China calls for Strait to be reopened 'as soon as possible' in Iran talks

06.05.2026 13:15 Wang Yi is holding talks with Iran's foreign minister Aragchi who is on his first trip to China since the war began.

BBC traces how 10 minutes of Israeli bombing brought devastation to Lebanon

06.05.2026 13:15 The bombs started falling at 14:15 in the afternoon - bringing chaos and destruction across the country.

Captain of stranded ship in Strait of Hormuz tells BBC of 'pressure'

06.05.2026 13:15 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.

IS families in Syria have booked tickets home to Australia, minister says

06.05.2026 13:15 The four women and nine children with links to Islamic State have spent years in a Syrian camp.

Israeli court extends detention of two Gaza flotilla activists

06.05.2026 13:15 Thiago Ávila and Saif Abu Keshek were detained by Israeli forces who intercepted the flotilla's boats near Greece last week.

Watch: The Lebanese neighbourhoods shattered by Israel's ten minute bombing raid

06.05.2026 13:15 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.

Bowen: Strait of Hormuz standoff raises risk of sliding back into all-out war

05.05.2026 18:45 The US and Iran's determination to keep the pressure on each other has put the fragile Gulf ceasefire in serious jeopardy.

What we know about Trump's 'Project Freedom' in Strait of Hormuz

05.05.2026 18:45 What does the operation entail and could it lead to a resumption of hostilities?

Concern for jailed Iranian Nobel laureate as brother fears she is dying

05.05.2026 18:45 Her family said the 54-year-old had been taken from prison to a local hospital after a sharp deterioration in her health.

'If we sleep, they bite': Rats and weasels infest camps for displaced Gazans

05.05.2026 18:45 In the Gaza Strip, the daily battles are now with rats, weasels, and other pests spreading diseases.

Trump repeats that he is 'not happy' with Iran as deadline to seek approval for war looms

05.05.2026 18:45 President Trump said on Friday that said a deal has been hard to reach in part because Iranian leadership was "very confused".

The clandestine network smuggling Starlink tech into Iran to beat internet blackout

05.05.2026 18:45 Sahand tells the BBC World Service he sends satellite internet terminals into Iran to help show "the real picture".

US strikes Iranian fast boats as Iran attacks UAE oil facility

05.05.2026 12:46 Shipping company Maersk says one of its US-flagged commercial vessels has successfully exited the Strait of Hormuz under US military protection.

Israeli attacks kill dozens within days in Lebanon despite ceasefire

04.05.2026 18:15 The health ministry says 77 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon since Thursday.

Some Iranians fear the regime is now more entrenched - and ready for revenge

04.05.2026 12:15 Ordinary Iranians tell of worry about increased repression by authorities after the war is over.