The 28-year-old Iraqi Kurd has evaded arrest by operating under the alias “Kardo Ranya”. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More BBC unmasks key people smuggler in network behind most small boat crossingsTag: Middle East
Ailing Iranian Nobel laureate given bail and hospital transfer
Iranian authorities granted human rights activist Narges Mohammadi bail amid growing concern over her poor health in prison. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Ailing Iranian Nobel laureate given bail and hospital transferBBC speaks with civilians inside Iran struggling with impact of war
Iranian authorities have imposed an internet ban but using trusted sources, special correspondent Fergal Keane hears from those traumatised by conflict and government repression. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More BBC speaks with civilians inside Iran struggling with impact of warIranian activist tells BBC how fear of war restarting intensifies trauma of repression
A dissident in Tehran says she feels helpless and under immense psychological pressure. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Iranian activist tells BBC how fear of war restarting intensifies trauma of repressionIsrael deports two activists detained on board Gaza flotilla
Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Ávila were detained by Israel after sailing in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Israel deports two activists detained on board Gaza flotillaGulf economies face long-term hit from Iran conflict
Commentators say it will take years or even decades to repair the damage. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Gulf economies face long-term hit from Iran conflictTrump’s hopes for an Iran peace deal come with caveats
There are signs of fresh momentum to end the war, but Trump himself has injected a note of caution. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Trump’s hopes for an Iran peace deal come with caveatsTrump pauses Hormuz plan 50 hours after he announced it – what happened?
The US president pauses the military operation to get ships through the Strait of Hormuz two days after he announced it. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Trump pauses Hormuz plan 50 hours after he announced it – what happened?China calls for Strait to be reopened ‘as soon as possible’ in Iran talks
Wang Yi is holding talks with Iran’s foreign minister Aragchi who is on his first trip to China since the war began. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More China calls for Strait to be reopened ‘as soon as possible’ in Iran talksWatch: The Lebanese neighbourhoods shattered by Israel’s ten minute bombing raid
The BBC’s Nawal Al-Maghafi has been piecing together what happened on 8 April 2026, after one of the deadliest chapters in the country’s recent history. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Watch: The Lebanese neighbourhoods shattered by Israel’s ten minute bombing raidIS families in Syria have booked tickets home to Australia, minister says
The four women and nine children with links to Islamic State have spent years in a Syrian camp. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More IS families in Syria have booked tickets home to Australia, minister saysCaptain of stranded ship in Strait of Hormuz tells BBC of ‘pressure’
Capt Raman Kapoor’s ship is one of several to be stranded in the strait in the midst of the power struggle between the US and Iran. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Captain of stranded ship in Strait of Hormuz tells BBC of ‘pressure’What we know about Trump’s ‘Project Freedom’ in Strait of Hormuz
What does the operation entail and could it lead to a resumption of hostilities? Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More What we know about Trump’s ‘Project Freedom’ in Strait of HormuzBowen: Strait of Hormuz standoff raises risk of sliding back into all out war
The US and Iran’s determination to keep the pressure on each other has put the fragile Gulf ceasefire in serious jeopardy. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Bowen: Strait of Hormuz standoff raises risk of sliding back into all out warSome Iranians fear the regime is now more entrenched – and ready for revenge
Ordinary Iranians tell of worry about increased repression by authorities after the war is over. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Some Iranians fear the regime is now more entrenched – and ready for revenge