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 ...
Iran warns US over ground attack as regional powers meet in Pakistan
Iran said it was ready to respond to a US ground attack, accusing Washington on Sunday of preparing a land assault even as it sought negotiations and as regional powers ...
‘It’s like going through hell every day’
The whole world is watching the US and Israel’s war with Iran. But no-one’s watching as attentively – or with such a knot in their stomach – as the Iranian ...
Pentagon preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, Washington Post reports
The Pentagon is preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, the Washington Post reported Saturday, citing U.S. officials.
The plans could involve raids by Special Operations and conventional ...
Houthi attacks on Israel signal broader regional escalation
The risk of an expanded Iran war grew as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday launched their first attacks on Israel since the start of the conflict, as additional U....
US expects Iran’s response to peace proposal
Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal aimed at ending the war in the Middle East is expected on Friday, according to a source briefed on the matter.
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Rubio says war in Gulf to last ‘weeks not months’
The war in the Gulf is still expected to last weeks, not months, and Washington can meet all its objectives without using ground troops, U.S. Secretary of State Marco ...
Rubio says US can achieve Iran objectives without ground troops
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday the United States could achieve its objectives in Iran without the use of any ground troops and expected its operation to conclude ...
Chinese ships halt attempt to exit Hormuz despite Iran safe passage assurances
Two Chinese container ships turned backed after trying to exit the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, ship-tracking data showed, despite assurances from Iran that Chinese vessels could ...