US-Israel-Iran war
- Middle East
US weakens Iran’s hold on Strait of Hormuz as war drags on
In recent weeks, the United States has succeeded in loosening Iran’s grip over the Strait of Hormuz while virtually shutting down Iran’s own oil exports, accelerating its economic free fall. But the…
- Business
Asian markets mixed as Iran war pushes oil prices higher
Tokyo: Asian shares were mixed in cautious trading early Wednesday, September 9, as investors watched for what might happen on interest rates and the war with Iran pushed oil prices higher. Japan’s…
- Middle East
Iran warns South Korea against involvement in Strait of Hormuz
Iran warned South Korea on Monday, September 7, that any military involvement in the Strait of Hormuz would be regarded as support for US aggression and could have “serious consequences”, as Seoul…
- Middle East
IRGC says US-Israeli-linked ‘terror’ team smashed in SE Iran
Tehran: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Saturday, September 5, that its forces had smashed a “terror” team it said was affiliated with the United States and Israel in southeastern…
- Middle East
Iranian tanker hit by four US missiles near Kharg Island
An Iranian oil tanker was hit by four US projectiles near the strategic Kharg Island on Saturday, September 5, Iranian media reported, amid renewed military escalation between Washington and Tehran and growing…
- Middle East
Trump calls US-Iran military conflict ‘small potatoes’, not a war
Washington: President Donald Trump has described the US confrontation with Iran as an intermittent “military conflict” rather than a full-scale war, claiming that Washington controls the Strait of Hormuz and has prevented…
- Middle East
Kuwait documents Iranian attacks in Class 10 textbook
Kuwait City: Kuwait has incorporated its experience of Iranian attacks since February 28 into the national Class 10 history curriculum, documenting the strikes, their impact and the country’s response. According to reports…
- Middle East
Trump says Iran war will end soon, claims US has already ‘won’
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said the war with Iran would end soon, asserting that American forces had crippled Tehran’s military capabilities, were monitoring its nuclear sites and controlled the Strait…
- 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.…
- Middle East
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,…
- 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…
- India
PM Modi at SCO: Resolve wars through dialogue, not battlefields
Bishkek: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, September 1, reiterated India’s stance that all conflicts should be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy, and not through war. Addressing the 26th Meeting of the…
- Middle East
Two killed, several injured in US strike on Larak Island
Two people were killed and several others injured in an overnight US strike on Iran’s Larak Island, Iranian state media reported on Monday, August 31, citing the governor of Qeshm. The strike…
- Middle East
Hormuz crisis leaves 400 ships, 6,000 seafarers stranded in Gulf
Up to 400 ships carrying around 6,000 seafarers remain unable to leave the Persian Gulf safely, six months after the conflict in the Middle East began, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) said…
- Middle East
Iran urges countries not to join ‘illegal’ US sanctions
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Friday, August 28, urged countries not to join Washington’s unilateral sanctions against Iran. In a statement, the ministry condemned US sanctions policies against Iran, saying they…
