•Trump US President Donald Trump said he was planning a major new assault on Iran today, but held off as he saw hope for securing a so far elusive agreement to end the war. Trump said that he stopped his purported attack plan at the urging of Gulf Arab allies, which Iran has threatened with […]
•Members of Iran’s national football team attend a ceremony ahead of their departure for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, in Tehran, yesterday Iran’s football federation chief today said no visas had yet been issued for the national team to participate in the 2026 World Cup in the United States, state media reported. “Tomorrow or the […]...
•China’s President Xi Jinping (L) looks at US President Donald Trump as they attend a state banquet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, today US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held a “good” meeting today in which they agreed that the Strait of Hormuz “must remain open”, the […]
•Iran flag Iranian authorities today hanged a man in his early 30s convicted of spying for Israel, the sixth person to be executed on such charges since the start of the US-Israeli war against the Islamic republic. The Iranian judiciary’s Mizan Online website described Ehsan Afreshteh, 32, as “a spy trained by Mossad in Nepal […]
•Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) implementing a maritime blockade against the Iran-flagged crude oil tanker vessel Herby while the latter was attempting to sail toward an Iranian port US President Donald Trump yesterday branded Iran’s terms for ending the Middle East war “totally unacceptable,” raising...
•Gambia-flagged tanker vessel Bili anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran The United States says while it is “not looking for a fight” with Iran over the contentious Strait of Hormuz, it would not shy away from any confrontation. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said today that any Iranian attack on […]
•US President Donald Trump, Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nentayahu World leaders today piled pressure on Tehran to stick to diplomacy to bring an end to the Middle East war, after a salvo of attacks in the region left a ceasefire crumbling. The scramble for more talks came after Iran and […]
•Gas prices above $6 per gallon are displayed at Chevron station in Monterey Park, California The price of oil fell yesterday after Iranian media reported that Tehran had proposed fresh talks with the United States in a message sent via mediator Pakistan. A barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) fell briefly more than five per […]
•Donald Trump President Donald Trump yesterday said he was extending a ceasefire with Iran to give more time for negotiations but would maintain a US naval blockade of the country’s ports. Trump posted on social media that he would “extend the ceasefire” until Iran came up with a proposal to end the conflict. However, he […]
Tensions have sharply escalated in the Middle East as Iran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, accusing the United States of violating prior understandings amid an ongoing naval blockade. In a statement today, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) declared that control of the strategic waterway had “returned to its previous s...
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