Category: The Gaurdian

Treasury secretary Scott Bessent says move will bring 140m barrels to market but insists Tehran will not benefit The Trump administration has issued a 30-day sanctions waiver for the purchase of Iranian oil at sea to ease energy supply pressures since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran, US ...

Anger grows within cabinet over impact of war begun by Donald Trump, who branded Nato allies ‘cowards’ • Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump has branded the UK and other Nato allies “cowards” but anger is growing among cabinet ministers that his war in Iran could jeopardise Britain’s ...

Move comes as Donald Trump calls Nato allies ‘cowards’ for not wanting to ‘help open’ strait of Hormuz Middle East crisis – live updates The US is reportedly preparing to send three more warships and thousands more troops to the Middle East, as Donald Trump called Nato allies “cowards” for ...

Trump is claimed to be weighing up a change of heart over ‘boots on the ground’, as Iran says it will hunt down US and Israeli officials Middle East crisis – live updates The US is reportedly considering plans to occupy or blockade Iran’s Kharg Island to pressure Tehran to ...

Since the conflict broke out in the middle east at the end of February, everyday life has been upended for thousands of ordinary people in the region. Amidst the devastation and threat to life, people find moments to grieve, children play, protesters stand in silent solidarity and combatants manage to ...

The righteousness of the farmworker struggle persists in the face of a man who chose not to live up to its values Cesar Chavez, one of the founders of the United Farm Workers, who died in 1993, led a movement for the rights and dignity of a long-abused, neglected and ...

Hundreds of Muslims gathered outside the walls of the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem for Eid al-Fitr prayers on Friday after al-Aqsa mosque was closed by Israeli authorities. Israel said the closure was part of security measures linked to the country’s escalating war with Iran, but Palestinians said the ...

Palestinians say the move is part of a wider Israeli strategy to leverage security tensions to tighten restrictions For the first time since 1967, al-Aqsa mosque – Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site – will be closed at the end of Ramadan on Friday, with tensions rising among Palestinians as Israeli ...

Foreign minister claims Israel convinced Donald Trump to make ‘grave miscalculation’ of waging war on Iran Middle East crisis – live updates Oman’s foreign minister has claimed the US has “lost control of its own foreign policy” and accused Israel of persuading Donald Trump’s administration to go to war with ...

Attacks on facilities by both sides in the conflict this week threaten grave consequences for the global economy Middle East crisis – live updates The escalating attacks on key oil and gas projects in the Middle East are expected to fuel a new phase of the ongoing conflict, with profound ...