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Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Saturday (October 17, 2026) said an oil tanker was on fire in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting a mine in the waterway at the heart of the West Asia war. Tehran seized control over Hormuz after the start of the…
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File, undated image courtesy the U.S. Air Force shows the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb sitting in an undisclosed location. Photo: AFP PHOTO / U.S. AIR FORCE The United States is considering using its biggest non-nuclear bomb against Iran if President Donald Trump should decide to renew combat in the war that has…
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U.S. President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) that nobody knew who was running Iran during the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, now in its eighth month. “Their leaders are gone, their second group of leaders is gone, and the biggest problem I have is nobody…
U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance said in an exclusive interview with Reuters that Iran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its nuclear enrichment capacity to satisfy U.S. demands and end the countries’ seven-month war, even as Washington was unsure how Tehran makes decisions in negotiations. Mr. Vance, a longtime skeptic of U.S. involvement in foreign wars,…
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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham. File | Photo Credit: Reuters British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Wednesday (September 30, 2026) said there were “strong indications” that Iran was involved in suspicious activity at a U.K. airbase that triggered a major security incident this weekend. “There are strong indications that Iran played a part in what…
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi is expected to discuss the U.S. response in Tehran on Wednesday (September 30, 2026), the official said. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi received U.S. feedback via Qatari mediators in Doha on Tuesday (September 29, 2026), on a seven-day plan aimed at building trust between Washington…
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. File | Photo Credit: PTI Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume talks on its nuclear programme in seven days if the United States lifts its naval blockade, waives sanctions on Iranian oil sales and observes a ceasefire that would include Lebanon. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas…
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A sailor handles munitions on the flight deck of the USS George Washington in the Arabian Sea, on September 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. war against Iran has cost the Department of Defence more than $38 billion through August 1, and will continue costing up to $3 billion a month or more…
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Photos of the ship from September 13 indicate that the engine room was attacked and damaged by the projectile. The two were reportedly on watch in the engine room at the time of the incident. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement MT El Gaia, the tanker which was hit by a projectile over the weekend in…
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Auto rickshaw rides past closed shops at the electronics market, during a shutter-down strike against the petroleum levy and high fuel prices in Karachi, Pakistan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan is considering reviving austerity measures to curb fuel consumption amid a fresh escalation of hostilities in West Asia, Information Minister Ataullah Tarar said on…
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