The US is likely to use RAF Fairford as one of its bases for "defensive" strikes on Iranian missile sites, the BBC understands.

Explosions have been heard in multiple Gulf cities including Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha, while Israel and Hezbollah are trading blows as the war with Iran widens. Follow for live coverage.

An RAF base in Cyprus has been hit by a drone strike, hours after Keir Starmer announced that the UK would let the US use two ...

Two unmanned aerial vehicles headed towards RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on Monday were intercepted in time, a Cypriot government ...

560 American troops killed or wounded in Iranian Attacks: IRGC Three violating US and UK oil tankers were hit by missiles and ...

In a recorded message, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said a Shahed unmanned aerial vehicle crashed within the British Sovereign Base Area late Sunday, causing “minimal damage” and no reporte ...

Tensions in the region continued overnight Monday, with Israel launching strikes on Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, after ...

Three American service members have been killed and casualties are reported in the UAE, Israel and Kuwait as Israel and Iran ...

Ayatollah Alireza Arafi has been named Iran’s interim Supreme Leader, after longtime leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed ...

Although there is currently no advice against travel to Cyprus, the FCDO has warned of a “heightened risk of regional tension ...

The current crisis in the Middle East has seen a surge in fake AI-generated content BBC Verify has seen examples of manipulated images of explosions and fake videos being shared online We're verifying ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer risks being dragged deeper into the conflict, after allowing the U.S. military to use British bases for “defensive” purposes.