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The UN Security Council is set to have an emergency meeting after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, plunging the Middle East into a new conflict.UN diplomats said the 15-member body would meet on Saturday at 4pm local time in New York (8am AEDT Sunday).The meeting will be chaired by Britain, which holds the monthly council presidency.Russia’s UN mission said Russia and China requested an emergency meeting “in connection with the unprovoked act of armed aggression by the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran.”It said the meeting was also called for by France,…

NewsFeedFootage from Tehran shows burned vehicles, wrecked buildings, towering plumes of smoke, and a massive crater after US-Israeli strikes on Iran.Published On 28 Feb 202628 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

President Trump announced early Saturday that the U.S. was undertaking “major combat operations in Iran,” as Israel said it was launching a preemptive attack on the country. Read a transcript of Mr. Trump’s full statement, which he shared in a video on his Truth Social network, here:”A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran. Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group of very hard, terrible people. Its menacing activities directly endanger the United States, our troops our bases overseas and our allies…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Merrill Kelly will once again be wearing an Arizona Diamondbacks uniform when the 2026 regular season gets underway. Kelly, who entered the free agent market after pitching in 10 games with the Texas Rangers in 2025, agreed to a deal to return to the Diamondbacks.Kelly spent the first seven years of his professional career with the Diamondbacks but revealed that he received an offer from the San Diego Padres this offseason. Kelly said his decision to turn down the Padres during free agency centered on California’s higher income tax rate compared to Arizona’s.…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling for the protection of civilians as hostilities escalate in the Middle East following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. “We call on all parties to protect civilian lives as best as possible in what is a very serious situation,” Carney said in a conference in Mumbai, India, Saturday morning – hours after the strikes began. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Carney framed the crisis as one…

President Donald Trump has urged Iranians to topple their oppressive rulers after the ‌United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran.

Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoCommentators within Israel have described a sense of business as usual in the wake of the country’s joint attack with the United States against Iran.“It’s Saturday, so the streets are naturally quiet,” political analyst Ori Goldberg said from outside Tel Aviv, as he returned from his shelter for the second time.“I think, politically, there’s a sense of triumphalism, of having attacked an enemy regime. Not really because we’re greatly invested in the future of the Iranian people, but because, through the genocide on Gaza, we’ve devalued human life,” he said, referring to the Israeli attacks on…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In a sweeping pre-dawn bombing campaign across Iran, Israeli forces targeted sites linked to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a senior Israeli official confirmed to Fox News. The official said Iran’s president was also targeted as part of the joint U.S. operation, dubbed Operation Epic Fury.Reuters reported that Khamenei was not in Tehran during the strikes and was instead transferred to a secure location. President Donald Trump described the “massive and ongoing” operation as the opening phase of a campaign that he said would devastate Iran’s military, dismantle its nuclear program and…

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State media says Israeli attack on girls’ school in the city of Minab in the south of the country kills dozens.Listen to this article | 1 mininfoPublished On 28 Feb 202628 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoAn Israeli strike has hit an elementary girls’ school in Minab, a city in the Hormozgan province of southern Iran, killing at least 51 people, state media reported, as the immediate civilian cost from Israel and the United States’ huge bombardment of Iran comes into sharper focus.Iran’s Mehr news agency also reported that at least two students were killed by…