Israel: passengers avert disaster after one pilot attacks the other

01 Oct 2026
Passengers and crew aboard a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv helped prevent disaster after a co-pilot allegedly attacked the captain and attempted to crash the aircraft. Israeli officials said the captain…

Iraq: last anti-IS British and American troops leave

01 Oct 2026
The last British and American troops have left Iraq, ending the international coalition’s military mission against IS after more than a decade. About a hundred UK personnel left Irbil alongside US forces, completing…

Yemen: Houthis claim downing of Saudi fighter jet

17 Sep 2026
Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have released footage which they claim shows the downing of a Saudi Arabian F-15 fighter jet, amid escalating regional conflict and growing concerns over global energy supplies. The…

Gaza: 21 killed as damaged apartment block collapses

17 Sep 2026
Twenty-one people, including five children, have died after a six-storey apartment building collapsed in Gaza City’s Tal al-Hawa district. The building, which was sheltering more than 100 displaced Palestinians, had been damaged during…

Israel / Palestine: the response of some Christians to the proposed UK sanctions

17 Sep 2026
Three Palestinian Christians in the occupied West Bank were asked this week for their opinions about the UK’s announcement of new measures targeting Israeli settlement activity. The UK plans to ban imports from…

UK-Israel relations deteriorate over settlement sanctions

10 Sep 2026
Relations between Britain and Israel have deteriorated sharply after foreign secretary Ed Miliband announced a ban on imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The UK government says settlement expansion and violence…

Iran issues dire ‘World War 3’ warning as Trump row explodes

10 Sep 2026
An Iranian lawmaker has warned that escalating tensions involving Iran, the USA, Russia, Ukraine, NATO and China risk drawing the world towards a much wider conflict. Kamran Ghazanfari said that existing wars and…

Gaza: Israel admits responsibility for killing five-year-old girl in 2024

21 Aug 2026
The Israeli military has acknowledged for the first time that its troops fired at the car carrying five-year-old Palestinian Hind Rajab, who was killed with six relatives in Gaza in 2024. Hind initially…

Israel: additional troops deployed to stop settlers besieging Palestinian families

14 Aug 2026
Israeli forces are deploying additional troops near Qusra in the occupied West Bank after settlers trapped two Palestinian families in their homes, cutting their water and electricity supplies and blocking access to their…

Iran / USA: conflicting claims about Strait of Hormuz negotiations

07 Aug 2026
Iran says it is working with Oman to establish a temporary arrangement allowing commercial shipping to resume through the Strait of Hormuz, while denying it is holding direct negotiations with the USA despite…
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