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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions with the US after a blockade, threatening global oil flows and fragile ceasefire stability.
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Donald Trump signals openness to a UAE currency swap to ease dollar shortages as the Strait of Hormuz crisis disrupts oil exports, raising economic concerns.
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A settler attack near Ramallah killed two Palestinians, including a teen, amid escalating violence in the West Bank, highlighting rising tensions, land disputes and security fears.
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Donald Trump says US will resume Iran talks via Pakistan while warning of military action; Tehran rejects participation, citing US demands and blockade, as tensions rise ahead of a ceasefire deadline.
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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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The Istanbul summit was attended by several heads of state, but Saudi Arabia sent only a foreign ministry official. Saudi allies Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE also deployed lower level ministers.
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Leaders of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states arrived in Istanbul on Friday to attend an extraordinary summit, called by Turkey, in Istanbul to show solidarity with the Palestinians
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The Syrian civil war, we have been told, began as part of the Arab Spring and really took hold when Syrian government forces allegedly opened fire on protesters across the country in early.
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The Taliban says it will not target the Afghan police and military in the country any more due to the high number of casualties suffered by the security forces in the ongoing conflict.
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The US decision to reimpose sanctions on Iran could scare off European investors but oil-thirsty China may step into the void and ramp up business links with the country.
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US President Donald Trump offered North Korea's Kim Jong-un guarantees of staying in power if he abandons nuclear weapons, but warned he could end up like Libya's former leader if he doesn't.
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Tens of thousands of Yemenis are fleeing their homes as fighting intensifies near a rebel-held western coastal province, a rights group said, warning the worst humanitarian crisis in the three.
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Washington wants to build a global “coalition” against the Islamic Republic, the State Department said on Thursday, after pulling out from the Iran nuclear accord to the anger of US allies.
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President Tayyip Erdogan is driving Turkey “to the cliff” through ideological politics and a determination to control the central bank, the main opposition party’s presidential.
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While Iranian officials maintain that it is unlikely the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) pipeline project becomes operational, Saudi Arabia has pledged to provide.
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The European Commission will launch the process of activating a law that bans European companies from complying with US sanctions against Iran, after Washington pulled.
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India announced a conditional ceasefire in India-administered Kashmir on Wednesday, lasting for the 30 days of Ramadan, but warned its soldiers will retaliate if attacked in the disputed region.
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