US Navy forces 8 Iran-linked oil tankers to turn back amid Iran blockade
US naval forces have forced eight Iran-linked oil tankers to turn back since Monday, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Citing officials, WSJ...
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Pakistan working to set second round of US, Iran talks: sources
Pakistan was working to bring Iran and the United States together for a second round of talks, senior Pakistani sources told AFP on Tuesday, with...
Orbán era swept away by Péter Magyar’s Hungary election landslide
Viktor Orbán’s 16 years in power is over and a system condemned as an “electoral autocracy” lies in tatters, defeated by a 45-year-old former party...
Israel seeks to declare Turkey ‘new enemy’
Israel “cannot live without an enemy” and its government is now trying to portray Turkey as one, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Monday....
‘If you fight, we will fight’, warns Iran
A chorus of top-ranking Iranian officials threatened retaliation. Mohsen Rezaei, a military adviser and a former Revolutionary Guard Commander, wrote on X that the country’s...
UK could adopt EU single market rules under new legislation
Sir Keir Starmer is planning legislation to allow the UK to adopt new EU laws without Parliament having to hold a full vote each time....
German defence giant Rheinmetall expands into cruise missiles
German arms giant Rheinmetall said Monday that it would start making cruise missiles for the first time as it announced a partnership with Dutch defence...
About 9 million removed from voter list in West Bengal
Around nine million people have been removed from the voter list in India’s West Bengal, triggering political tensions ahead of the state election later this...
Iran threatens to retaliate against Gulf ports for US blockade
The US military said it will begin a blockade of ships leaving Iran’s ports on Monday, and Tehran threatened to retaliate against ports of its...
Oil prices jump after US threat to block Iranian ports
Oil prices rose in early market trading Sunday after the U.S. said it would blockade Iranian ports beginning Monday. The price of U.S. crude oil...
China to restart direct flights and trade links with Taiwan, says report
China on Sunday announced it would resume some suspended ties with Taiwan, including direct flights to several mainland cities and imports of Taiwanese aquaculture products,...
US-Iran talks end without deal; Tehran rejects nuclear condition
Negotiations between the United States and Iran ended early Sunday without any agreement after Tehran declined to accept Washington’s conditions aimed at preventing it from...