Follow live updates and the latest news coverage as Iran begins funeral proceedings for Supreme Leader Khamenei, Trump and Israel strike Tehran, and U.S. targets across the Middle East face attacks.
Live updates: Iran moves to pick new supreme leader, Israel says he will be ‘a target for elimination’
Across Iran’s capital, explosions rang out overnight as the U.S. and Israel pounded Iran with airstrikes. Iran and its allies have hit back against Israel and neighboring Gulf states.
Israel launches new strikes on Iran as US identifies first American soldiers killed in conflict
The four US Army reserve soldiers were killed in a drone strike in Kuwait on Sunday, one day after the US and Israel began the operation.
How Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader, built a £100-million global property empire
Amid the Iran war, senior clerics have appointed Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the next supreme leader. The 56-year-old, who has kept a relatively low-profile …
Attack on Iran jolts Pakistan’s economy
Pakistan, which has long lived amid regional instability, finds itself once again on the periphery of a major geopolitical conflict, increasingly described by analysts as carrying the risk of wider …
Why has the UAE closed its stock exchanges?
Authorities have shut main exchanges in Abu Dhabi and Dubai amid ongoing fallout of US-Israeli attacks on Iran.
Onchain Finance Goes Mainstream: How Iran Attacks Exposed the Gaps in Traditional Markets
When Iran attacks closed traditional markets, crypto platforms like Hyperliquid became the world’s only active trading venue on February 28.
What we know about the strike on a school in Iran as death toll rises
The elementary school called with an urgent message about her son.
Pentagon IDs 4 US soldiers killed in Iran war: What to know
All four were killed in an unmanned air attack on Port Shuaiba, Kuwait.
US assault on Iran ahead of schedule, says US Middle East Commander
By Parisa Hafezi and Alexander Cornwell DUBAI/TEL AVIV, March 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. assault on Iran was ahead of schedule, said the top American commander for the Middle East, as Israel and the U.S.