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Recent military actions have led to reports of Iran effectively restricting movement through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil and gas transit route. This has caused oil prices to surge and airlines to adjust flight paths, highlighting the strait’s immense economic significance. The Strait of Hormuz has suddenly moved from geography textbooks to…
China on Monday called for an immediate ceasefire between the United States, Israel and Iran, warning that the escalating conflict could spread across the neighbouring countries after Iran’s retaliation against US bases in the Gulf region.“The most urgent task is an immediate cessation of military operations and preventing a spread and spillover of conflict,” foreign…
Just hours after President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to stop using artificial intelligence tools developed by Anthropic, US forces in the Middle East relied on the company’s Claude system during a major air operation targeting Iran, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.What happenedAccording to the Journal, US Central Command (Centcom), which…
Oil prices surged by as much as 10 per cent as markets opened in Asia, after US and Israeli strikes on Iran heightened fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East and potential disruption to global energy supplies.Brent crude and Nymex light sweet crude both leapt sharply in early trading on Monday, before easing…
US President Donald Trump said that the United States is carrying out one of the “largest” military offensives in modern history. In a video message posted on Truth Social, Trump described “Operation Epic Fury” as an overwhelming joint effort with Israel, saying hundreds of targets had been struck across Iran in the past 36 hours….
TOI Correspondent from Washington: For nearly a decade, US President and MAGA supremo Donald Trump fashioned his political identity around a simple, potent pledge: end America’s “endless wars.” He derided the foreign policy establishment as reckless interventionists and insisted he alone could resist the military-industrial complex. “I am the most militaristic person there is, but…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the strikes on Iran “will only intensify” in the coming days. In a video statement released on Sunday, Netanyahu also expressed his condolences for the families that fell victim to Iran’s strikes on Israel.In the video posted on X, Netanyahu said, “I’ve just finished a meeting with the…
Mass destruction across more than 20 Iranian provinces following coordinated US and Israeli airstrikes has raised serious questions about the performance of Tehran’s air defence network, particularly the Chinese-origin HQ-9B surface-to-air missile system that Iran is believed to have recently acquired.The strikes, which targeted military infrastructure and key installations, have placed the spotlight on whether…
After Iran’s supreme leader Ayotallah Khamenei was killed in a joint Israel strike conducted jointly with US early Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a stark warning on striking “thousands of targets belonging to the terrorist regime” for Iran’s “freedom”.“In the coming days, we shall strike thousands of targets belonging to the terrorist regime. We…
Iran President Pezeshkian vows revenge after Khamenei killed in US–Israel strikes (Picture credit: AP) Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has declared that avenging the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is both a “legitimate duty and right” of the Islamic Republic, following joint US–Israeli strikes that killed the 86-year-old leader.In a statement carried by state…
