The Latest Breaking News from the Middle East

Benjamin Netanyahu's Ghost: Why Elon Musk's AI is Fueling the Deadliest Conspiracy Theory in the Middle East

Netanyahu's 'proof-of-life' video with Mike Huckabee quashed death rumours, but Grok first called it AI-generated before reversing, highlighting deepfake risks in the Iran war.

International Business Times UK · Mar 18

Trump will pay his respects in Delaware to 6 US service members killed in the Middle East

President Donald Trump will be present when the remains of six U.S. service members return from the Middle East to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware

The Independent UK · Mar 18

Is AWS Still Down? AWS Not Experiencing Global Outage, But Ongoing Disruptions Persist in Middle East Regions

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world's largest cloud computing provider, is not down globally as of Tuesday evening in Seoul, but targeted operational issues continue to affect services in the Middle East, according to the company's official Health Dashboard and third-party monitoring sites.

International Business Times · Mar 18

Jet fuel prices and airfares are rising. Travelers are still booking flights, US airlines say

Rising jet fuel costs tied to the war in the Middle East are adding hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses for some major U.S. airlines

The Independent UK · Mar 17

Donald Trump given shamrock as Micheal Martin urges co-operation

The ceremony concludes the Taoiseach’s engagements in the US.

Evening Standard · Mar 17

As Trump sneers at Nato, Zelensky builds alliances and offers modern warfare

ANALYSIS: Volodymyr Zelensky has shifted perceptions of Ukraine from victim to a country with the tools for victory, offering safety in the Middle East and beyond, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The Independent UK · Mar 17

'Continuing the war serves no purpose at the moment': former Israeli minister

On the 18th day of the war in the Middle East, RFI spoke to Nitzan Horowitz, journalist and former Israeli Minister of Health, who called for an end to the US-Israeli operation. In his view, strikes against Iran will not bring down the regime and a ground offensive in Lebanon…

Radio France Internationale · Mar 17

Israel claims Iran security chief killed, presses Europe on Hezbollah

Israel has claimed it has killed Ali Larijani, Iran’s powerful national security chief, in a strike on Tehran, as fresh bombardments hit cities across the Middle East following weeks of escalating conflict.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 17

Starmer says 'we can't lose focus' on Ukraine amid Iran war during Zelenskyy visit

Zelenskyy's visit comes at a time when the Iran war has revived Russia’s ailing economy through increased oil revenue and scuttled US-brokered talks to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Euronews · Mar 17

Diesel on ‘crash course’ to 170p a litre while petrol up 10p on pre-Iran war

The RAC said prices at the pump were ‘really starting to hurt drivers’ as they continue to rise amid the conflict in the Middle East.

Evening Standard · Mar 17