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President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the U.S. Navy has removed or detonated all Iranian-laid mines from the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz, declaring a "zero tolerance" policy against any future...
The United States and Iran escalated their conflict into a sharper economic and maritime confrontation on August 25, 2026, as Washington announced sweeping new sanctions while Tehran tightened its control over the Strait...
Iran has blacklisted 45 oil tankers for alleged transit violations in the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions over the critical waterway six months into a regional conflict with the United States and Israel.
The United States formally removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism on Monday, August 24, 2026, a landmark policy shift that eliminates a decades-old barrier to investment and deepens ties with the new ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly disclosed on Monday that Iranian intelligence services had attempted to assassinate one of his sons, revealing a plot that had previously been suppressed by Israel's mil...
A Damascus court sentenced Syria's former top Muslim cleric, Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, to life imprisonment on Monday, marking the most significant conviction of a religious figure affiliated with the deposed government ...
A tanker was struck by an unknown projectile and caught fire off Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast on Monday, August 24, according to a British maritime agency.
Iran's foreign minister dismissed on Sunday a fresh round of U.S. economic sanctions as a desperate move, while Washington prepares to announce what it calls the "toughest sanctions in history" in a bid to cripple Tehran...
The Israel Defense Forces said it struck an armed operative near the Syrian village of Beit Jinn on Saturday, August 22, 2026, claiming the individual was in the final stages of preparing an improvised explosive device a...
Syria and Israel held high-level, U.S.-mediated talks in Jordan on Sunday aimed at de-escalating tensions following recent Israeli strikes on Syrian territory and preventing their bilateral conflict from being affected b...
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack described Israel as occupying the Golan Heights in remarks that appear to contradict the official U.S. recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the territory.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian declared on Sunday that his country is engaged in a "fullscale economic, military and security war" with the United States, attributing the severe domestic economic crisis to escalatin...
French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for a two-day visit to Paris beginning Sunday, August 23, 2026, centered on signing new bilateral agreements and discussing regional stab...
Israeli airstrikes on the Abu al-Duhur airbase in northern Syria on August 18, 2026, have sharply escalated tensions between Israel and Turkey, drawing both regional powers into a complex confrontation over influence in ...
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said in an interview published on Saturday that negotiations with Israel over a proposed security agreement are expected to resume soon, despite recent military strikes that have...
Israel has issued a stark warning to Turkey against expanding its military presence in Syria, following Israeli airstrikes on a Syrian airbase that both Ankara and Damascus say was not being prepared for Turkish forces.
South Korea has launched its first commercial voyage to Europe via the Arctic's Northern Sea Route, with the container ship PanStar Acro departing from Busan on Saturday, August 22, 2026, to test the path's viability as ...
The Israeli Air Force has officially received its second Boeing KC46 "Gideon" aerial refueling tanker, a significant upgrade to its long-range operational capabilities.
Iran has granted special permission for a number of Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a significant development following repeated diplomatic requests from Baghdad.
At least 14 people, including three women, were killed when Myanmar's military conducted an airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in the central Sagaing region on Friday, according to an opposition group and local witnesses.
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