Following missile attacks targeting Riyadh, the kingdom signaled it may resort to military action if Iran does not halt its aggression, marking a dangerous new phase in the escalating regional conflict.
Iranian lawmakers have proposed a plan to impose tolls and taxes on ships passing through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, local media reported on Thursday.
Oil prices soared 10 percent Thursday after Qatar reported "extensive" damage to the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility following Iranian strikes, sparking fears for global energy supplies.
Iran missile barrage hits Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, disrupts global gas supply. The escalation follows Israeli strikes on Iran’s South Pars field, intensifying a conflict that now threatens global energy supplies and risks triggering a prolonged economic shock.
The Qatari Foreign Ministry has condemned Israel’s attack on Iran’s South Pars gas field, which is jointly operated by Iran and Qatar. The ministry said that strikes on Pars constitute “a threat to global energy security.”
President Donald Trump issued a stark warning, threatening overwhelming retaliation if Iran escalates further. With energy infrastructure under fire and the Strait of Hormuz at risk, global oil and gas markets are facing unprecedented disruption.
Israel said it would halt UN children's fund shipments to Gaza from Egypt after it said it had foiled an attempt to smuggle tobacco and nicotine in UNICEF-coordinated shipments Tuesday.
Iran targeted Tel Aviv with missiles carrying cluster warheads in what it said was retaliation for Israel’s assassination of Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani, Iranian state television reported on Wednesday.
An Iranian projectile hit near Australia's military headquarters for the Middle East in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday but caused no injuries, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.
Iran will hold a funeral Wednesday for its security chief Ali Larijani as it vowed revenge, firing off a wave of missiles at Israel after it killed the powerful figure in an air strike.
US President Donald Trump has said he expects to have the “honor” of “taking Cuba in some form,” claiming he could do “anything I want” with the Caribbean nation.
Joe Kent, head of the US National Counterterrorism Center, has resigned in protest over Washington’s war with Iran, saying that Israel has dragged the US into another “never‑ending” conflict that does not serve American interests.
Iran has restricted maritime traffic, while tensions escalate further with the reported killing of security chief Ali Larijani and the IAEA urging maximum restraint at the Bushehr nuclear plant.
President Zelenskyy warned that Iran-Russia cooperation in drone warfare poses a growing global threat, offering Ukraine’s advanced interception technology to allies amid rising regional tensions.
Israel said Tuesday it had killed Iran's powerful national security chief, Ali Larijani, in what would be a huge blow to the Islamic republic as fresh strikes rocked the Middle East from Tehran to Baghdad.
When Israeli and US strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of the Middle East war, Iran's security chief Ali Larijani became even more powerful than he had been for decades.
Around 200 US military personnel have been wounded in seven countries across the Middle East since the start of the US-Israel war against Iran, a US military spokesman said Monday.
Beijing is directly mediating a ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan, neighboring countries that have been engaged in intense fighting since February, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has said.
. Pakistan has strongly denied targeting civilians, stating that precision strikes were conducted against militant infrastructure in Kabul and Nangarhar under Operation Ghazab lil Haq, escalating tensions between the two countries.
Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of conducting an airstrike on a drug rehabilitation facility in Kabul, which Taliban officials say killed at least 400 people.
With oil routes disrupted and regional strikes escalating, the US-Israel war on Iran enters a dangerous third week, raising global fears of an energy crisis and wider conflict.
US President Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States was in discussions with Iran as the war enters its third week but that Tehran was not ready for a deal to end it.
Michael B. Jordan on Sunday won the best actor Oscar for playing twins confronted with pure evil in vampire race fable "Sinners" -- tortured fighters typical of the roles director Ryan Coogler has repeatedly created for him.
Iran's military has warned countries in the region against cooperating with the London-based TV channel Iran International, saying media infrastructure used to support the channel would be placed on its list of targets.
