Iran and Israel have launched a fresh wave of attacks on each other in a development that continues to raise fears of the wider region being plunged into a destabilising conflict. Iranian missiles struck Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa shortly before dawn on Monday,

Iran and Israel have launched a fresh wave of attacks on each other in a development that continues to raise fears that the wider region could be plunged into a destabilising conflict.

Israel said hundreds of airstrikes over the past two days killed nine senior scientists and experts involved in Iran’s nuclear program, in addition to several top generals.

At least 224 people have been killed since Israel began striking Iran on Friday, Iranian state media reported, with civilians making up more than 90% of the casualties.

But Israel’s attack on Iran — and a subsequent Iranian counterattack — was enough to shake things up on Friday.

By Sunday, three days into its campaign, Israel had knocked out centrifuges at Iran’s biggest enrichment facility at Natanz, killed up to 10 of the country’s top nuclear scientists and destroyed key ...

“for the first time in a thousand years, the world will look at this region not as a place of turmoil and strife, and war and death, but as a land of opportunity and hope.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump held a 50-minute phone call Saturday to discuss the escalating situation in the Middle East and Ukraine peace talks

Beijing has not committed to grant export clearance for some specialized rare-earth magnets that U.S. military suppliers need for fighter jets and missile systems, the sources said.