Catherine Philp

The peace deal is supposed to allow traffic to restart through the crucial oil supply route, but questions remain about tolls, mines and the fragile ceasefire

The streets of the capital are shrouded in black as Iran prepares to lay Ayatollah Khamenei to rest — but his son and successor is nowhere to be seen

On a third day of national mourning for the late supreme leader the regime in Tehran came out in force, but Mojtaba Khamenei was nowhere to be seen

Huge crowds filled Tehran in a show of unity and defiance, while elsewhere Iranians danced and drank to celebrate the death of the supreme leader

Iran-US war live updates as Trump declares ‘ceasefire over’ at Nato summit

Reza joined protests in Mashhad in January. Now, traumatised by state violence, his only wish is to escape as Trump’s war continues

A sleeping village was shattered by a Russian strike using a North Korean weapon, obliterating the home of the Voronovs. Only the dog survived

Audacious strikes targeting ‘Russia’s Amazon’ seek to bring the war to ordinary Russians and issue a stark message to Kremlin-friendly oligarchs

The tent cities in Kyiv’s metro stations have not been this busy since the first months of the war in 2022. But what is life like in the makeshift war bunkers?

Oleksandr Ivanov, a Ukrainian marine, says the dire conditions evoked the inescapable Azkaban but telling JK Rowling’s saga to inmates ‘kept our hopes alive’