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Iran drone and missile attack hits Kuwait airport, state news agency says

June 3, 2026 admin

Debris burns on the ground in a parking lot following reports of missile and drone attacks, in Sabah Al Nasser, Kuwait. | Photo Credit: Reuters An Iranian drone and ‌missile attack struck Kuwait’s international airport ⁠early on Wednesday (June 3, 2026), causing injuries and forcing authorities to ‌divert flights, Kuwait’s state news agency ‌reported. Follow…

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Marco Rubio to testify before Congress for the first time since the start of the Iran war

June 2, 2026 admin

File photo of U.S. President with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. | Photo Credit: Reuters Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to face a litany of questions on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) about the Trump administration’s fragile or stalling diplomatic efforts around the world when he appears for back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill for…

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Iran suspends talks with U.S. over Israel’s Lebanon strikes

June 1, 2026 admin

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran has suspended exchanging texts with the U.S. over a preliminary agreement aimed at ending the war, in response to Israel’s escalating military strikes in Lebanon, the Tasnim news agency reported on Monday (June 1, 2026). “Due to the continuation of the Zionist regime’s [Israel]…

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Pakistan PM hails Trump’s ‘extraordinary efforts to pursue peace’ in West Asia

May 24, 2026 admin

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif with U.S. President Donald Trump and Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir. File | Photo Credit: AFP Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday (May 24, 2026) praised Donald Trump for his diplomatic efforts aimed at promoting peace and stability in West Asia, underlining that the U.S. President held…

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Pakistan Army Chief Munir and Iran FM Araghchi hold talks in Tehran to end West Asia conflict

May 23, 2026 admin

This handout photograph taken and released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry on May 23, 2026 shows Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) meeting with Pakistan’s Army Chief Syed Asim Munir, in Tehran. | Photo Credit: AFP Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir has held talks with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to end the…

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Qatar says Iran should not use Hormuz to ‘blackmail’ Gulf

May 12, 2026 admin

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. File | Photo Credit: AP Iran should not use the Strait of Hormuz, which it has blocked since the start of the West Asia war, as a means to blackmail Gulf states, Qatar’s top diplomat and premier said on Tuesday (May 12, 2026). Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani…

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Iran-Israel war LIVE: Trump rejects Iran’s peace proposal as ‘totally unacceptable’

May 11, 2026 admin

Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium must be “taken out” before the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran can be considered over, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told an American broadcaster yesterday. “It’s not over, because there’s still nuclear material — enriched uranium — that has to be taken out of Iran. There are still enrichment sites that…

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First Russian oil arrives in Japan since Iran war: media

May 5, 2026 admin

A general view of the liquefied natural gas plant operated by Sakhalin Energy at Prigorodnoye on the Pacific island of Sakhali. Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan has taken delivery of its first stockpile of oil from Russia since global supplies were choked off by the closure of the Strait…

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OPEC+ hikes oil production quotas without mentioning UAE pull-out

May 3, 2026 admin

Untapped OPEC+ reserves are mainly located in the Gulf region, and exports there are trapped by the blockade of the vital Strait of Hormuz, imposed by Iran in response to the U.S.-Israeli strikes that started the war on February 28. File | Photo Credit: AFP Saudi Arabia, Russia and five other OPEC+ countries increased their…

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Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport airport to resume international flights on April 25

April 24, 2026 admin

Iran’s Imam Khomeini Airport to resume international flights on April 25, 2026. File. Credit: Mehr news agency International flights from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport will resume on Saturday (April 25, 2026), the ISNA news agency reported, days after Iran reopened its airspace. The first flights to resume will be to Istanbul and Muscat, the announcement said….

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