Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday unveiled a raft of austerity measures designed to save fuel, as oil prices soar due to the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Qatari authorities have arrested more than 300 people for sharing images and what they described as "misleading information" during days of attacks by Iran, the interior ministry said on Monday.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday he has designated Afghanistan as a "State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention," demanding Taliban authorities release two Americans and commit to ending its "hostage diplomacy."
Pakistan's navy has launched an operation to "counter multidimensional threats" to its national shipping and maritime trade, with concerns about fuel supplies due to the US-Israeli war on Iran.
"I don't think talking with the Americans would be on our agenda anymore," Abbas Araghchi told PBS News, saying Tehran had a "very bitter experience" during previous negotiations with the US.
Iran vowed on Tuesday that not one litre of oil would be exported from the Gulf while its war with the United States and Israel continues, in a stark rebuke to President Donald Trump's boast that the conflict was all but over.
New footage shows what an expert investigative group says is likely an American Tomahawk missile hitting a compound in southern Iran, meters from the school where a deadly unclaimed blast killed over 165 people at the start of the war raging in the Mideast.
Speaking at a Republican conference, Trump claimed the United States sank 46 Iranian naval vessels in just days and warned Iran that any attempt to block oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz would trigger a much stronger U response.
Iran launched new attacks on Tuesday at Israel and Gulf Arab countries as it kept up pressure on the Middle East in a war that has impacted the region and beyond, sent oil prices surging and stunned global economies.
While Baku accused Tehran of launching the drones and threatened retaliation, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi denied involvement and suggested Israel may be attempting to disrupt relations between Muslim countries.
The US will control almost a third of the world’s oil and make record profits if it succeeds in toppling the Iranian government, hawkish Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told Fox News on Sunday.
A member of the US National Guard died during a medical emergency in Kuwait on March 6, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Sunday, marking the eighth US military death since the Iran war began.
About 10 vessels in or near the Strait of Hormuz have come under attack since Iran blocked the strategic waterway in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes, data analysis groups report.
Hezbollah said on Monday it was fighting Israeli forces who landed in eastern Lebanon by helicopter across the Syrian border, the second such operation since the outbreak of the latest conflict with Israel.
Iranian media have shared a Lego-style video touting Tehran’s purported retaliation against the US and Israel, depicting the American and Israeli leadership in a panic.
Iran launched fresh strikes on energy installations in the Gulf on Monday including a petroleum complex in Bahrain, as oil prices soared on fears over supply disruptions due to the Middle East war.
The surge in oil prices will not stop the US from waging its war on Iran, President Donald Trump has said, after Brent shot past $100 per barrel on Sunday, marking the biggest daily gain since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
Russia has provided Iran with information that could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region, according to two officials familiar with U.S. intelligence on the matter.
India said Saturday it was pushing ahead with imports of Russian oil, after a temporary US waiver to import crude from Moscow due war in the Mideast -- but adding it did not need Washington's permission.
Dubai airport, the world's busiest for international traffic, suspended operations Saturday before partially resuming services, after an air defence interception in the area during attacks from Iran.
Hezbollah on Saturday said it confronted Israeli troops that infiltrated an east Lebanon town overnight, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least 16 killed in Israeli strikes on the area.
American forces were likely responsible for the bombing of an elementary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab that left at least 168 children dead, as well as teachers and staff, the New York Times concluded in an analysis published on Thursday.
Tehran has decided to stop attacking neighboring countries and has no intention to invade them, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said, adding that the Islamic Republic would not surrender under pressure.
Pakistan is considering online classes, remote work and reduced office attendance under a national action plan to conserve energy. The move comes as the government also monitors rising global oil prices following the US-Israel attack on Iran.
Britney Spears was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs near her Southern California home and released, authorities said.
An Iranian missile strike Thursday sparked a blaze at Bahrain's main state-owned oil refinery as Iran pressed attacks across the Gulf for the sixth day.
