Follow the latest news after Israel launched strikes at Iran, a dramatic escalation in long-running tensions between the two countries.

Less than 24 hours before U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Highland Park, and three of his Congressional colleagues were scheduled to leave on trip to the Middle East, Israel launched a military attack

It pushes a broiling Middle East – where slaughter has become a daily reality for so many – to the very edge of another regional bloody conflict.The deep concern here is that the war will play out on the ground of the countries neighbouring Israel and Iran rather than being another exchange of missile or drone attacks.

The United States is shifting military resources, including ships, in the Middle East in response to Israel’s strikes on Iran and a possible retaliatory

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US shifts military resources in Middle East in response to Israel strikes and possible Iran retaliation, officials say.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul had to change his trip in the Middle East, dropping a stop in Israel, after the country launched a barrage of strikes across Iran earlier on Friday.

Global air traffic has been disrupted following Israel’s strikes on Iran Friday, with several major airlines suspending flights to and from locations in the Middle East and rerouting their planes to avoid much of the region’s airspace.