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Shelter rankings and shower-timing apps: Israelis, Palestinians adjust to Iranian rockets

Shelter rankings and shower-timing apps: Israelis, Palestinians adjust to Iranian rockets

What is Israel's best bomb shelter? And when is the best time of day to shower without interruption from a missile alert? The Middle East war that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran has provoked waves of retaliatory Iranian fire as well as some tricky questions

Israel strikes Beirut hotel as Lebanon says war toll nears 400

Israel strikes Beirut hotel as Lebanon says war toll nears 400

Israel struck a hotel in central Beirut on Sunday, the first attack on the city centre since the start of the new war with Hezbollah, as Lebanon said nearly 400 people were killed over the past week. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on Monday, when Iran-backed

Iran prepares to name new supreme leader as fuel dumps burn

Iran prepares to name new supreme leader as fuel dumps burn

Iran was preparing to reveal its new supreme leader on Sunday, after US-Israeli air strikes destroyed fuel dumps and triggered fires that choked much of Tehran in a thick blanket of smoke. The clerical body tasked with choosing a successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei -- killed just over a week

War in the Middle East: latest developments

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Here are the latest events in the Middle East war: - Iran unleashes barrage - Gulf states as well as Israel reported missile and drone attacks from Iran early Sunday. The Kuwaiti military said it was intercepting "hostile missile and drone attacks", several hours after reporting fuel tanks at the

Israeli strike kills four at Beirut hotel: Lebanon

Israeli strike kills four at Beirut hotel: Lebanon

An Israeli strike on a hotel in central Beirut killed at least four people Sunday, Lebanese officials said, underscoring the widening reach of the US-backed war against Iran as missiles, drones and air strikes pounded targets across the region. The attack came with the conflict spilling into a second

Protests across globe mark one week of Iran war

Protests across globe mark one week of Iran war

Lion-emblazoned flags of pre-revolution Iran fluttered in cities across the world on Saturday as demonstrators took to the streets a week after the start of the war in the Middle East. Europe, Africa and the Americas saw demonstrations, with some protesting against Iran's Islamic regime, others

Failed Israeli commando operation to find airman remains kills 41 in Lebanon

Failed Israeli commando operation to find airman remains kills 41 in Lebanon

An Israeli special forces operation that failed to find the remains of airman Ron Arad, captured in Lebanon in 1986, killed 41 people and wounded 40 in eastern Lebanon. Gutted buildings, torn-off roofs, munitions scattered on the ground surrounded a large crater in Nabi Sheet, the town that witnessed