Category: The Gaurdian

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 ...

Donald Trump is threatening to ‘blow up’ a major Iranian energy facility, as attacks on gasfields across the Middle East send gas and oil prices skyrocketing again. The threat comes after Israeli strikes on the South Pars gasfield prompted Iran to retaliate with attacks on energy facilities across the region, ...

Three Israeli officials tell Reuters that the US actually helped coordinate Israel’s attack on Iran’s South Pars gasfield A visual guide to the oil and gas site attacks in the Middle East Turning to Australia now, a petrol tsar will manage “unprecedented” supply issues caused by the Middle East conflict ...