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Iran has sought to establish a permanent system for collecting fees in the strait of Hormuz and warned vessels not to sail without its authorisation
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The United States has announced another round of early-morning strikes on Iran, as the two sides continue to exchange attacks over questions of control in the Strait of Hormuz.
Oil prices have climbed by more than 3 percent as renewed fighting fuels fears of disruption to shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
Washington/Dubai: The US military began launching more strikes against Iran on Monday, after a weekend in which they exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults.
Washington/Dubai: The US military says it has completed the latest wave of strikes targeting Iran, and insists Tehran does not control the Strait of Hormuz.
Washington/Dubai: The US military says it has completed the latest wave of strikes targeting Iran, and insists Tehran does not control the Strait of Hormuz.
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry has accused the United States of breaking last month’s memorandum of understanding and violating international law through its latest attacks.
Oil prices rose Sunday evening after the U.S. and Iran traded strikes as they contest control of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most important trade routes for global energy supplies.
As rights advocates decry the detention of United States Congressman Ro Khanna by armed Israeli settlers, Israel and its allies are launching political attacks to discredit the progressive legislator.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that American forces have initiated strikes against Iran in the early morning hours of Monday.
US Central Command says its forces launched a new wave of attacks on Iran on Sunday evening.
An Israeli attack has wounded four Palestinians west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, the Wafa news agency reports.
National elections will be held in Israel on October 27, the latest date legally allowed, with the vote widely viewed as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s leadership since the start of the genocidal war on Gaza.
A US federal judge on Friday awarded Hunter Biden $1.7 million in damages in a defamation suit against Patrick Byrne, former Overstock.com CEO and outspoken backer of US President Donald Trump.
A US federal judge on Friday awarded Hunter Biden $1.7 million in damages in a defamation suit against Patrick Byrne, former Overstock.com CEO and outspoken backer of US President Donald Trump.
Germany’s upper house of parliament has backed a law that could imprison people for denying Israel’s right to exist, even as Berlin refuses to recognise a Palestinian state and intensifies its crackdown on pro-Palestine activism.
American soldiers stationed at Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, claimed that the generals in charge of the base ignored intelligence that warned the site was a probable Iranian target during the latest war, ahead of a drone strike that killed six US soldiers on March 1, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.
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Israeli attacks across Lebanon have killed at least 4,322 people and injured 12,219 since March 2, the Lebanese Health Ministry says.
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Israeli ambassador to US accuses Ro Khanna of political stunt to distract from support for Graham Platner
Financial markets are facing more uncertainty after US President Donald Trump ordered a wave of strikes on Iran over the weekend and Tehran closed the Strait of Hormuz to shipping.
One in four Israelis now engages in harmful substance use as the psychological fallout from Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its expanding wars across the Middle East reshapes daily life, according to research cited by Haaretz.
Washington: World leaders are mourning the death of a giant of American politics, Republican senator Lindsey Graham, who has been remembered for his humour, staunch commitment to the Israeli alliance and friendships across the political aisle.
Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter said that the IDF will only withdraw from Lebanon if Hezbollah is removed from pilot zones in the country's south, during an interview with CBS's "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," broadcast on Sunday.
The IDF coordinated with the US military on several possible scenarios amidst escalations between the US and Iran, including one in which the US intensifies its response and Israel joins the strikes, a senior security official said on Sunday.
Late US senator Lindsey Graham was pushing to get an Israel-Saudi normalization deal done by November, before the next US Congress is sworn in, Axios reported on Sunday, citing conversations held with Graham over the last couple of weeks.
The coalition is fast-tracking the “Basic Law: Torah Study” – and calling it “historic.” But the truth is closer to hysterical – and it’s a sad statement as to how low Israeli politics and the legislative process have stooped.
Pope Leo has called for renewed diplomacy as the latest US-Iran attacks deepen violence across the Middle East.
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Iranian drone strikes have destroyed a number of US HIMARS missile launcher systems in Kuwait, Fars news agency has reported. The outlet also said that three American officers were killed and several others wounded – a claim that has not been confirmed by US Central Command (CENTCOM).
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Israel woke on Sunday to a death notice from Washington.
The IDF killed several Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday as they planned attacks against Israeli soldiers, the military announced.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa spoke at the opening of the newly formed People’s Assembly on Sunday, in a historic event for Syria.
US CENTCOM completes third round of strikes on Iran
Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) Chief David Zini on Sunday held his first meeting since entering his post with Opposition leader Yair Lapid.
It was a cold, gray morning in Jerusalem in late December 2014, and the Prime Minister's Office was abuzz. The corridors of diplomacy were busier than usual. Israel was still reeling from months of fighting Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge.
Strikes and bluster on both sides, with Israel urging on Washington, are endangering the progress made
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Pakistan has urged all parties to avoid further escalation and honour the memorandum of understanding reached last month.
Centrist Gadi Eisenkot, the former Israeli defence chief, has emerged as the main rival to Netanyahu months ahead of the vote
Centrist Gadi Eisenkot, the former Israeli defence chief, has emerged as the main rival to Netanyahu months ahead of the vote
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that there is a "vigilante effort" in the West Bank, but it's pushed by "150 juvenile delinquents that are not a part of that [the settler] community," during a Sunday interview with NBC.
Iran fired three ballistic missiles at a US military base in Kuwait on Sunday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-affiliated Tasnim News Agency claimed.