Hormuz shipping slows to a trickle as Gulf tensions persist
A dozen commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on the weekend, down from 35 the prior weekend, shipping data showed on Monday, as tension in the Gulf persisted with the ...
Saudi-Houthi strikes widen war, threaten global oil routes
Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis exchanged fresh strikes across their border on Thursday and Yemenis took to boats in the Red Sea to escape fighting, as the spreading ...
Saudis and Houthis exchange strikes, Yemenis take to boats to flee as Middle East war spreads
Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis exchanged fresh strikes across their border on Thursday and Yemenis took to boats in the Red Sea to escape fighting, as the spreading ...
UN mission finds grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran, and Tehran crimes against humanity
A UN fact-finding mission on Iran said on Thursday it had reasonable grounds to believe the United States was behind two military strikes on a school and sports facility in ...
Trump hopes Iran war nearing end as Saudi-Houthi fighting escalates
President Donald Trump said he hoped an end to the war against Iran was near, as the conflict, in its seventh month, escalated with Saudi aircraft pounding Yemen and Houthi ...
Saudis pound Yemen as Houthis solidify gains in new theatre of Middle East war
Saudi warplanes pounded Yemen, the Houthis said on Wednesday, as the Iran-backed fighters solidified their gains after a lightning advance that has extended Tehran’s reach in the Middle East ...
Saudi Arabia destroys Houthi drone near Mecca
Saudi Arabia’s air defences destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca before it entered prohibited airspace over the holy city, a spokesperson for the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen ...
Saudi civil defence says danger has passed in six cities including Yanbu
The Saudi Arabian Civil Defence sent an all clear on Tuesday after issuing alerts for potential danger in six cities including Yanbu, the kingdom’s main Red Sea oil port, ...
Houthis attack Saudi Arabia as Gulf-Iran talks are postponed
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis launched a new attack on Saudi Arabia on Monday and Gulf Arab states postponed planned talks with Iran, raising concerns the Middle East conflict could spread ...
Trump says Iran wants deal as Gulf talks delayed, Houthis strike Saudi Arabia
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran wanted to reach a deal with Washington, signalling a possible diplomatic opening as fighting across the Middle East widened and ...
Trump’s foreign policy: unconventional methods, traditional goals
What if Donald Trump’s foreign policy is not as chaotic as it looks?
Last year, I argued that beneath the spectacle, contradictions and unpredictability, Trump’s foreign policy had ...
Saudis shut down oil pipeline as Houthis tighten grip on Red Sea shipping
Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline, after the vital oil conduit came under aerial attack in the widening Middle East war, threatening to send energy prices even higher.
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Houthis seize Yemen’s Mocha, tighten grip on key Red Sea route
Iran-aligned Houthis seized control of Yemen’s port city of Mocha on Thursday and advanced down the Red Sea coast to strategic islands, military sources said, hours after President Donald ...
Iran suspends freight charge on foreign vessels carrying energy products to or from Iran
Iran has temporarily suspended a 10 per cent charge on freight fees for foreign vessels carrying imported or exported oil, gas and liquid petroleum products to and from Iran, the semi-official ...
Houthis close in on strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis edged closer on Thursday to gaining leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s most important routes for commodity vessels, four Yemeni government ...
Iran and US hit tankers in biggest wave of attacks on shipping since war began
Iran said on Wednesday it had attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. sank five Iranian oil tankers, in the biggest declared wave of tit-for-tat attacks ...
Iran fires missiles at US-used base in Jordan as Gulf war escalates
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it fired ballistic missiles at a base in Jordan used by the U.S. military and attacked 10 ships on Wednesday, after the U.S. said ...
Iran threatens to attack US bases if tankers hit
Iran has threatened to attack US military bases in the region if Iranian oil tankers are targeted.
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Ali Abdollahi said any attack ...
Iran-backed Houthis attack four Saudi cities in expansion of Middle East war
Yemen’s Tehran-backed Houthis attacked four cities in the south of U.S. ally Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding more than 70 people and setting oil installations ablaze in what appeared ...
Iran threatens US with economic warfare, fires missile at warships
Iran threatened the United States with “economic warfare” on Tuesday and said it had fired an advanced missile at U.S. warships, underscoring the risks of further escalation in the ...
Iran plans new Gulf restricted zone and Strait of Hormuz shipping corridor
Iran said it will announce a new restricted zone in the Gulf in the coming days, along with maps of a new shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, as ...
J.D.Vance says US investigating deadly strike on Iran wedding
U.S. Vice President JD Vance said that the United States was investigating a deadly strike on an Iranian wedding earlier this week that an analysis published by Reuters showed ...
Iran reports 18 dead after US strikes, including four at wedding
The sudden recent escalation of the Iran war has cast renewed attention on its civilian toll after Iran reported 18 dead in the last U.S. assault, including four killed and ...
Trump claims renewed campaign against Iran ‘won’t last long’
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the renewed US campaign against Iran would not continue for “too long” after the biggest exchange of fire between Tehran and Washington ...