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Iran claims missile, drone strikes on US bases in Kuwait, UAE
Iran’s Army said it launched missile and drone strikes on military bases used by US forces in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) early on Thursday, September 3, marking a fresh…
- Middle East
Iran tells Trump his fate in Hormuz is to ‘drown in fury’
Tehran: Iran has hit back at US President Donald Trump over his proposal to rename the Strait of Hormuz the ‘Trump Strait’, dismissing his claims of US control over the strategic waterway.…
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US escorts 18 million barrels of oil through Hormuz in one day
h The US military escorted 40 commercial vessels carrying around 18 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, September 1, marking its largest single-day operation of the war,…
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Inside the reported US strike that hit a wedding in south Iran
Tehran: A US missile hit a home in southern Iran where dozens were gathered to celebrate the wedding of a fisherman’s daughter, according to a rights group and Iranian media. Iranian state…
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After Modi-Pezeshkian meet, US warns against sanctions evasion
Chapel Hill (North Carolina): US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned that countries helping Iran evade American sanctions could themselves face penalties, while dismissing suggestions that India and Iran were preparing…
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Trump says US ready for more Iran strikes
Washington: The US military is prepared to launch more strikes on Iran “any time we want,” President Donald Trump has said. “It was a very heavy attack last night, and we’re prepared…
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Trump proposes renaming Strait of Hormuz ‘Trump Strait’
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, September 2, suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz the “Trump Strait”, claiming the United States now controls the strategic waterway as fighting with Iran continued to…
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Nepal demands compensation from India, China, US over floods
Kathmandu: Naming the United States, China, and India as the biggest greenhouse gas emitters, Nepal has demanded climate compensation from the countries for the recent flash floods that have left over a…
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Two Filipino sailors killed in Saudi tanker incident in Hormuz
Two Filipino sailors were killed after a Saudi tanker was involved in a security incident while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, shipping company Bahri said on Wednesday, September 2. Bahri said its…
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‘They turned a wedding into a funeral’: Iran after US strike
Iran’s embassy in India said a US strike had “turned a wedding into a funeral”, after Iranian authorities reported that an attack near the southern city of Sirik killed five people and…
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Two tankers catch fire after hitting mines in Hormuz: IRGC
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said two oil tankers caught fire after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, September 2, amid a widening military confrontation between Tehran and Washington.…
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USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Thailand after West Asia deployment
Laem Chabang: The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier arrived in eastern Thailand early Wednesday after its gruelling deployment in the Middle East. Associated Press journalists watched the Lincoln, which is carrying about…
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Over 2,000 immigrants arrested in New York: US DHS
New York: US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 2,197 immigrants across the state of New York from late July to…
- Middle East
Iran begins ‘regretful’ response after US strikes kill 5 at wedding
Iran said it had begun a “regretful response” against the United States in the early hours of Wednesday, September 2, hours after US forces launched a fresh wave of strikes across southern…
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Iran condemns US attacks, says Tehran’s response justified
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei on Tuesday, September 1, denounced the United States’ “ill intentions” against Iran, adding that Iran was justified in its retaliatory strikes on Sunday, August 30. “The…