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This photo provided by AvayeBoom shows members of the organization interviewing residents to select a flagship species that symbolizes the local community in the Dasht-e Arjan plain, Fars province, Iran, in September 2022. (Mahsa Hashemi/AvayeBoom via AP)
Two men wade in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz with vessels anchored in the background, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
Iran’s absolutist position on the Strait of Hormuz has taken a long time to be seen for what it is in European capitals. This is despite the fact that Europe has, by and large, backed an initiative of the French and British to build a coalition of naval assets seeking to open up the strait.
Jordan said it intercepted and downed four missiles that entered its airspace from Iran, state news media reported.
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US president Donald Trump said that Iran's "power has been largely taken away" following US strikes on the country.
Just before the latest strikes Trump said Iran would be hit ‘very hard’; UAE says Iranian cruise missiles hit two oil tankers in strait, killing a crew member and wounding eight
For professor Steven Prawer, the University of Melbourne’s campus protest against the war in Gaza became deeply personal in 2024 when 20 masked intruders occupied his office and told him he was guilty of genocide.
Every new document about Hamas’s preparations for the October 7 massacre makes the same question harder to escape: How did Israel fail to see what was being built in front of it?
A missile targeted a site belonging to an Iranian Kurdish opposition group east of Iraq's Erbil, Reuters reported citing security sources.
Omar Moughrabi grew up looking to professional gamer Maroun Merhej as proof of how far a Lebanese esports player could go. Known as GH, Merhej won Dota 2’s biggest title and has earned more prize money than any player in Lebanon’s history.
US President Donald Trump is set to host Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi at the White House on Tuesday, as Baghdad seeks to strengthen their relations amid a US-Iran conflict that has threatened to further destabilise the region.
Billions of people the world over rely on shipping. From food and energy to raw materials and finished products, maritime shipping moves more than 80 per cent of all goods traded globally by volume, according to the UN. Yet for a network that touches all our lives, its inner workings – tonnage, insurance premiums, f…
New data show that Saudi Arabia purchased a record $47.2 million worth of small drones from Taiwan last month, underscoring how governments are beginning to rapidly procure suicide drones.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi on Tuesday reaffirmed his government's commitment to a September 30 deadline for all armed groups in his country to hand over their weapons.
Dos personas revisan sus celulares en un café con vista a buques mercantes en el estrecho de Ormuz, el domingo 12 de julio de 2026, frente a Bandar Abbas, Irán. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA vía AP)
SEOUL/SEJONG, July 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will pursue a post-Middle East war strategy for the remainder of 2026 by strengthening its supply chains and implementing three megaprojects aimed at addressing economic uncertainties, including inflation and foreign exchange volatility, the finance ministry said Tuesday.
SEOUL/SEJONG, July 14 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government on Tuesday revised up its economic growth projection for 2026 to 3 percent, up 1 percentage point from its previous outlook, citing a semiconductor supercycle and easing uncertainties surrounding the Middle East.
Syria’s newly formed People’s Assembly on Sunday elected constitutional law scholar Dr. Abdul Hamid al-Awak as speaker, while Mustafa Moussa and Dr. Madona Suhail Bashara were elected deputy speakers during the legislature’s first session since the fall of former President Bashar Assad, marking the launch of Syria’s…
Ambassador Eli Vered Hazan was appointed the Next World Chairman of Keren Hayesod, the organization announced in a statement on Monday.
Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters blocked roads and tried to damage the light rail construction site on Bar Ilan Street and near Zaks Junction in Jerusalem on Monday night, Israel police announced.
SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares extended losses late Tuesday morning, led by falls in semiconductors and other market heavyweights, amid investor worries over the renewed tensions in the Middle East and uncertainty over artificial intelligence (AI) sectors.
The latest wave of US attacks across Iran were "completed", Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement.
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union has coordinated efforts to raise 900 million euros ($1 billion) in pledges of aid for Gaza's rebuilding following two years of Israeli bombardment that left much of the Palestinian enclave in ruins, a senior EU official said Monday.
The U.S. launched strikes against Iran for a third consecutive night on President Donald Trump's orders, while Iranian missiles hit two Emirati oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and triggered air-raid warnings across the Gulf.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that two "offending supertankers" were hit and disabled in the Strait of Hormuz.
For the first time in 50 years, an Israeli government will last its full four-year term after it was announced on Sunday that the next general election will be held on October 27.
Iran hit two UAE supertankers in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one sailor and injuring eight, in an attack that was condemned by Emirati authorities.
The Iran-backed rebels targeted Saudi Arabia hours after accusing the kingdom of attacking Sanaa airport
The Iran-backed rebels targeted Saudi Arabia hours after accusing the kingdom of attacking Sanaa airport
The US launched strikes on Iran early Tuesday morning, hours after President Donald Trump said Washington is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump separately suggested the United States will charge other ships for safe passage, upending hundreds of years of American policy supporting freedo…
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The reactions to Beijing’s ‘routine’ exercise put into focus a nuclear order that is rapidly fluctuating from Tehran to Tokyo
The president of PEN America resigned over the weekend in protest of a report on boycotts targeting Jewish and Israeli authors, part of yet another round of internal division over Israel at the literary free-speech institution.
A fire broke out at a Japanika branch in Netanya after a stolen piece of military ordnance was thrown at the restaurant, Israeli Police said in a statement on Tuesday morning.
US President Donald Trump has sent Congress formal notification that hostilities against Iran resumed on July 7, a letter his administration sees as opening a new 60-day window to use the military in the region without congressional approval.
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Two Emirati vessels were targeted in the southern lane of the strait while in Omani territorial waters
TEHRAN, Iran — The United States launched a fresh salvo of strikes against Iran early Tuesday, marking a new escalation in the resumption of hostilities, even as US President Donald Trump said a deal with Tehran was still possible.
Manifestantes progubernamentales ondean banderas iraníes y religiosas en una concentración en conmemoración del ayatolá Alí Jamenei, el cual aparece en una bandera a la derecha, el sábado 11 de julio de 2026, en una plaza de Teherán. (Foto AP/Vahid Salemi)
Oil prices rose on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to impose shipping fees in the Strait of Hormuz and reinstate a blockade of Iranian ports, raising concerns over potential disruptions to global crude supplies.
Seoul shares opened lower Tuesday, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street, as investors remained concerned about heightened uncertainty in the Middle East.
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Singapore's economy expanded 5.7% in the second quarter, topping market expectations, on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares opened lower Tuesday, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street, as investors remained concerned about heightened uncertainty in the Middle East.
Iran's military said that it would not allow the United States to "interfere" in the management of the Strait of Hormuz as hostilities with Washington resumed.
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