•Fixed-wing aircraft flying over Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) during a photo exercise The United States struck Iran and Tehran hit back at US allies in the Gulf on Thursday, as the foes battled over the vital Strait of Hormuz in the renewed Middle East war, despite a call […]
•Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed today to strike powerfully against Iran if it staged a new attack on his country. “I will say it to the leaders of Iran: Do not count on things remaining quiet if you attack us,” Netanyahu said at a conference in Dimona. The southern town […]
•Vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz The United States launched a third night of strikes on Iran as President Donald Trump planned to reimpose a blockade today on Iranian ports and floated a 20 percent fee on cargo in the vital Strait of Hormuz. Trump said a deal with the Islamic republic was still […]
•US President Donald Trump and Strait of Hormuz Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) closed the Strait of Hormuz after firing a warning shot at a vessel attempting to use an unauthorized route to cross the waterway, the IRGC’s Navy arm announced early this morning local time. In a statement carried by the Arabic-language website [&h...
•US President Donald Trump President Donald Trump said yesterday the United States would “completely decimate” Iran if it attempted or succeeded in assassinating the sitting president. “1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands of more to immediately follow, should the Iranian government act ...
•Crowds of mourners surround the convoy carrying the coffins of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei and members of his family during funeral procession Iran today laid to rest its former supreme leader Ali Khamenei over four months after his killing in an airstrike, as two days of US and Iranian attacks raised fears of […]
•Donald Trump US President Donald Trump said today the ceasefire with Iran was “over” following major exchanges of fire between US forces and the Islamic Republic. Trump blasted Iran as “scum” and “cuckoo” after Washington launched strikes on the Islamic Republic overnight and Iran’s Guards said they had targeted US bases in the Gulf. Oil [&he...
•US and Iran flag Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said today that they launched missile and drone attacks targeting U.S. military installations in Bahrain and Kuwait. The Guards, according to Reuters, described the operation as retaliation for fresh US strikes on Iran following attacks on commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, reports AFP. Gl...
•Trump and US jet fighters US forces launched “powerful” strikes yesterday against Iran in response to attacks on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the US military said. “The US strikes are in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz” and will “impose heavy costs for […]...
•Currency dealers monitor exchange rates in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul Asian stocks were mixed, and oil prices edged up as reports said the United States and Iran had agreed to stop attacking each other following a weekend of strikes that threw their fragile truce into question. Investor […]...

