60-day waiver to the Jones Act, a longstanding shipping law, to ease economic concerns around his war on Iran.

  Related: #Energy Policy
• 🇺🇸 How Russia is benefitting from "America's war of choice in Iran" — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Treasury chief Scott Bessent said Russia wouldn't benefit from an easing of oil sanctions to calm energy markets. But Russia is.

  Related: #Geopolitics
• 🇺🇸 Colombian president says Gaza was an ‘experiment’ for wider destruction — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro says the war in Gaza was an “experiment” designed to intimidate the Global South.

  Related: #Diplomatic Criticism
• 🇬🇧 The Papers: 'First cracks' in Trump camp over Iran war and UK tackles meningitis outbreak — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The ongoing US-Israeli conflict with Iran and the meningitis outbreak in the UK lead Wednesday's papers.

  Related: #Public Health Emergency
• 🇺🇸 ‘This is America’s war’: Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Iran’s foreign minister blames the US for regional escalation and says Washington is responsible for all consequences.

  Related: #Geopolitical Tensions