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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

The Gulf state, located just across the water from Iran and home to US military facilities, has experienced strikes targeting infrastructure and oil installations, even as authorities say air...

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

An aerial view of the Iranian shores and the island of Qeshm in the strait of Hormuz, December 10, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Why is it so easy for Iran to shut the Strait of Hormuz?

A protester holds a photograph of a young girl killed in the bombing of a primary school in Minab, Iran, during a solidarity rally in Belgrade, Serbia, March 10, 2026. Photo: Collected

Who bombed Iranian elementary school that killed more than 170 girls? What we know so far

Smoke rises after an explosion during strikes on Iran, seen in Tehran, on 2 March 2026. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA/Reuters

'Totally incoherent': Why Iran war briefings have left US Senate Democrats frustrated and alarmed

Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran, on 12 November 2025. File Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA/Reuters

Iran's 'Decentralised Mosaic Defence': A strategy for military resilience

Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, visits Hezbollah's office in Tehran, Iran, October 1, 2024. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader?

A vessel sails off the Galle coast after a submarine attack on the Iranian military ship, Iris Dena, off Sri Lanka, in Galle, Sri Lanka, March 4, 2026. REUTERS/Thilina Kaluthotage

US sinking of Iranian warship: Why It also matters for India?

Fighters from the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), an Iranian Kurdish opposition group, are pictured near the border with Iran in Iraq's Kurdistan Region, in the outskirts of Sulaimaniya, Iraq, June 21, 2025. Photo: Ako Rasheed/Reuters

Inside the plan to support Iranian Kurds amid US-Israel operations

A missile is launched during an air defence drill in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on January 12, 2025. Photo: Iranian Army/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Iran's missile arsenal and its role in a widening conflict with the US and Israel

People react as they gather at the Enghelab Square, after Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in Israeli and US strikes on Saturday, in Tehran, Iran, 1 March 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

How Israel mapped Iran’s leadership before Khamenei assassination

President Masoud Pezeshkian; the chief justice of the Supreme Court, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei; and a member of the Guardian Council, Ayatollah Alireza Arafi. Photo: Reuters, AFP and Creative Commons

Who are the council members temporarily in charge of Iran?

QatarEnergy's liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. Photo: Reuters

How QatarEnergy's LNG halt is reshaping global gas markets