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US military says it is striking Iran over Hormuz attack
Dubai: Iran said the Strait of Hormuz was closed once again after a warning shot fired by its military struck a vessel using an unauthorised route in the critical waterway, further jeopardising…
- Middle East
Mojtaba Khamenei pledges to ‘avenge the blood’ of his father
Dubai: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in his first public message since his father’s funeral ceremonies, threatened vengeance for the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. A statement read on state television…
- Middle East
Araghchi discusses region with foreign counterparts amid strikes
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi discussed the latest regional developments with his Omani and Turkish counterparts as well as Pakistan’s army chief in separate phone calls following renewed US strikes…
- Middle East
Explosions reported across southern Iran
Tehran: Several explosions were heard across southern Iran early on Friday, including in Bushehr, where Iran’s only civilian nuclear power plant is located, as well as Bandar Abbas, Konarak and Choghadak, according…
- Middle East
Oil prices jump as US-Iran truce falters over Hormuz strikes
New York: The potential unravelling of a fragile truce between Iran and the United States renewed anxiety Wednesday over whether fuel prices would go back up if sustained fighting kept oil tankers…
- News
Trump flies home on old Air Force One, skips Qatari jet
Washington: President Donald Trump flew home from a NATO summit in Turkey on an old baby blue Air Force One plane instead of the new Qatari-gifted and retrofitted red, white and navy…
- Middle East
Fourteen killed, 78 injured in two days of US strikes: Iran
Tehran: Two days of US strikes on Iran have killed 14 people and injured 78 others, according to Iran’s Health Ministry, as fresh explosions were reported early on Thursday, July 9, across…
- Middle East
We’ll be hitting them hard tonight’: Trump warns Iran
US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Wednesday, July 8, that the United States would launch fresh military action, saying, “We’ll be hitting them hard tonight,” hours before explosions were reported across…
- World
US launches new strikes against Iranian targets
Dubai: The US military launched a series of strikes against Iranian targets early Wednesday, July 8, after three merchant ships were struck in the waters off Oman. In a statement posted to…
- Middle East
Three tanker attacks in a day raise Hormuz threat to ‘severe’
The Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) has raised the threat level for the Strait of Hormuz to “Severe” after three commercial tankers were attacked in a single day, warning that deliberate hostile…
- News
US court unlikely to reject DOJ bid to drop Adani case
New York: US legal experts said it would be highly unusual for a federal court to reject the Department of Justice’s request to dismiss the criminal case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani,…













