カテゴリー: Iran
White House seems to have failed to anticipate that Tehran would fight back by trying to impose costs on the westMiddle East crisis – live updatesIf there was a moment when the absence of a US strategy on Iran was exposed, then this was it. Donald Trum…
UK and Japan among countries that are considering options but yet to commit warships to blockaded shipping routeMiddle East crisis – live updatesCountries including the UK, Japan, China and South Korea have said they are still considering their options…
Defence analyst says torpedo strike is a ‘humiliation’ for Modi’s government that disregarded a US defence partnerMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe distress call came in to Sri Lanka’s Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre just after 5am. The ship in …
Crew of Thai-registered bulk carrier forced to flee fire, as US says it has destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying vesselsMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesThree merchant ships have been struck in and around the strait of Hormuz, including a Thai regis…
South Korea’s president has sought to reassure the public that the country is able to deter threats from the NorthIt has been almost a decade since the sleepy South Korean village of Seongju was transformed overnight into a key location in the country’…
Filipino carer Mary Ann De Vera was the first victim of the war in Israel, while thousands of others remain in vulnerable positions across the Middle EastSirens warning of Iranian missiles blare out so frequently that Joycee Pelayo, a Filipino living n…
As speculation mounts that Kim Jong-un and Trump could meet this month, analysts say Pyongyang will continue to see nuclear weapons as a matter of survivalMiddle East crisis – live updates North Korea’s launch last week of a missile from a naval destro…
US claims temporary waiver won’t provide ‘significant financial benefit’ to Moscow; IDF strikes Lebanon after mass evacuation; Trump wants say in choosing Iran’s next leader. What we know on day sevenMiddle East crisis – live updates Continue reading…..
‘Stopgap measure’ designed to keep oil flowing into global market as Middle East crisis disrupts crude shipmentsBusiness live – latest updatesThe US has temporarily allowed India to buy Russian oil currently stuck at sea in an effort to keep global sup…
Residents fled Lebanese capital in panic before assaults on claimed Hezbollah targets while Tehran continues to launch retaliatory attacksMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael has launched massive strikes against the southern suburbs of Beirut just h…
A drone has struck the only airport in Nakhchivan, an Azerbaijani exclave bordering Iran. A second fell close to a school in a nearby village, Azerbaijan’s defence ministry said. The strike would be the first Iranian attack on a Caucasus state since th…
Evacuation order covers all of Beirut’s southern suburbs; Azerbaijani president orders armed forces to be at ‘the highest level of readiness’; Iran claims to have hit US oil tanker in Persian Gulf. What we know on day sixMiddle East crisis – live updat…
Tehran denies responsibility but strike raises prospect of US-Israel war on Iran spreading beyond Middle EastMiddle East crisis – live updatesAzerbaijan has accused Iran of a “terrorist” drone attack that struck an airport and injured four civilians, r…
Urgent request to dock is submitted by vessel after US submarine sank Iranian warship in same area on TuesdayMiddle East crisis – live updatesSri Lanka has evacuated 208 crew members from an Iranian navy vessel that made an emergency request to dock, a…
Experts say backing Iran’s ethnic communities could ‘open up a hornet’s nest’ and increase risk of chaotic civil warIntense waves of airstrikes have hit dozens of military positions, frontier posts and police stations along northern parts of Iran’s bo…