U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran: What we know so far
The United States and Israel have carried out large-scale strikes on Iranian leadership and military targets, with Iranian state media confirming t...
Russian overnight drone attacks killed at least three people in Ukraine’s east and south on Monday (9 February), with officials reporting casualties in the Kharkiv, Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
Prosecutors in the Kharkiv region said a mother and her 10-year-old son were killed when drones struck a residential area in the town of Bohodukhiv.
Six people were injured in the wider regional attack, which authorities noted has become a frequent target in the conflict that began with Russia’s invasion in 2022.
Odesa’s regional governor Oleh Kiper said a massive drone strike on the southern port city killed one person and wounded two.
The head of the Odesa City Military Administration, Serhiy Lysak, said the attack sparked a fire in a multi-storey residential building and damaged a gas pipeline, with several cars also set ablaze across the city.
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said a 35-year-old man was killed and two others, including a 19-year-old woman, were injured.
The strike damaged 21 apartments in a residential building in the city’s Prymorskyi district.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, governor Oleksandr Hanzha said nine people, including a 13-year-old girl, were injured after a drone hit a three-storey building, causing a fire that destroyed the roof.
Follow the latest developments and global reaction after the U.S. and Israel launched “major combat operations” in Iran, prompting retaliation from Tehran.
Ayatollah Alireza Arafi has moved into a pivotal constitutional role following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, becoming the clerical member of Iran’s temporary leadership council under Article 111 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Governments across the region responded swiftly to Israel’s strikes on Iran, closing airspace, issuing travel advisories and activating contingency plans amid fears of escalation.
A senior Iranian official has warned Israel to “prepare for what is coming”, insisting that Tehran’s response to the latest escalation in the Middle East will be made openly and without limits.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader for 36 years and the country’s highest political and religious authority, has died aged 86 following joint Israeli and U.S. strikes on his compound in Tehran.
Protests broke out in Pakistan and Iraq on Sunday after Iranian state media confirmed that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed in joint U.S.–Israeli strikes. At least nine people were reported dead in clashes near the U.S. consulate in Karachi.
Afghanistan said it had fired at Pakistani aircraft over Kabul after explosions and gunfire rocked the capital early on Sunday, marking a sharp escalation in fighting between the two neighbours.
A senior Iranian official has warned Israel to “prepare for what is coming”, insisting that Tehran’s response to the latest escalation in the Middle East will be made openly and without limits.
Cuba has released extensive details of a deadly midweek shootout at sea, showing rifles, pistols and nearly 13,000 rounds of ammunition that it says were carried by a group of exiles who attempted to enter the island by speedboat.
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said on Friday (27 February) they were ready to negotiate after Pakistan bombed their forces in several Afghan cities, including Kabul and Kandahar, and Islamabad declared the neighbours were now in "open war".
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