Oil prices plunge and shares jump on US-Iran ceasefire plan
BBC Middle East 23 days ago
Oil prices plunge and shares jump on US-Iran ceasefire plan

Crude prices tumbled by as much as 15% on the conditional pause but is higher than before the war.

How Pakistan helped secure a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran
BBC Middle East 23 days ago
How Pakistan helped secure a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran

Pakistan has a historic relationship with Iran, but an agreement was far from certain, writes the BB…

Iran ceasefire deal gives Trump a way out of war - but at a high cost
BBC Middle East 23 days ago
Iran ceasefire deal gives Trump a way out of war - but at a high cost

The path to the two-week ceasefire with Iran may have fundamentally altered the way the rest of the …

What we know about the two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran
BBC Middle East 23 days ago
What we know about the two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran

The provisional truce comes more than a month after the US and Israel launched coordinated attacks o…

Trump condemned over threat that Iran's 'civilisation will die'
BBC Middle East 24 days ago
Trump condemned over threat that Iran's 'civilisation will die'

The UN's chief says he is "deeply troubled" by such statements, as the US president ramps up pressur…

French couple leave Iran after more than three years in jail
BBC Middle East 24 days ago
French couple leave Iran after more than three years in jail

Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris are on their way home after being allowed to leave the country, the …

US journalist Shelly Kittleson to be released after kidnap in Iraq, militia says
BBC Middle East 24 days ago
US journalist Shelly Kittleson to be released after kidnap in Iraq, militia says

Kataib Hezbollah says the release comes on condition that she leave Iraq immediately.

One gunman killed and two injured in shooting at Israeli consulate in Istanbul
BBC Middle East 24 days ago
One gunman killed and two injured in shooting at Israeli consulate in Istanbul

No Israeli diplomats are currently in Turkey and the Istanbul consulate has been empty for the past …

WHO suspends Gaza medical evacuations after contractor killed by Israeli troops
BBC Middle East 24 days ago
WHO suspends Gaza medical evacuations after contractor killed by Israeli troops

Israel's military says troops fired at a vehicle driven by the Palestinian because they believed it …

Little sign of breakthrough as Trump's Iran deadline nears
BBC Middle East 24 days ago
Little sign of breakthrough as Trump's Iran deadline nears

The US president is in a delicate political position as the final hours to Tuesday's deadline for Ir…

Trump threatens to take out Iran in 'one night' if no deal before deadline
BBC Middle East 25 days ago
Trump threatens to take out Iran in 'one night' if no deal before deadline

The US president wants Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy route, before…

Ten killed in Israeli strikes and clashes between Hamas and militia in Gaza, local sources say
BBC Middle East 25 days ago
Ten killed in Israeli strikes and clashes between Hamas and militia in Gaza, local sources say

The Israeli strikes reportedly targeted Hamas security personnel after they clashed with an Israeli-…