Satellite images taken Wednesday and reviewed by the The Associated Press show most of the school in the city of Minab, some 1,100 kilometers (680 miles) southeast of Tehran, reduced to rubble, a crescent shape punched into its roof. Experts say the tight pattern of the damage visible on the satellite photos is consistent with a targeted airstrike.
Defending champions India have the chance to become the first side to win the T20 World Cup on three occasions when they face New Zealand on Sunday in Ahmedabad. The 2026 edition, which began on February 7, concludes with the favourites and tournament co-hosts facing the dark horses in the Kiwis in the finale. The New Zealanders have their own piece of history on their mind, as they seek their first T20 World Cup crown.
Iran-backed militias around the Middle East are intensifying attacks against Israel, the US and their allies, in retaliation for the ongoing joint US-Israeli offensive against Tehran as the war draws in new armed actors, threatening wider chaos and violence. Israel and the US have targeted Iran's network of militant groups, with Iraq emerging as a key front in this new and often clandestine confrontation.
Uncertainty over US and Israeli war aims is slowing the Iranian Kurdish opposition groups urged by President Donald Trump to rise up against the Islamic Republic, Kurdish analysts have told Al Jazeera. From Trump's call for Iranians to topple their government, to arguments from the United States that it was forced into attacking Iran by its ally Israel, to discredited claims that the strikes on Tehran were somehow defensive, Washington has yet to offer a clear explanation for its attacks on Iran or what its plans might be beyond them.
The United States-Israeli war on Iran is estimated to have cost Washington $3.7bn so far in its first 100 hours alone, or nearly $900m a day, driven largely by the huge expenditure of munitions, according to new research. An analysis by Washington-based think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) underlined the colossal cost of the war.
Well, he's not Winston Churchill, let me put it that way. Trump suggested that the British government should cooperate more closely with American military operations, expressing surprise at the Prime Minister's response in the initial days of the conflict.
Premier Li Qiang emphasized 'the need to accelerate self-reliance in high-level science and technology' against a background of 'unilateralism and protectionism escalating abruptly,' referencing Trump administration trade policy, while highlighting China's recent advances in independent chip research and development and noting integrated circuit output rose 10.9 percent last year.
On Thursday, Azerbaijan's foreign ministry said that Iranian drones attacked the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. It's an exclave to the north of Iran, which is separated from the rest of Azerbaijan by Armenia. One drone damaged the terminal at Nakhchivan Airport, and another fell near a school building, the ministry said. Two civilians were injured, it added.
