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Iran says Hormuz strait still closed despite transit corridor talks
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Iran and Oman are discussing a temporary transit corridor and mine-clearing for the Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran warned on Wednesday that the vital waterway wil...
Experiencing turbulence: Gulf air hubs weather wartime downturn
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
After six months of war in the Middle East, the Gulf's major aviation hubs are navigating turbulence as a hefty portion of their lucrative transit traffic opts ...
CORRECTED: Netanyahu says no diplomatic deal possible with Iran 'savages'
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a diplomatic deal was not possible with the "savages" who rule Iran as he hailed US President Donald Trump's new ...
CIA director was on 'semi-routine' mission in Moscow: Trump
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow was "semi-routine," while implying that the intelligence chief was i...
Greece to sign deal for two Italian frigates in September: ministry
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Greece, which has embarked on a major military modernisation, will next month complete a deal to buy two navy frigates from Italy, the defence ministry said Wed...
Iran Guards say agreed with Oman to share revenues from Hormuz
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they had agreed with Oman to share any revenues earned from the Strait of Hormuz, a day after their top diplomats ...
Iran says Persian-language media outlets abroad in 'target bank'
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's armed forces said Wednesday that several Persian-language media outlets operating abroad were included in its "military target bank", accusing them of wo...
Iran president says new US sanctions will achieve nothing
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday said that the United States would achieve nothing with its new round of economic sanctions, local media reporte...
US military spending $2.2 bn to build small nuclear reactors
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
The US Army announced Wednesday it has awarded a combined $2.2 billion to vendors to build and operate small nuclear reactors at five military bases in the Unit...
'No other option': Gulf expats hunker down between bouts of war
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Six months into the Middle East war, the army of foreign workers and expats in the Gulf has largely stayed put -- hoping to ride out the uncertainty caused by c...
Lebanon accuses Israel of burning forest, farmland in south
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
As extreme heat fuels wildfires worldwide this summer, Lebanese officials and residents have accused Israel's military of systematically sparking blazes that ha...
Top US official to meet NATO allies over force review
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
A senior US defence official will brief NATO countries Thursday on Washington's review of its forces in Europe, officials said, in the face of fears over an Ame...
Japan to support alternative Mideast oil pipelines: media
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Japan plans to provide support for alternative pipelines in the Middle East as it seeks to improve energy security in the wake of the Iran war, local media repo...
Iran-Oman talks on Strait of Hormuz: What we know
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Iran and Oman are negotiating the opening of a temporary shipping corridor and the clearance of mines in the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, which both nations bord...
Iran-Oman talks on Strait of Hormuz: What we know
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Iran and Oman are negotiating the opening of a temporary shipping corridor and the clearance of mines in the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, which both nations bord...
Netanyahu says no diplomatic deal possible with Iran 'savages'
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a diplomatic deal was not possible with the "savages" who rule Iran as he hailed US President Donald Trump's new ...
Six months on, grief still raw for Iran school parents
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
For months, Masoumeh Zakeri has endlessly replayed the last night she spent with her nine-year-old daughter before she was killed in a strike on her school duri...
Controversial Uganda ex-speaker released from house arrest: army chief
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
Uganda's army chief announced Tuesday that investigations into the former speaker of the house had been dropped and she would be released, months after her hous...
Trump says executions of Iran protesters must stop
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump expressed outrage on Tuesday at the mounting number of executions in Iran of people allegedly involved in mass protests earlier this y...
One-third of vessels blacklisted by Iran already attacked around Hormuz
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
One-third of the vessels Iran has threatened to confiscate for breaching Strait of Hormuz transit rules have already been attacked during the Middle East war, a...
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