U.S.-Iran Conflict

EASA advises airlines to avoid Saudi Arabian airspace after Houthi attacks

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency issued a bulletin on Wednesday advising airlines to avoid Saudi Arabian airspace,...

16 Oct 2026

U.S.-Iran Conflict

Iranian security secretary denounces Netanyahu’s visit to the Emirates: welcoming the “Butcher of Gaza” brings no security

Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, on Wednesday criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's...

16 Oct 2026

U.S.-Iran Conflict

IRGC says safe passage through Hormuz will be ensured after the US suspended the operation — Trump: “If Iran does not accept, the bombing begins”

The naval forces of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Wednesday that safe passage of ships through...

16 Oct 2026

U.S.-Iran Conflict

Mysterious explosion in a residential building in Iran’s Mashhad: two injured, cause under investigation

The explosion destroyed the upper floors of a residential building in the north-eastern Iranian city, while firefighters and...

16 Oct 2026

U.S.-Iran Conflict

Gulf oil exports return to pre-war levels — around 40% now bypass Hormuz

Crude oil exports from Persian Gulf producers, excluding Iran, have returned to pre-war levels seven months after the...

16 Oct 2026

U.S.-Iran Conflict

IRGC admits ‘military conflict’ in Hormuz: ‘We hit small ships every day, the U.S. does not respond’

The spokesman of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Hossein Mohebbi, has openly admitted what Washington has claimed...

15 Oct 2026

U.S.-Iran Conflict

U.S. and allies formally close 12-year mission in Iraq — the fight against ISIS continues from Jordan

The Pentagon announced that all forces and equipment had left the Erbil air base; Iraqi Prime Minister Ali...

15 Oct 2026

U.S.-Iran Conflict

UKMTO: Three ships hit in the Strait of Hormuz — an LNG tanker and an oil tanker among them

The British maritime trade agency announced that the ships were hit by an "unknown projectile"; one caught fire,...

15 Oct 2026

U.S.-Iran Conflict

Hijack alarm on the Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv: violent brawl between the pilots forced the emergency landing in Saudi Arabia

Flydubai flight FZ1073, with around 180 passengers on board, flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv, transmitted code 7500...

14 Oct 2026

U.S.-Iran Conflict

Iran turns to Turkey and China as the U.S. naval blockade devastates its economy — the central bank leaves the rial to the market

Iran's central bank has decided to let the market set the exchange rate of the badly battered rial,...

14 Oct 2026

U.S.-Iran Conflict

Iran receives the U.S. response on the Hormuz plan — Araghchi conveys it to Pezeshkian at the cabinet meeting

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed the receipt of the American response through Qatari mediators to Tehran's plan...

14 Oct 2026

U.S.-Iran Conflict

Iraqi Kurdish officials fear a security vacuum after the withdrawal of the U.S.-led coalition

Iraqi Kurdish officials are raising concerns about the U.S. military withdrawal and its consequences, saying that Iraq's government...

14 Oct 2026

U.S.-Iran Conflict

Saudi foreign minister meets U.S. senators in Washington on defence cooperation

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, met in Washington with members of the U.S....

14 Oct 2026

U.S.-Iran Conflict

Israeli army withdraws Golani Brigade forces from southern Lebanon

Golani Brigade forces are withdrawing from southern Lebanon for a "strategic readiness exercise", the Israeli army announced on...

14 Oct 2026

U.S.-Iran Conflict

Israeli drone seriously wounds a Lebanese soldier in southern Lebanon — strikes continue

A Lebanese army soldier was seriously wounded on Wednesday when an Israeli drone struck a military vehicle in...

14 Oct 2026