World Oct 01 Investigators work to determine why a pilot apparently tried to crash a FlyDubai flight to Israel President Donald Trump said Thursday that if Iran is linked to the copilot who tried to crash an Israel-bound flight, the Islamic Republic would be struck “very hard” for the attempt on the lives of more than 180 people aboard…
World Sep 25 Iran has suggested a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in 7 days Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume talks on its nuclear program in seven days if the United States lifts its naval blockade, waives sanctions on Iranian oil sales and observes a ceasefire that would include…
World Sep 19 Saudi Arabia confirms Yemen's Houthi rebels tried to attack its capital with a ballistic missile The growing conflict near another important global shipping corridor has brought new pressures for markets.
World Sep 18 Iranians rally by the hundreds of thousands in biggest show of defiance since war began Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied Friday in a government-organized show of defiance after months of war, pledging their readiness to take up arms in the biggest such demonstration since the United States and Israel attacked in February.
World Sep 13 Iranian cargo ship is struck, and talks between Tehran and its neighbors are postponed The attack drew attention back to the strait after threats to shipping in the Red Sea intensified last week. Iran-backed Houthi rebels battling government forces in Yemen captured an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial shipping alternative to…
World Sep 12 Attack that closed key Saudi pipeline is blamed on Iran-backed militias in Iraq Though an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias in Iraq denied their involvement, Iraq's government confirmed the attacks had originated from its territory, pledged to investigate and dismissed two senior officials.
World Sep 11 Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthis seize an island in a key strait, opening a new front in the Iran war Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels captured a strategic island at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, two officials said Friday, opening a new front in the Iran war and further threatening Saudi oil exports through one of the world’s key…
World Sep 10 Yemen risks return to civil war as Iran-backed Houthis target vital oil shipping route Yemen is moving closer to a return to civil war as Iran-backed rebels threaten a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz.
World Sep 06 Iran says it plans to announce a new 'exclusion zone' near the Strait of Hormuz Mohsen Rezaei's comments to Iran's state broadcaster came with few details, a day after the U.S. struck three Iranian oil tankers in response to Tehran launching ballistic missiles at U.S. warships.
World Sep 05 U.S. strikes 3 Iranian oil tankers after saying warships were targeted with ballistic missiles The strikes — a day after U.S. President Donald Trump sought to minimize the conflict as “small potatoes” — keep up a new tilt back toward fighting after six months of on-again, off-again war.