A BBC expert has explained how Israel has taken a “massive gamble” by attacking Iran. Security correspondent Frank Gardner said the move could actually speed up Tehran’s progress towards building a nuclear bomb,

Condemning terrorism, halting nuclear proliferation, and defending innocent lives must not be controversial positions, they must be moral imperatives, Sacha Roytman Dratwa writes. View on euronews

"At the end of the day, we wouldn't like to see some kind of nuclear race in the Middle East, whether it's civil or military," Tsach Saar, Israel's consul deputy general in New York, told Newsweek.

Tehran, promising a ‘severe’ response, launches 100 drones toward Israeli territory. The United States maintains it did not participate in the offensive ordered by Netanyahu

Israel launched a audacious series of airstrikes against Iran, code-named Operation Rising Lion, targeting nuclear facilities. Among the targets were the Natanz enrichment facility, ballistic missile sites and senior military officials.

Iranian military chiefs and nuclear scientists among those killed in what Iran's foreign minister calls a "declaration of war".

On the heels of Israel's strikes on Iran over its nuclear program, here's a look at which nations currently possess nuclear weapons.

Israel and Iran are at a flashpoint as both sides trade attacks. With a fresh censure from the UN nuclear watchdog, Iran’s nuclear and missile programmes are under the spotlight again. With enriched uranium stockpiles near weapons-grade and the region’s largest ballistic missile arsenal,