The United States and Iran traded heavy blows on Wednesday, shattering a fragile ceasefire and plunging the Gulf into a dangerous new escalation. US Central Command struck roughly 90 Iranian military…
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Global equities fell sharply and oil prices surged on Wednesday after the United States launched airstrikes on more than 80 targets in Iran and President Donald Trump declared an end to a temporary ce…
Jordan's military intercepted eight Iranian missiles that penetrated the kingdom's airspace on Thursday, with air raid sirens sounding across Amman and other areas. No casualties or damage were report…
Ukraine's prosecutor general said on July 9 that no evidence has been found of Ukrainian state involvement in the Nord Stream pipeline explosions, rejecting German suspicions that the sabotage was car…
Israel has elevated its armed forces, air force, and air defences to maximum readiness as confrontations between Washington and Tehran intensify across the Middle East. Defence Minister Israel Katz sa…
U.S. President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran "over" on Wednesday, signaling a sharp escalation in hostilities following a night of reciprocal military strikes between the two nations.…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has endorsed the latest American military strikes on Iran as "absolutely necessary", offering the alliance's strongest public backing for Washington's escalation as a…
Senior U.S. military commanders approved a strike on a school in southern Iran despite warnings that the targeting intelligence was outdated, according to multiple reports published this week. The Feb…
Multiple commercial vessels have come under fire in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting maritime authorities to raise the threat level to severe after at least three tankers were hit in a 24-hour window.…
The United States has launched a series of military strikes against Iran, breaking an existing ceasefire between the two nations. Iran reported explosions in the south of the country, with Iranian sta…
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it targeted 85 US military installations in Bahrain and Kuwait, including facilities at Bahrain's Salman Port and Kuwait's Ali Al Salem Air Base. Kuwait r…
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has advised airlines to avoid the airspace of Iran and Iraq through 31 August, after a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran collapsed into ren…
Five NATO members — the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden — plan to open a European maintenance centre for PAC-3 interceptor missiles used in Patriot air-defence systems, acc…
The United States revoked a waiver permitting Iranian oil sales on Tuesday, reinstating sanctions just weeks after they were eased, as oil prices surged and three tankers were attacked in or near the…
A brutal power struggle between rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel has left more than 2,600 people dead and triggered 3,800 missing-person reports since September 2024, according to an International…