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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2026

Explainer

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Women sit at a home, which was damaged by a strike, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 30, 2026. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

When do attacks on civilian installations amount to war crimes?

The Geneva Conventions and additional protocols say that parties involved in military conflict must distinguish between "civilian objects and military objectives", and that attacks on...

A satellite image shows an oil terminal on Kharg Island, Iran, on 25 February 2026. File Photo: Planet Labs PBC/Reuters

Why Kharg Island is central to the US-Iran standoff?

Houthi-mobilized fighters ride atop a car in Sanaa, Yemen September 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

Who are Yemen's Houthis and why are they attacking Red Sea shipping?

US President Donald Trump looks on, befrore departing for Florida from the South Lawn, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, January 16, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard

Why Trump backtracked on his Iran threat

The Iranian flag. Photo: Reuters/Leonhard Foeger

With top figures dead, who is now running Iran?

Photo: UNB

Why gold prices have remained steady despite the war on Iran

Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani. Photo: Collected

Who was Ali Larijani, the Iranian official killed in an Israeli strike

A man walks through debris lying in a ward of a drug users rehabilitation hospital destroyed in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Yunus Yawar

From sponsor to enemy: What's behind Pakistan's attack on Afghan Taliban?

The Callisto tanker sits anchored in Port Sultan Qaboos as the traffic is down in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Muscat, Oman, March 12, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Why might President Trump find it hard to reopen the Strait of Hormuz?

Women walk past the reflection of the Cathedrale de la Major in Marseille, France, on 5 August 2025. File Photo: Reuters

What you need to know about France's local elections

Fujairah port in the UAE. Photo: Fujairah

Why does the port of Fujairah matter to the oil market?

An aerial view shows Kuwait City on 16 March 2020. Photo: Reuters/Stephanie McGehee

How the US and Israels' with Iran is affecting daily life in Kuwait

A satellite image shows an oil terminal on Kharg Island, Iran, on 25 February 2026. File Photo: Planet Labs PBC/Reuters

Why Kharg Island matters in the Middle East and global oil markets

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