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The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said on Saturday it had received a report of a tanker being fired upon by what it said were "two gunboats linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)" 20 nautical miles north-east of Oman.
Iran has denied US claims that it agreed to transfer its enriched uranium abroad and threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz again if Washington’s naval blockade is not lifted, as a handful of vessels began transiting the strategic waterway on Saturday.
Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers
The US-Israeli attacks are a ‘massive learning opportunity’, a Middle East analyst tells a seminar held in Shenzhen
The US-Israeli attacks are a ‘massive learning opportunity’, a Middle East analyst tells a seminar held in Shenzhen
The Trump administration on Friday renewed a waiver allowing countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil at sea for about a month, even as lawmakers accused the government of going easy on Moscow as its war on Ukraine grinds on.
Iran has swiftly reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, reimposing restrictions on the critical waterway on Saturday after the US said it would not end its blockade of Iran-linked shipping.
Iran swiftly reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, reimposing restrictions on the critical waterway on Saturday after the US said it would not end its blockade of Iran-linked shipping.
Egypt and Pakistan are working "very hard" as mediators to bring about "a final agreement between the United States and Iran", Egypt's foreign minister said on Saturday at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey.
The Iranian military has once again closed free passage through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, citing what it described as US ‘piracy.’
Fuel prices are set to fall even further by next weekend after an Iranian leader announced a halt to the regime’s weeks-long blockade on shipping from the Middle East.
Pakistan’s army chief and the prime minister have wrapped up separate diplomatic visits aimed at advancing efforts to end the United States-Iran conflict, with Field Marshal Asim Munir leaving Tehran and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif returning from Turkiye.
Since the declaration of the so-called ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in October 2025 - violated more than 2,000 times - and more dramatically since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran on 28 February, Palestine has been actively displaced from the centre of global attention.
Egypt is working closely with Pakistan on a framework aimed at securing a lasting peace between the US and Iran, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Saturday.
The waterway has ‘returned to its previous state’, Chinese news agency reports
The waterway has ‘returned to its previous state’, Chinese news agency reports
President Donald Trump sounded optimistic late Friday about the progress of peace talks with Iran and said negotiations are continuing as a fragile ceasefire held, but Iranian media said the key Strait of Hormuz was closed to shipping traffic again after the U.S. failed to meet its obligations.
A group of vessels attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz late on Friday, after the US and Iran announced that it has been reopened, but were forced to stop or turn back, demonstrating the extent of confusion there.
Iran's central military command announced on Saturday it would resume "strict management" of the Strait of Hormuz, reversing a decision to unblock the strategic channel as part of negotiations with Washington.
The speaker of Iran's parliament issued a direct threat to close the Strait of Hormuz if a U.S. naval blockade continues, marking one of Tehran's sharpest public warnings since ceasefire negotiations began.
Dos policías pasan por delante de un cartel antiestadounidense que muestra un avión de Estados Unidos siendo capturado por las fuerzas armadas de Irán en una red de pesca con la frase, en farsi, “El estrecho de Ormuz seguirá cerrado, todo el golfo Pérsico es nuestro terreno de caza”, en Teherán, Irán, el 5 de abril …
After six weeks of escalating violence in the US-Israeli war on Iran, a fragile two-week ceasefire was brokered by Pakistan in early April, with peace talks taking place this past weekend in Islamabad.
Iranians striving to maintain a semblance of normal life after weeks of US and Israeli bombing and a deadly crackdown on protesters in January remain daunted by the future, as damage from airstrikes and internet cuts take a toll.
Five empty Iranian tankers were sighted in Iranian ports loading millions of barrels of oil amid the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
Two police officers walk in front of an anti-U.S. billboard depicting American aircraft being caught by Iranian armed forces in a fishing net beneath the words in Farsi, “The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed, The entire Persian Gulf is our hunting ground,” in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid S…
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The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable. Environmentalists are now being seen for the pragmatists that they are
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Friday issued a month-long sanctions waiver allowing the sale of Russian oil and petroleum products that are at sea, extending an earlier move to soften surging energy prices.
Varias personas pasan por delante de tiendas cerradas en el principal bazar tradicional, casi vacío, durante las vacaciones del Año Nuevo iraní, o nowruz, en Teherán, Irán, el 29 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi, archivo)
Much like schools in the UAE, all public and private universities are to resume in-person learning on Monday, having moved online as the country defended itself against Iranian attacks.
Thousands of women and young girls attended the “Sacrificed Girls” rally in Tehran on Friday, according to state media reports.
US President Donald Trump said on Friday there had been some "pretty good news" regarding Iran, adding that the US and Iran's temporary ceasefire may end unless a long-term deal to end the war is agreed upon by Wednesday.
The US Department of the Treasury issued a waiver allowing the delivery and sale of sanctioned Russian crude as the administration seeks to ease prices during the war involving Iran, CNN reported.
Iranian parliamentary speaker also says passage through waterway will depend on Iranian authorisation and accuses Donald Trump of multiple falsehoods
Geopolitical risk is driving a rethink of where bullion is stored – and Hong Kong’s unique status is drawing attention
Geopolitical risk is driving a rethink of where bullion is stored – and Hong Kong’s unique status is drawing attention
US forces will pursue ships linked to Iran well beyond the Middle East, including in the Indo-Pacific, CNN reported, quoting the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
President Donald Trump said there had been "some pretty good news" about Iran, suggesting optimism about peace talks to end the war in the Middle East, but he said a ceasefire in the conflict may not be extended without a deal by Wednesday.
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People walk past closed shops at the nearly empty traditional main bazaar during Iranian New Year, or Nowruz, holidays in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
The two centres of this crisis are the 24-mile Strait of Hormuz south of Iran and 7,000 miles away in the White House.
The president has opened fissures in his base by starting a war he couldn’t finish with Iran, stoking inflation and offending Christians. Barred from running again, he may feel he has nothing to lose
Policymakers around the world are closely watching developments in the Middle East as they gauge the most prudent response to the economic fallout of the war.
Iran said Friday it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels, but President Donald Trump said the American blockade on Iranian ships and ports “will remain in full force” until Tehran reaches a deal with the U.S., including on its nuclear program. The narrow, bending waterway has been the subject of…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada stands in “full solidarity” with Gulf partners and welcomed a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, as well as the announcement that Iran will be reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told state TV on Friday that the country’s stockpile of enriched uranium would not be transferred “anywhere”, denying an earlier claim by US President Donald Trump that the Islamic Republic had agreed to hand it over.
As the Iran war continues to shape the regional security environment, the resilience of urban infrastructure across the Gulf is being tested in new ways. For the region’s rapidly advancing smart cities, this is no longer a theoretical concern. It is a design challenge that must be addressed from the outset.
For almost a decade, Iraq has enjoyed relative peace, stability and economic growth. That may all be at risk due to the political fallout from the war that the US and Israel launched against Iran in February.
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Iran’s parliamentary speaker says strait could close again if US blockade continues, but Trump says it will remain in place until ‘transaction’ with Tehran is complete