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SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance minister on Wednesday called for vigilance over potential energy supply disruptions following renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, vowing to take preemptive measures when necessary.
Mayor had said he was reviewing ability to execute arrest warrant issued by the ICC for Israeli prime minister
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MANILA, July 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) were set to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation Wednesday amid the Middle East conflict while advancing the implementation of their comprehensive strategic partnership vision, officials said.
Democrats have grilled US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth over the Iran war during his testimony before the Senate as the White House requested additional funding for operations in the Middle East.
Democrats grilled US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth over the Iran War during his testimony before the US Senate as the White House requested additional funding for operations in the Middle East.
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The US military said it began a new round of strikes on Iran Wednesday morning, CENTCOM announced on X/Twitter. It marks the 11th consecutive night of American attacks.
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The United States military has launched an eleventh consecutive night of strikes against Iran, with explosions reported in northwestern Iran’s Tabriz region.
The US Central Comand (Centcom) announced launching new strikes targeting Iran for the 11th consecutive night, as local media reports explosions across the country.
Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar! party would emerge as the largest faction in the Knesset if elections were held today, winning 24 seats, according to a Channel 12 poll published Monday evening.
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The US and Iran have been exchanging regular strikes for nearly two weeks following the collapse of a fragile ceasefire deal reached in spring. Both sides have accused each other of violating the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) – an agreement signed last month that was expected to serve as a roadmap for the final …
The US and Iran have been exchanging regular strikes for nearly two weeks following the collapse of a fragile ceasefire deal reached in spring. Both sides have accused each other of violating the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) – an agreement signed last month that was expected to serve as a roadmap for the final …
Watch: Hegseth interrupted several times as he seeks additional Iran war funding
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday largely steered clear of the potential minefield that comes with being in front of the press alongside US President Donald Trump, as the two leaders met for the very first time at the White House.
The US war against Iran will cost at least $37.5 billion, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday. It was an increase of $7.5 billion on the last public estimate.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday largely steered clear of the potential minefield that comes with being in front of the press alongside US President Donald Trump, as the two leaders met for the very first time at the White House.
Beijing is seeking to diversify its export channels as geopolitical tensions destabilise maritime trade hubs
US President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to help Lebanon "a lot" as its president, Joseph Aoun, sought Washington's backing for a fragile effort to disarm Hezbollah and forge a path to peace with Israel.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, under questioning from lawmakers, said on Tuesday that the Defense Department’s latest estimate of the cost of the Iran war was $37.5 billion.
The US president also says he will allow direct flights by US airlines to Lebanon for the first time in over 40 years
The US president also says he will allow direct flights by US airlines to Lebanon for the first time in over 40 years
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun says he stressed the need for Israel to pull its troops from his country during his meeting on Tuesday with US President Donald Trump.
Nearly 100 American service members have sustained some degree of injury since 7 July, in the latest wave of fighting between the US and Iran, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said on Monday.
United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has put the latest official price tag on the US-Israel war on Iran at $37.5bn.
The Tel Aviv District Police Central Unit arrested a new suspect on Tuesday in connection with the grenade attack on a Japanika restaurant in Kiryat Ono in the early hours of July 13, following developments in the investigation.
Most Israelis already know, at least to a large extent, which party they will vote for in the upcoming election, but the group of undecided voters that could determine the outcome is concentrated primarily in the political center, according to the Jewish People Policy Institute’s Israeli Society Index, published ahe…
Newly sworn-in British Prime Minister Andy Burnham approved the use of British bases for attacks by the United States against Iran, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
President Trump on Tuesday reiterated his threat to bomb a suspected Iranian nuclear site known as Pickaxe Mountain, telling reporters that the United States would strike that area “pretty soon, and very heavily.”
Nearly 100 American service members have sustained some degree of injury since 7 July, in the latest wave of fighting between the US and Iran, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said on Monday.
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Announcement comes after White House meeting with Lebanese president in which Trump vowed to help ‘a lot’
Washington: President Donald Trump appeared to blame US partner Jordan for the deaths of at least two American troops when an Iranian missile hit a Jordanian air base last week, while saying an attack on Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site was imminent.
Middle East Eye's editor-in-chief David Hearst argues in his latest column that both Israel and the US are "stuck in a doom loop of their own making" in the war that they have waged on Iran.
Fatima Mokdad stands amid the rubble of her home, which was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike during the Israel-Hezbollah war, where she and her family continue to live, using the only room that remained intact, in Froun village, southern Lebanon, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
An Israeli air strike on Tuesday killed a family of six in Gaza city and set their home on fire, health officials said, in the latest deadly attack on the enclave since a ceasefire came into effect last October.
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There are concerns global energy supplies could be crippled and oil prices spike even further after Yemen's Houthi rebels opened up a new front in the US-Israeli war on Iran by vowing to impose a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia.
With US-Iran tit-for-tat strikes on their ninth day and the Russia-Ukraine war grinding on in Eastern Europe, US inventories of certain air-delivered munitions are being depleted. This has made the rapid procurement of lower-cost missiles and bombs a top priority for the Trump administration.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Tuesday that it has targeted a tactical radar complex near the Ali al-Salem base and another radar system on Bubiyan Island in Kuwait, according to Iranian state media.
The Lebanese army has called on Israel to engage in military coordination rather than carrying out attacks after Israeli forces opened fire on Lebanese army personnel stationed in southern Lebanon earlier on Tuesday.
US-Iran tensions escalate as attacks hit Bahrain and Kuwait, raising wider war fears
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and GOP leaders depart after meeting with reporters as he tries to advance a spending package for the Iran war, farm aid and President Donald Trump’s push for strict new voter ID requirements, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Defense secretary and chair of the joint chiefs face Senate appropriations committee to continue Iran war effort