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“For decades, Iran managed to bluff American presidents,” explains Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. (USMC, ret.) at The New York Times but US action starting Saturday show “that this long-term strategy of negotiating in bad faith is bankrupt.”
OPEC+ agreed a modest oil output boost of 206,000 barrels per day for April on Sunday just as the US-Israeli war on Iran and Tehran's retaliation disrupted oil flows from key members of the producer group in the Middle East.
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A Police Headquarters and residential buildings nearby were struck in an attack near Iran's capital, Tasnim news agency reported.
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Snow falls outside the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
DUBAI (Reuters) -- Iran's retaliatory strikes across the Gulf have triggered the most widespread business disruption in the region since the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing airport closures, halting port operations and sending shockwaves through financial markets.
PARIS (AP) — Three close allies of the US said Sunday they are ready to join forces to defend their interests in the Middle East and stop Iran's retaliatory missile and drone strikes following the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as others around the world raised concerns that the conflict sparked b…
The gunman who killed two people and injured over a dozen in Texas may have been motivated by US strikes on Iran that killed the country’s Supreme Leader and caused widespread civilian casualties, according to law enforcement sources cited by US media.
Only one in four Americans approves of the US strikes that killed Iran’s leader, while about half — including one in four Republicans — believe President Donald Trump is too willing to use military force, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded Sunday.
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Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Tehran on Sunday and Iran responded with more missile barrages, a day after the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei pitched the Middle East and the global economy into deepening uncertainty.
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WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump vowed Sunday to avenge the first US deaths in the war he launched to topple Iran's cleric-run state, which fired missiles across the Middle East even as the headquarters of its elite Revolutionary Guards was reduced to rubble.
Trump cited debunked claims in video address that Iran was on verge of nuclear weapons to justify US casualties
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The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has pledged to fulfil its duty in “confronting aggression” after attacks by Israel and the United States killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Following the death of Ali Khamenei (centre), Iran will undergo a transition period overseen by its president, head of judiciary and another official. Source: AAP / Nicholas Mcdonnell
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After the United States and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran on Saturday, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several senior officials, Tehran moved quickly to respond.
Senior Saudi officials have expressed anger at the scale and timing of the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, with the kingdom telling its Gulf allies to avoid taking any steps that could trigger a response by Tehran or its proxies and push the region towards a broader conflict.
Senior Saudi officials have expressed anger at the scale and timing of the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, with the kingdom telling its Gulf allies to avoid taking any steps that could trigger a response by Tehran or its proxies and push the region towards a broader conflict.
Saudi Arabia joined Israel in lobbying the US to launch strikes against Iran.
A council of three Iranian officials with mixed beliefs is governing Iran after the US-Israeli assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and 40 of his top lieutenants left a gaping power vacuum in the Middle Eastern nation.
Oil prices jumped 13 per cent at the start of trading on Monday, as markets reacted to US and Israeli strikes on Iran and mounting fears of serious disruption to global crude supplies.
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Petrol prices across the United States are set to rise above $3 per gallon on Monday for the first time in more than three months, as the US-Israeli war on Iran disrupts global oil flows and jolts energy markets.
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President Trump demanded the remains of Iran’s regime to lay down its arms or face “certain death” in a video statement issued Sunday.
A fatal shooting in Austin, Texas may be a terrorist incident motivated by the USA's strikes on Iran.A gunman opened fire on a bar in the middle of the city after midnight on Sunday local time, killing two people and leaving three others fighting for life.The shooter, who was killed by police, was wearing a sweatsh…
United States President Donald Trump has pledged to continue the “righteous mission” against Iran, until “all objectives are achieved”, adding there will likely be more US troop deaths in the process.
Terrorist “sleeper cells” possibly aided by Democrats’ open-border policies could be gearing up in the US to retaliate for the joint US-Israel airstrikes against Iran, counterintelligence experts warned Sunday.
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Global trade faces fresh disruption as Maersk suspends key shipping routes through two of the world’s most strategic waterways, citing escalating security risks linked to the widening US-Israeli war on Iran.
Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams blasted his socialist successor, Zohran Mamdani, for calling the US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran “illegal” while ignoring the brutal Islamist regime’s long reign of terror.
Israel and the US have launched a barrage of missile strikes on Iran, supported by a vast American armada that has been building up in the region.
At least 20 people have been killed in a US-Israeli attack on the Iranian capital, according to Iranian state-linked media, marking another deadly attack in the widening assault on the country.
Oman has stepped back into the spotlight as Washington and Tel Aviv press ahead with a second day of large-scale strikes on Iran, insisting that diplomacy has not yet collapsed under the weight of bombs.
Khamenei was appointed leader of Iran following the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Credit: VCG/VCG via Getty Images
Thousands of Iranian-Americans have descended on Los Angeles for a second day to celebrate the death of Iran’s tyrannical leader.
Palestinians gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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The United Kingdom has agreed to a US request to use British military bases for what Prime Minister Keir Starmer claimed are “defensive” strikes on Iranian missile sites.
Iran has qualified for the Men's FIFA World Cup, which is being co-hosted by the United States. (Reuters: West Asia News Agency)
Government has not yet committed to repatriation flights as Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways commercial operations remain suspended
About 200,000 nationals thought to be in the region as tensions rise after US-Israeli attacks on Iranian regime
A man is still on the run after another man was killed in an alleged assault at a campground in northern NSW.Two men are believed to have become involved in an argument at a campground off Point Lookout Road in Ebor, about 80 kilometres from Armidale.The altercation between the two men escalated when one seriously a…