Saudi Arabia intercepted two drones headed toward the Shaybah oil field, as Iran targets the facility again in its campaign to disrupt global energy markets.

Lebanon said an Israeli strike on central Beirut’s seafront killed at least seven people, another attack in the heart of the capital as Iran-backed Hezbollah launched more missiles at Israel.

Nigeria’s northwest and central border regions have become a hub for Sahelian militants, raising concerns about a widening insurgency corridor that could destabilise the region.

Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not spoken or been seen in public since his appointment at the weekend, is injured but “safe”, officials said on Wednesday.

The US-Israeli war on Iran has exposed divisions among Europe’s far-right parties and personalities.

Australian police helped two more members of the Iranian women’s soccer delegation slip their minders to claim asylum, but one has changed her mind ‌and decided to go back to Iran, the country’s interior minister said.

Thousands of white South Africans are coming back to South Africa, despite Donald Trump’s statements that the white minority is being persecuted by the country’s black majority government.

Disgraced movie mogul and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein says life in prison is “hell” in an interview where he repeatedly claimed he was not guilty of any crimes.

Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted a wave of seven drones heading toward a strategic oil field, as Iran renewed fire on its Gulf neighbours and their energy infrastructure.

Spain’s left-wing government announced on Tuesday it will expand free healthcare to undocumented migrants, bucking a European trend toward stricter immigration policies.

Israel’s cybersecurity directorate said it had identified “dozens of Iranian breaches into security cameras for espionage purposes” since the start of the war in the Middle East, urging the public to be vigilant.

Zimbabwean authorities are using violence and intimidation against opponents of constitutional amendments that would extend the president’s term, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.

A former holding company of US-sanctioned Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler will pay R490 million to settle a Dutch corruption probe over mining deals in the Democratic Republic of Congo, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they would not allow “one litre of oil” to be shipped from the Middle East if US and Israeli attacks continue, prompting a warning from US President Donald Trump that the US would hit Iran much harder if it ‌blocked exports from the vital energy-producing region.

A woman alleged to have fired an assault rifle at the luxury Los Angeles home of Rihanna was being held by police on Monday.

Oil prices tanked and equities rallied following a wild day of swings that came after US President Donald Trump said the US-Israel war on Iran would be ending earlier than thought.

Israel’s first responders said shrapnel killed a man in central Israel as several blasts rocked the area, shortly after the military detected new missile launches from Iran.

Iranians living ‌abroad could have property confiscated and face other legal penalties if they express ‌support for the United ⁠States and Israel, the Iranian prosecutor ⁠general’s office said.

Rihanna’s Los Angeles home was hit by gunfire on Sunday.

Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father, Ali Khamenei, as supreme leader, signalling that hardliners remain firmly in charge, as the week-old US-Israeli war with Iran pushed oil above $100 a barrel.

President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday the United States would hit Iran “very hard” and threatened to expand strikes to include new targets.