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Profiles On August 18, 2026, an unknown projectile hit the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Minoan Dignity while it was exiting the Strait of Hormuz, killing the ship’s chief engineer. Before the news broke, a 72-word alert had informed seafarers and maritime observers about the attack. It read, “UKMTO has received a report of an incident in…
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel vowed Sunday (August 16, 2026) it would hit Hezbollah again if threatened, as it identified what it described as a commander killed in strikes a day earlier that also left several children dead. Israeli strikes on Saturday (August 16) killed 11 people in southern…
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Two years after the International Court of Justice said Israel’s occupation of the West Bank was unlawful, settler violence and territorial annexation is “only getting worse”, the UN said Wednesday (July 29, 2026). The United Nations’ human rights office said that with attacks by Israeli settlers and the creation of outposts “hitting an all-time high”,…
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Smoke rises following an Israeli controlled-explosion on the village of Kfartibnit as seen from Nabatieh in southern Lebanon on July 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP The Israeli military accused Hezbollah of a “blatant violation of the ceasefire” in Lebanon on Wednesday (July 29, 2026), saying the Iran-backed militant group had fired a drone at…
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A satellite image shows an overview of the Pickaxe Mountain tunnel complex in Natanz, Iran. | Photo Credit: Reuters Profile “We’ll be hitting that area very probably pretty soon, and there’s not a thing they can do about it,” U.S. President Donald Trump recently said about Pickaxe Mountain, a geological formation around 220 km south…
The second phase of the Iran-U.S. war is being fought almost exclusively over the future of the Strait of Hormuz. The sequence of events leading to the restart of hostilities suggests there was no genuine meeting of minds when the MoU was signed. As before, by holding out and retaliating, Iran has forced the issue — shipowners…
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Tehran envisages itself as overseeing the strait and wishes to impose fees on transiting vessels — a demand Washington has strongly rejected. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s parliament has begun work on a bill on the Strait of Hormuz, the head of the security committee said on Tuesday (July 14, 2026), as fighting flared…
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Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz. FIle | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel’s Defence Minister said Wednesday (July 1, 2026) that Israeli forces would remain in self-proclaimed “security zones” established in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, without any timeline for withdrawal. “The IDF will remain in the security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza indefinitely in order to…
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The ‘Al-Riqqa’ oil tanker (L) and ‘Al-Yarmouk’ oil tankers sail in the Arabian Gulf waters, off the coast of Kuwait City on June 27, 2026. Kuwait came under attack from “hostile” missiles and drones, the country’s army said on June 28, while in Bahrain, air-raid sirens sounded following fresh US strikes against Iran. | Photo…
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“When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations,” President Donald Trump told Iranians on February 28, after the U.S. and Israel launched an all-out war on their country. He asked the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), armed forces and police…
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