US Iran Rift
Iran Guards warn routes serving US and its allies could also be shut, say Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until “the end of America's evils”.
Updated 15 Jul, 2026 01:49pm
The latest events will make it far harder for Iran and the US to reach a negotiated peace deal.
Published 15 Jul, 2026 07:47am
Brent crude futures climb to $86.19 per barrel while US West Texas Intermediate crude rises to $79.67 a barrel.
Updated 14 Jul, 2026 05:57pm
US Centcom says latest salvo targeted Iran's coastal defence systems, missile and drone sites, maritime capabilities; IRGC says air control radar of US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain destroyed.
Updated 14 Jul, 2026 01:20pm
FOR some time, the escalating confrontation between the US and Iran has been playing out round the strategically...
Updated 14 Jul, 2026 08:27am
Trump says MoU "was a test" that Iran did not honour; claims they will be hit hard in the coming days.
Updated 14 Jul, 2026 08:43am
Lasting peace depends upon resolving the disputes that produced them in the first place.
Published 13 Jul, 2026 12:49pm
Brent crude futures climbs to $78.48 while US WTI crude rises to $73.76 a barrel.
Updated 13 Jul, 2026 06:19pm
Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain intercept Iranian projectiles; Tehran says MoU "in crisis", blames US attacks for rendering peace efforts "futile"; Hormuz traffic slows to two-month low.
Updated 13 Jul, 2026 09:48pm
Dar stresses parties to de-escalate and pursue diplomacy in phone call with Iran FM.
Updated 12 Jul, 2026 10:03pm
US Centcom says 140 Iranian targets hit in latest wave of strikes; UAE, mediator Qatar among Gulf countries struck.
Updated 13 Jul, 2026 02:12am
Says Iran's programme remains peaceful and under international monitoring; accuses Western countries of using council for political purposes.
Updated 12 Jul, 2026 08:07am
In case the parleys fail, a return to full-scale war would be the likely outcome.
Updated 12 Jul, 2026 08:59am
Trump warns any attempt to assassinate him would lead the US to “completely decimate” Iran; mediators working to bring diplomacy back on track.
Published 11 Jul, 2026 09:15pm
Pakistan, Egypt and Qatar renew efforts to bring Washington, Tehran back to negotiating table.
Published 11 Jul, 2026 06:04am
The burial in Mashhad in northeast Iran follows a week of mass funeral processions, rallies and mourning ceremonies.
Published 10 Jul, 2026 07:23am
Khamenei was buried with his infant granddaughter, son-in-law, daughter and Mojtaba Khamenei's wife Zahra Haddad Adel.
Updated 10 Jul, 2026 12:06am
"If you strike, you will be struck back,” Iran’s top negotiator, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, says; US says it struck 90 military targets in Iran.
Updated 09 Jul, 2026 11:57am
IS the fragile US-Iran ceasefire — and the memorandum of understanding that underpins it — collapsing? Unless...
Updated 09 Jul, 2026 08:09am
Huge crowds thronged the streets of Najaf and packed the courtyards of its majestic shrine of Imam Ali where the coffin was brought from Iran before being flown to Karbala.
Updated 09 Jul, 2026 07:47am
Both the US and Iran said they had hit dozens of targets, placing fresh strain on their interim deal to end the war.
Updated 08 Jul, 2026 09:50pm
Naqvi is currently in New York to represent Pakistan at the Fifth United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit 2026.
Updated 08 Jul, 2026 07:44am
String of attacks revives concerns about freedom of navigation; vessels were struck close to Oman.
Published 07 Jul, 2026 10:42pm
Says there are no reports of casualties or environmental damage, advises vessels to transit with caution.
Published 07 Jul, 2026 10:33am
Netanyahu acknowledges "differences" with Washington, plays down "deeper rifts"; Israel continues to test Lebanon ceasefire as four killed in fresh strike.
Updated 07 Jul, 2026 07:36am
That defiance and ability to survive now underpins Iran’s negotiating strategy, which banks on its leverage over Strait of Hormuz.
Published 06 Jul, 2026 07:44pm
Khamenei’s sons Mostafa, Meysam, Masoud gather alongside mourners at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla; Iran’s military says ceasefire being used to boost "combat readiness".
Updated 06 Jul, 2026 07:29am
Oil-producing group agrees to increase quotas by 188,000 barrels per day from August, on top of similar increases for June and July.
Published 05 Jul, 2026 07:37pm
India's energy consumption growing at three times the pace of the rest of the world, says petrol minister.
Published 05 Jul, 2026 02:41pm
THE funeral ceremonies for Iran’s assassinated supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family members, which...
Updated 05 Jul, 2026 08:47am
