#Iran crisis

Iran has authorised the passage of vessels carrying essential goods to its ports through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a letter cited by Iran’s Tasnim news agency on ...

Iran’s forces were hunting on Saturday for a missing U.S. pilot from one of two warplanes downed over Iran and the Gulf, officials from both sides said, while ...

Three Omani-operated tankers, a French-owned container ship and a Japanese-owned gas carrier have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since Thursday, shipping data showed, reflecting Iran’s policy to allow passage ...

An unnamed source told Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency on Friday that Tehran had rejected a US proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire. The source said the proposal was made ...

A US fighter jet has been shot down over Iran and search-and-rescue efforts have so far recovered one of two crew members who ejected, a US official told Reuters, in ...

Israel pounded Beirut with airstrikes on Friday that the military said had targeted militant “infrastructure” in Lebanon’s capital, as the US warned that Iran may target universities in the ...

After more than a month of being stalked by targeted assassinations, Iran’s leadership has adopted a new tactic to show it is still in control – with senior officials walking ...

Every Easter, Sydney retiree Elsa Ucak is one of the millions of Australians that hit the road to travel during the four-day-long weekend. But this year, she has cancelled her ...

President Donald Trump said the U.S. “hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran”, reiterating vows to increase the ferocity of attacks on its infrastructure, as dozens ...

The U.N. Security Council is to vote on a Bahraini resolution to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz, diplomats said on Friday, but veto-wielding China ...

The growing rift between Unites States president Donald Trump and his Nato partners is a very worrying development for the West. Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk hit the nail ...

A total of 19 Cypriot-flagged ships remain near the Strait of Hormuz, the shipping deputy ministry said on Thursday. “There are currently 19 ships under the Cypriot flag in the Arabian Gulf ...

Dozens of countries sought ways to restart vital energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed more aggressive strikes on Iran, pushing oil prices ...

Britain will host talks on Thursday aimed at forming a coalition of countries to explore ways to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. President Donald Trump said securing ...

The British bases in Cyprus could “easily be targeted again” as the war in the Middle East continues, the British forces’ Cyprus commander major general Tom Bewick has said. “One ...

Hopes for a swift end to the Middle East war faded on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed more aggressive strikes on Iran, disappointing investors hoping for clearer ...

Israel’s ambassador to Cyprus, Oren Anolik, has asserted that while Iran’s nuclear and ballistic capabilities have been significantly degraded by US-Israeli strikes they have not been entirely eliminated, ...

Iran has asked the United States for a ceasefire, President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Wednesday, adding Washington would consider this once the Strait of Hormuz ...

IIsrael’s military on Wednesday said it killed senior Hezbollah commander Haj Youssef Ismail Hashem in the biggest blow to the group since a fresh bout of fighting with Israel ...

The United States will end its war on Iran fairly soon and could return for “spot hits” if needed, President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday, hours before he was ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that the global instability caused by the Iran war means Britain should align more closely with European allies on security and economy, following ...

Cyprus intelligence service chief Tasos Tzionis held a telephone conversation with the head of the Bahraini royal guard, Bahraini media reported on Wednesday, with the pair discussing the ongoing war ...

A tanker struck off Qatar was hit by two projectiles, one causing a fire that has since been extinguished and another remaining unexploded in the vessel’s engine room, the ...

President Donald Trump and his Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the end of the war on Iran could be near, signalling potential for both direct talks with Tehran’s ...