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We cannot know where this foolish, reckless attack will end – but new hatreds will be seeded, terrorist vendettas sown and, ultimately, little will be achieved, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The United States and Israel launched coordinated air and sea strikes on Iran on Saturday, with early attacks reported near Tehran and close to offices linked to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. US President Donald Trump said Washington had begun "major combat operations," accusing Iran of advancing its nuclear and missile…

A massive cloud of smoke rose over Tehran following a daylight "preventive attack" by the United States and Israel, targeting military sites near Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's offices. Loud blasts were heard as the US confirmed its participation in the strikes, hours after President Trump expressed dissatisfaction with nuclear…

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Taliban offer to resolve dispute via dialogue after Pakistan bombed cities in Afghanistan in latest escalation with its neighbour

After US President Donald Trump praised Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif amid Islamabad’s ongoing conflict with the Taliban, the United States on Saturday expressed its support for what it described as Pakistan’s “right to defend itself against Taliban attacks.”

It has been seven weeks since the Iranian government used brute force to extinguish huge nationwide protests

The Ukrainian president said it was his ‘duty’ to lead Ukraine

Afghanistan’s Taliban-led defence ministry late Friday released satellite footage showing strikes on multiple compounds inside Pakistan, as cross-border fighting between the two neighbours intensifies.