Israel’s opposition parties criticise PM’s management of war even if they express strong support for offensive

Residents describe new security checkpoints around the capital, where they say people are stopped and searched.

Since being attacked by the United States and Israel more than two weeks ago, Iran has been regularly hitting Israel, American bases, and its Gulf Arab neighbors’ energy infrastructure with drones and missiles.

Iran's critical oil export hub Kharg Island is now in U.S. President Donald Trump's sights, with Trump threatening strikes on the island's oil infrastructure.

Israel announced a barrage of new strikes on western Iran on Sunday, while Iran's foreign minister said the country has not asked for a ceasefire as President Trump had claimed.

The United States’ war with Iran is entering its third week, but Congress has yet to publicly test the Trump administration’s case for the conflict

The first data release of the year, which gathers both January and February to smooth out lunar new year distortions, comes as China faces both energy-related and geopolitical challenges from the US war in Iran.

War in West Asia deepens as US-Israel strikes kill Iran’s supreme leader, triggering regional retaliation and raising fears of a wider confrontation that could destabilise energy markets and global se