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Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz to shipping after a Lebanon ceasefire, easing energy market tensions and signaling fragile diplomatic progress amid ongoing US-Iran negotiations and regional uncertainty.
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US defence secretary Pete Hegseth praises Gulf allies for strong support during Iran conflict, criticises other partners for failing to contribute, as tensions persist and a fragile ceasefire holds.
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Trump announces a 10-day Israel–Lebanon ceasefire after US-led talks, with both sides agreeing to halt hostilities. The truce aims to ease tensions and pave the way for rare direct negotiations.
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Turkish cultural figures and media activists form a human chain outside a Tabriz power plant, signalling solidarity with Iran as regional tensions continue to escalate.
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As ceasefire talks collapse, the US announces a naval blockade targeting Iranian ports, while Iran vows retaliation across the Persian Gulf. The confrontation risks renewed conflict and a spike in global oil prices.
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Trump orders US Navy blockade of ships tied to Iran via Hormuz after failed talks, as conflict deepens, oil flows stall, prices risk rising and doubts grow over feasibility and global economic fallout.
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US naval blockade of Iran escalates Gulf tensions, threatening global oil flows via Hormuz and beyond, raising legal risks, inflation fears and the prospect of wider economic disruption.
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Pope Leo XIV rejected Trump’s criticism, urging peace as US-Iran tensions escalated, a Hormuz blockade threat disrupted shipping, oil prices rose, and failed talks deepened fears of conflict.
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Trump announced a US naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran nuclear talks failed, warning ships paying Iran tolls will be stopped, escalating tensions and threatening global oil supplies.
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After more than 21 hours of talks in the Pakistani capital, Iranian officials accused Washington of acting in bad faith and attempting to impose terms that Tehran says would have compromised its sovereignty
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High-stakes US–Iran negotiations collapse after 21 hours, leaving fragile West Asia ceasefire at risk and raising fears of renewed regional escalation.
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Iran-US talks in Islamabad ended without a deal as both sides clashed over nuclear demands. Iran cited “excessive demands” by the US but remained open to diplomacy for future negotiations.
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Gunmen have killed at least four soldiers and a civilian in attacks on two security posts in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan within hours of each other, officials say.
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Israel and Bahrain signed a defence agreement on Thursday as part of a show of cooperation aimed at sending a message towards arch enemy Iran. Defence Minister Benny Gantz signed the memorandum.
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The US has asserted that it stands with India against Chinese intimidation after Beijing deputed a PLA officer, who was part of the military command that attacked Indian soldiers in the Galwan Valley.
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China and Russia proclaimed a deep strategic partnership on Friday to balance what they portrayed as the malign global influence of the United States.
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Galloping through forest atop a white horse, Kim Jong Un stars in a new North Korean propaganda video that touts his economic leadership but ignores a recent spate of sanctions-busting missile launches.
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Twelve migrants were found dead in a small Turkish town near the Greek border often used by migrants seeking to enter the European Union, after they apparently froze to death.
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Separatist insurgents in the Pakistani province of Balochistan have attacked two military bases, killing one soldier while losing four of their own men, the army said, in the latest violence.
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India is witnessing trailers of future conflicts and its adversaries will continue with efforts to achieve their strategic aims, Army Chief Gen MM Naravane said on Thursday.
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The United States will send a guided-missile destroyer and fifth-generation fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the wake of recent missile attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
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Israel is taking part in a huge US-led naval exercise in the Middle East, for the first time publicly joining Saudi Arabia and Oman, two countries it has no diplomatic relations.
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Marital rape will remain condoned until it becomes an explicit offence and such declaration would recognise that marriage is not a universal license to ignore consent, two NGOs argued before the Delhi High Court.
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A Rome judge on Monday dismissed a murder investigation into two Italian marines who killed two fishermen in Kerala in 2012, months after the case was dropped by the Supreme Court of India.
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