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The tough-as-nails US Air Force colonel shot down over Iran was seriously wounded but still climbed a 7,000-foot ridge and hid in a crevice to evade capture for 36 hours — even with bounty-hunters on his tail.
Donald Trump demanded Tehran bow to his threats for a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping. Source: AAP / Mehmet Eser
The BBC's senior international correspondent Orla Guerin has travelled to the edge of the Strait of Hormuz in Oman, which Iran has put a stranglehold on since the war broke out.
Unas personas observan un edificio destruido dentro del Gran Hosseiniyeh, con una mezquita visible al fondo, que según las autoridades fue alcanzado por ataques aéreos de EEUU e Israel el martes, en Zanjan, Irán, el sábado 4 de abril de 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Israel’s health ministry says the number of people wounded since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran has risen to 6,951.
US President Donald Trump has published an expletive-laden post on social media, in which he threatened to destroy Iran's power plants and bridges if it failed to meet his Tuesday deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping.
Iranian state media has shared pictures and video purportedly showing the wreckage of multiple American aircraft destroyed by the US Air Force to prevent them from falling into the regime’s hands amid the daring rescue mission to save the missing airmen.
Tensions in the Middle East due to the U.S.-Iran war and elevated oil prices continued to impact the stock market this week. Investors with a long-term investment horizon should look beyond near-term challenges and capitalize on the ongoing volatility to pick stocks trading at attractive valuations.
WASHINGTON, April 5 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday renewed his threats to destroy Iran's power plants and bridges if the Islamic Republic does not reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz, while shifting his deadline for Iran's action to Tuesday evening.
The leaders of Ukraine and Syria have pledged greater security cooperation, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Kyiv offers its military expertise to governments across the Middle East region amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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With the world's attention glued to every headline out of Iran, it is understandable why today's OPEC+ meeting was largely ignored, although with roughly 12% of global oil output throttled at the Strait of Hormuz, it's not as if even OPEC+ could do much to offset the supply shock.
Iran has condemned threats from Donald Trump, with its foreign ministry accusing him of promoting actions that would constitute war crimes.
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Iran's regime has claimed that US President Donald Trump will face "internal upheaval" over a profane Truth Social post on Sunday, in which he said Tuesday would be “Power Plant and Bridge Day”, renewing threats to bomb civilian sites.
US President Donald Trump was swift to declare victory after the second crew member of an F-15 downed over Iran was recovered, claiming on Sunday that the successful rescue "proves, once again, that we have achieved overwhelming air dominance and superiority".
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The US military has rescued a missing crew member in a dramatic night-time mission after his fighter jet was shot down in a remote part of Iran.
One month into the war in Iran, a growing shortage of crude oil is threatening to morph into something worse: a shortage of nearly everything.
Five finance ministers from the European Union have called for a tax on windfall profits of energy companies as fuel prices surge due to the ongoing war between the US, Israel and Iran, according to a joint letter sent to the European Commission and seen by Reuters on Saturday.
US President Donald Trump has threatened that “all hell would rain down on” Iran if it did not make a deal, an ultimatum that Tehran has rejected.
US President Donald Trump on Sunday lauded himself and the US military while announcing that the second crew member from a US fighter jet downed in Iran had been found “safe and sound.”
The brutalisation of global norms by figures like Pete Hegseth must be seen as an ethical issue. It’s a fight against chaos, and all major religions must play a role.
Government schools across India are grappling to find alternative sources to LPG to sustain midday meals even as the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Friday that global food prices climbed in March to their highest level since September last year and could rise further if the Middle East conf…
When the first reports came on Friday of the downing of an American F-15 fighter jet over Iran with two pilots – the US military tasked the impossible mission of retrieving a pilot and navigator from behind enemy lines with the US Air Force Pararescue, commonly known as the “PJs.”
Israel and the United States have finalized a comprehensive list of strategic targets to be struck in Iran should the Islamic Republic fail to meet the requirements of US President Donald Trump’s looming ultimatum, two sources confirmed to The Jerusalem Post.
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Good morning and welcome to our rolling coverage of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East on Monday, April 6.
Although the majority of the IDF believes that Iran only has several hundred ballistic missiles left, which can reach Israel from its original 2,500 total, IDF sources have admitted to The Jerusalem Post that no one really knows for certain.
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Donald Trump spent Easter Sunday making a series of explosive admissions about the Iran war - revealing that the United States covertly armed protesters inside the country weeks before launching military strikes, even as American negotiators were sitting across the table from senior Iranian officials in Europe.
OPEC+ agreed on Sunday to raise its oil output quotas by 206,000 barrels per day for May, a modest rise that will largely exist on paper as its key members are unable to raise production due to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
MizarVision published images with tagging data of Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia in the week leading up to the war, including this one on February 27. (Supplied: MizarVision)
At least one ship has paid $US2 million, in Chinese yuan, for safe passage. (Reuters: Francis Mascarenhas)
Tehran, Iran – Iran’s state-imposed near-total internet shutdown is now the longest nationwide blackout on record in any country, according to a global monitor.
President shifts deadline again for attacking power plants and bridges in expletive-ridden social media post
U.S. President Donald Trump said his deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on critical infrastructure is Tuesday evening, according to an interview he gave to the Wall Street Journal on Sunday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Syria on Sunday for talks with his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa, as Kyiv seeks to promote its military expertise across the region following the outbreak of the Iran war.
Incidents imply that Iranian air defenses may not be as degraded as Trump administration claims
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has agreed to increase oil output quotas by 206,000 barrels per day for May, a rise that is largely symbolic as some of its key members are unable to raise production due to the US-Israeli war on Iran.
It is easy to understand what Israelis think about Iran and why they justify the war launched by Israel and the United States. The following are some of the hostile and alarming public quotes by Iran’s (dead) supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: “Israel won’t exist in 25 years.” “God willing, there will be nothin…
The February-March 2026 war against Iran can be understood not merely as a military confrontation, but as a coordinated assault on sovereignty itself. The conflict was not only about missiles, nuclear infrastructure, or regional deterrence, but about whether a state could remain a political subject after simultaneou…
Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon and F-35 fighter jets, supported by military helicopters, shot down several Iranian drones targeting Middle Eastern countries, the United Kingdom's Defense Ministry said in a post to X/Twitter on Sunday.
The Israeli Air Force successfully killed Mohammad Reza Ashrafi Kahi, a senior commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Oil Headquarters, on Friday, the military announced on Sunday.
Iran on Sunday hanged a 19-year-old college student and another man accused of taking part in anti-regime protests, with the prisoners not even allowed to see kin before being killed, human-rights groups said.
Iranian officials remained defiant Sunday as they threatened to target energy and civilian sites across the Middle East if President Trump makes good on his promise to ramp up air strikes and hijack Tehran’s oil.
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bernie Sanders among those responding with alarm to Trump writing ‘open the fuckin’ strait, you crazy bastards’