Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has urged restraint following Israeli strikes targeting Iran's nuclear programme. Fears of a full-scale conflict have been stoked by warnings of "severe punishment" from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and reports of drone launches in response.

Lebanon’s army is communicating with Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah to avoid the country being drawn into conflict with Israel following strikes on Iran, a senior Lebanese official said. “The government affirms that the decision of war and peace lies with the state,

Shapiro served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East until January—charged with, among other things, considering scenarios in which tensions between Israel and Iran escalated into all-out war and preparing U.

The Longview Economics team drew parallels between how the oil market reacted to the Israel-Iran exchange of missiles in April 2024 and what's happening right now. "Recent Iran-Israeli conflicts have been relatively short lived.

Richard Dalton, Former UK Ambassador to Iran discusses Israel's strikes on Iran, and analyses the potential ramifications across the Middle East.

Airlines cleared out of the airspace over Israel, Iran, Iraq and Jordan on Friday after Israel launched attacks on targets in Iran, Flightradar24 data showed, with carriers scrambling to divert and cancel flights to keep passengers and crew safe.