Iran Israel War
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has ordered a probe into the drone attack that targeted the Iraqi Kurdistan...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 10:55pm
The UN has urged the US and Iran to resume negotiations as a 60-day deadline for reaching a broader agreement...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 10:24pm
US Central Command (Centcom) says that as part of the military’s “steel wall blockade” of Iranian ports, 64 vessels...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 10:21pm
Even as Iran projects resilience in the war with the United States, its leaders are worried that a threat of more...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 10:01pm
Published 17 Aug, 2026 09:53pm
Rashid Al-Mohannadi, the vice president at the Centre for International Policy Research, tells Al Jazeera that the...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 09:36pm
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have warned Saudi Arabia against escalating what it calls a “blockade on the Yemeni people”,...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 09:23pm
Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman on August 17, 2026. — Reuters
Published 17 Aug, 2026 09:20pm
Iran will escalate tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and beyond, and launch an attack if the US fails to implement an...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 08:23pm
Israeli flags planted on a main coastal highway in southern Lebanon are a violation of a UN Security Council...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 08:06pm
Published 17 Aug, 2026 07:57pm
Families of US sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier have condemned President Donald Trump and War...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 07:32pm
A spokesperson for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has denied claims by US President Donald Trump’s...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 07:12pm
Shipping monitor Kpler reports that there was a 19.5 per cent decrease in ship crossings through the Strait of...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 06:06pm
US President Donald Trump has outlined the number of munitions used during the war on Iran in comments aired by Fox...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 05:46pm
The US Navy says it awarded RTX Unit Raytheon a $22.9 billion contract to boost the production of Tomahawk cruise...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 05:25pm
Oil prices have risen on a lack of progress in diplomatic efforts to resolve the Middle East conflict, though the...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 05:21pm
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim they attacked what they describe as a Saudi military ship and four escort vessels in the...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 05:08pm
US President Donald Trump has issued a stark warning to Oman, threatening to bomb it if it “gets in the way”,...
Updated 17 Aug, 2026 07:41pm
Weather conditions and operational challenges are hampering salvage efforts for a grounded tanker leaking Russian...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 04:53pm
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Deputy Commander-in-Chief Major General Mostafa Izadi claims that during...
Updated 17 Aug, 2026 05:01pm
Saudi Aramco is offering crude oil outside of the Strait of Hormuz to some Asian refiners, Reuters reports citing...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 04:22pm
President Joseph Aoun has welcomed a parliamentary initiative and petition calling for the extension of the...
Updated 17 Aug, 2026 04:09pm
US President Donald Trump has warned that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons “in any way, shape or form”. In a post on...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 03:27pm
Pakistan’s largest refiner Cnergyico is buying more US crude as Islamabad seeks to diversify the country’s energy...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 02:29pm
Iranian Parliament National Security Committee Chairman Ebrahim Azizi said in a post on X that US President Donald...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 02:19pm
Iraq’s plans to export oil via a pipeline through Syria to avert future disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz will...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 02:10pm
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar spoke with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan late last night...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 02:01pm
Most Gulf stock markets were subdued in early trade on Monday as stalled US-Iran diplomacy revived fears of a...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 01:56pm
Iran’s foreign ministry has blamed pollution in Gulf waters on US military operations in the region, after several...
Published 17 Aug, 2026 01:29pm
