Beirut strike killed top Hezbollah commander, group says
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 ...
Trump says US may exit Iran war soon and threatens to quit NATO, as oil crisis escalates
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 ...
Starmer calls for closer Europe ties as Iran war strains US relations
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 ...
Intelligence chief calls Bahraini royal guard head to discuss Middle East war
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 ...
Tanker hit by two projectiles off Qatar, one unexploded, UKMTO says
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 ...
US eyes a swift end to war as fresh attacks hit Gulf states and Iran
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 ...
Cyprus signs statement offering support for Lebanese govt amid widening conflict
Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Tuesday signed a joint declaration of European foreign ministers declaring their “full support for the Lebanese government and people” as the conflict in the ...
Details of foreign military presence around Cyprus unclear
Questions remain over the scope, mandate and duration of the foreign military presence around Cyprus, established as the Israeli-US-war on Iran broke out, a source close to the government said ...
US says coming days in Iran war will be decisive, urges Tehran to make a deal
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday the next few days in the war against Iran would be decisive and warned Tehran that the conflict would intensify if ...
Trump urges countries seeking oil to go to Strait of Hormuz and ‘just take it’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged countries that did not help in the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran to buy American oil and go to the Strait of Hormuz ...
After Spain, Italy refuses US aircraft use of Sicily base for Middle East operations
Daily Corriere della Sera reported “some U.S. bombers” had been due to land at the base in eastern Sicily before heading to the Middle East. It did not say ...
EU tells members to prepare for ‘prolonged disruption’ to energy markets from Iran war
European Union governments should prepare for a “prolonged disruption” to energy markets as a result of the Iran war, the bloc’s energy chief has told countries’ ministers ahead of ...
Iran: Trump will have only three options
The Iranians know they have won, but President Trump doesn’t get it yet. He’s still at the stage of counting up the US and Israeli air-strikes and assuming ...
Fire extinguished on Kuwaiti tanker hit by Iranian attack in Dubai waters
A fire on board a fully loaded Kuwaiti crude oil tanker hit by an Iranian attack at Dubai Port’s anchorage on Monday was extinguished, authorities said, after the strike ...
Trump interested in calling on Arab states to help pay for Iran war, White House says
US President Donald Trump would be interested in calling on Arab countries to pay for the cost of the Iran war, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on ...
Trump issues new warning to Tehran, Iran calls US peace proposals ‘unrealistic’
President Donald Trump warned on Monday that Iran’s energy plants and oil wells would be obliterated if it did not open the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran described US ...
Turkey says NATO defences down fourth Iranian ballistic missile entering airspace
A ballistic missile launched from Iran entered Turkish airspace before being shot down by NATO air and missile defences deployed in the eastern Mediterranean, Turkey’s defence ministry said on ...
Iran calls US peace proposals ‘unrealistic’, oil rises amid new missile strikes
Iran described U.S. proposals to end a month of war in the Middle East as “unrealistic, illogical and excessive” on Monday and unleashed more missiles on Israel, as oil ...
Spain bars US military flights, escalating tensions with Washington
Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in attacks on Iran, a step beyond its previous denial of use of jointly-operated military bases, Spanish newspaper El Pais ...
Israel reports second attack from Yemen as Middle East conflict escalates
The Israeli military said on Monday that Iran launched multiple waves of missiles at Israel, and an attack had also been launched from Yemen for only the second time since ...
War between Hezbollah and Israel deepens fractures in Lebanon
War between Israel and Hezbollah is pushing Lebanon’s fragile state and society towards breaking point, straining sectarian and political faultlines as Shi’ite Muslims are displaced and enmity deepens ...
Australia to halve tax on fuel, underwrite spot cargoes
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday the government would halve the excise on fuel and diesel and remove the heavy road user charge for three months to help ...
Trump says Iran leaders reasonable, ‘I think we’ll make a deal with them, but it’s possible we won’t’
President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Iran have been meeting “directly and indirectly” and that Iran’s new leaders have been “very reasonable”, as more U.S troops ...
Pakistan hosts regional powers for Iran talks with focus on Hormuz proposals
Pakistan hosted talks with Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia on Sunday as part of its efforts to broker an end to the Iran war, with initial discussions focused on proposals ...