Middle East conflict

Middle East conflict

General view of the highway leading to the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 12 October, 2026.

Saudi capital's airport to remain shut this week as airlines cancel services

A Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) issued later in ​the day showed that the airport will stay closed until 2100 GMT on 17 October.

A screen grab taken from video footage released by Houthi-affiliated media on 9 August 2026 shows a missile being launched. Photo: AFP

Saudi-led coalition intercepts drone, Houthi ballistic missile

Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, 31 August, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Vessels trickle through Strait of Hormuz as Middle East conflict persists

A screengrab taken from undated video footage released on 12 September 2026 by Ansarullah Media Centre purportedly shows smoke rising in the distance as fighting continues between Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed forces. Photo: BSS/AFP

Saudi Arabia warns it will react 'firmly' to Houthi attacks

File of an LNG vessel. Photo: Reuters

Govt okays LNG import at nearly $30/MMBtu, 3 times pre-Mideast war level

US President Donald Trump salutes as members of the military carry the transfer case of US Army Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad of the 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command, who was killed during an attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, during a dignified transfer of his remains at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, US on 22 July, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Trump's Iran campaign echoes the post-9/11 'forever wars'

The sun sets behind an oil pump outside Saint-Fiacre, near Paris, France September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

Oil rises as risks of prolonged Mideast conflict fan supply worries

Oil platforms and pumpjacks at Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas, Venezuela, January 26, 2026. REUTERS

Oil jumps more than 2% after US attack on Iran's Larak island

A man walks through the rubble of a building in Ansar, southern Lebanon, following an Israeli strike.Photo:Collected.

Israeli strikes kill 11 in south Lebanon, health ministry says​

A woman walks past a billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump laid in a coffin, in Tehran, Iran, July 30, 2026.

As Iran war drags on, Americans are bracing for more chaos in Middle East, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

A view shows signage on the exterior of UNICEF's humanitarian warehouse in Copenhagen, Denmark, November 15, 2023. REUTERS/ Tom Little/File Photo

Middle East conflict could push 23.4m more children into poverty: Unicef

Objects are seen in the sky above Jerusalem after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, in Jerusalem April 14, 2024. Photo: Reuters

US strikes Iran, Tehran hits Gulf states, says Strait of Hormuz closed

Fire engulfs a car at a site following Iranian missile barrages in central Israel, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in Tel Aviv, Israel, 24 March, 2026. Photo: Reuters

12 Bangladeshis killed in Middle East conflict, 186 repatriated from Iran: Expat minister