Tensions are rising in the Gulf after Iran announced it was tightening control over the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, warning mariners the vital energy route was again closed, while President Donald Trump said Tehran could not blackmail the United States by shutting the waterway. Tehran said it was responding to a continued US blockade...
An Indian-flagged crude oil tanker was attacked on Saturday while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, according to an Indian government source. The vessel has been identified as the Sanmar Herald. The source confirmed that the crew and the vessel remain safe. The incident comes just one day after shipping traffic had begun to...
TEHRAN/WASHINGTON: Iran has signalled the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping following a temporary ceasefire in Lebanon, while US President Donald Trump expressed optimism that a broader agreement to end the conflict could be reached soon. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi announced that the strategic waterway would remain open for the duration...
U.S. President Donald Trump has set a new deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on energy plants and bridges, saying Tehran has until Tuesday evening. Trump made the remarks in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Sunday. He later posted on social media with no other details:...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel have stepped up pressure on Iran to open the strategic Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on its energy infrastructure, while Iranian and American forces searched for a missing U.S. crew member from one of two downed warplanes. Trump, who has sent mixed messages since the conflict began with...
he B1 bridge damaged by a strike, as the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran continues, in Karaj, Iran, April 3, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Members of the Iranian Red Crescent Society work at the site of a reported strike amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, near Hosseinieh Azam Zanjan Mosque in Zanjan, Iran, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on March 31, 2026. Iranian Red Crescent Society/Handout via REUTERS
Foreign Ministers Badr Abdelatty of Egypt, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, Ishaq Dar of Pakistan and Hakan Fidan of Turkey meet to discuss regional de-escalation, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 29, 2026. Muammer Tan/Turkish Foreign MinistryHandout via REUTERS
When Israeli strikes rained down on southern Lebanon in early March, Hawraa Houmani, 29 years old and almost nine months pregnant, fled her village near Nabatieh to a shelter in a school in Beirut. She no longer had access to the doctor that had cared for her throughout her pregnancy. “I had prepared myself physically...
The destroyed car of Lebanese journalists Al Mayadeen reporter Fatima Ftouni and cameraman Mohammed Ftouni, and Al Manar reporter Ali Shaib, who were killed by a targeted Israeli strike, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, as the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran continues, in Jezzine, in southern Lebanon, March 28, 2026. REUTERS/Ali Hankir
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