Oil prices ease as mediators propose US-Iran ceasefire
Oil prices fell on Tuesday, with markets weighing reports of mediation efforts between the U.S. and Iran against an exchange of fresh attacks between the two and threats of ...
Houthis impose Saudi naval blockade, opening new front in US-Iran war
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that opens a new front against the United States in its war ...
Mediators propose 10-day ceasefire to revive Iran-US interim deal
Mediators have passed Iran a proposal to de-escalate the war with the U.S. that would offer a 10-day ceasefire to find ways to revive an interim deal reached last ...
Hamas names Khalil Al-Hayya as new overall leader
Hamas has named Khalil Al-Hayya as its overall leader, according to a statement from the Palestinian militant group on Monday, in a move an analyst says could signal a tougher ...
US strikes Iran for ninth day; Iran says two oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz exploded and immobilised
U.S. forces hit Iran for a ninth consecutive day on Monday as concerns grew over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran said two oil tankers had exploded ...
Jordan denies evacuation order for port of Aqaba
Jordan said no order was issued to evacuate Aqaba airport or port on Sunday after the US embassy in Amman reported that both locations had been cleared due to a “...
Israel to receive more US refuelling planes as Iran attacks intensify
Israel is preparing to receive more US refuelling aircraft, an Israeli military official said on Sunday, as attacks launched by the United States and Iran have escalated over the past ...
US renews strikes on Iran after two military personnel killed by Iranian attack
The U.S. said it had completed an eighth straight night of attacks against Iran after earlier announcing that two U.S. military personnel were killed in Jordan and another ...
Iran renews attacks on Gulf states after another night of US strikes
Iran launched renewed attacks on U.S. Gulf allies on Saturday after a seventh straight night of U.S. strikes targeting Iranian military sites including logistics infrastructure, escalating the war ...
Israeli strikes kill Palestinians attending Gaza funeral for earlier strike victim
An Israeli airstrike killed at least eight Palestinians and wounded 20 attending a funeral in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Friday for a person killed by another Israeli strike ...
US and Iran each attack infrastructure in risky escalation
The United States struck bridges and an airport in Iran on Friday and Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait, as the warring foes risked further ...
Iran, US escalate in Gulf but release of American signals path to climb down
Iran and the United States exchanged intensified fire on Thursday in a week-long escalation that has all but torn up last month’s truce, but Iran’s release of a ...
Iran warns Trump against striking infrastructure, calls Strait of Hormuz a ‘red line’
Iran said on Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz was an inviolable “red line”, warning that if U.S. President Donald Trump carried out his threat to attack Iran’s ...
US launches multiple strikes on Iran, which retaliates against US targets in region
The U.S. launched two waves of attacks on Iran’s coastal defenses and missile sites on Wednesday after reimposing a naval blockade of its ports, while Iran struck back ...
US launches new strikes against Iran as escalation threatens shipping
The U.S. conducted a new wave of strikes against Iran’s coastal defence systems and missile sites on Wednesday after reimposing a naval blockade of Iranian ports, while Iran ...
Iran threatens to shut Bab el-Mandeb seaway after closing Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to close “all other export corridors that benefit the U.S. and its allies”, Iranian media reported, after Iran shut the Strait ...
US airstrikes target Iran for fourth consecutive night
US forces are carrying out airstrikes in Iran, a US official told Reuters on Tuesday, with the strikes reportedly continuing for around two hours as tensions between Washington and Tehran ...
Trump drops Hormuz shipping fee as US prepares Iran port blockade
US President Donald Trump abandoned plans for a 20% fee on cargo passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, replacing the proposed charge with trade and investment agreements involving Gulf ...
Lebanon, Israel hold US-brokered talks in Rome to implement framework deal
Lebanon and Israel resumed talks on Tuesday in the Italian capital, with Beirut hoping for progress towards securing an Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon under a U.S.-brokered deal, ...
EU aviation body reinstates Middle East flights warning
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on Tuesday reinstated and toughened its warning to airlines operating in the Middle East, telling them to avoid the airspace of Bahrain, Kuwait, ...
Iran and US stage new attacks, battle over control of Strait of Hormuz
Iran fired ballistic missiles at a U.S. air base in Jordan on Tuesday and the United States attacked Iranian targets for five hours in a battle for control of ...
UAE says Iranian missiles struck oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz, one sailor killed
One Indian crew member was killed and eight others were wounded when two Emirati oil tankers were struck by Iranian cruise missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, the United Arab ...
Cyprus among European countries pledging more funds for Palestine
Cyprus was one of 11 European countries which, alongside the European Union, pledged a total of €41.7 million worth of what was described by the European Commission as “new contribution agreements” for ...
Trump says US reinstates blockade of Strait of Hormuz after new clashes with Iran
President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States was reinstating its blockade of Iranian shipping in the Gulf and would ensure the Strait of Hormuz stays open after the ...