Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement has claimed responsibility for a drone attack on Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery, just days after Saudi Arabia signed a new defence pact with Pakistan and Türkiye. The Houthis said on Sunday that they targeted the refinery as part of a wider campaign against Saudi Arabia. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said...
A senior Iranian military commander has claimed that the United States and Israel failed to achieve their objectives against Iran during the ongoing conflict, according to Iranian media. Brigadier General Hassan Zadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Mohammad Rasulullah Corps in Tehran, made the remarks while visiting upgraded air-defence units of the...
US President Donald Trump has announced that he will postpone a planned military strike on Iran, saying he wants to give diplomacy an opportunity and hopes a swift agreement can be reached to ease tensions between the two countries. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he had agreed to cancel the...
Global oil prices fell by more than 1% on Friday as improved crude shipments through key maritime routes eased supply concerns, even as the conflict between the United States and Iran continued to fuel geopolitical uncertainty. Brent crude futures declined by $1.03, or 1.2%, to $88 per barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude...
The US State Department’s Rewards for Justice programme has announced a $15 million reward for information leading to the disruption of an alleged financial network linked to Kimia Pars Sivan Company (KIPAS), which Washington claims supports the drone operations of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force. In a statement posted on X, the...
The United States launched a two-hour wave of heavy retaliatory airstrikes against Iran on Thursday after Tehran fired ballistic missiles at American military bases in Jordan, significantly escalating the ongoing conflict between the two countries. According to the US Central Command (CENTCOM), the operation targeted dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facilities, including command...
Iran’s government says Bushehr Airport in the country’s southwest has been rendered inoperable following US airstrikes, marking another escalation in the ongoing conflict between Washington and Tehran. According to Iran’s official news agency IRNA, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said the airport can no longer function after sustaining significant damage in the latest wave of US...
US President Donald Trump has announced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Washington next Tuesday for high-level talks, as the Middle East faces mounting military and diplomatic tensions. Speaking at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, Trump confirmed that Netanyahu would travel to the United States next week. Israel later confirmed that the...
A US missile strike targeted a naval headquarters of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the northern province of Gilan on Friday, marking another escalation in the ongoing military confrontation between Washington and Tehran. Iranian officials said the attack damaged military equipment at the facility but reported no immediate casualties. According to Iranian authorities,...
Pakistan and seven other Muslim-majority countries have jointly condemned Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, describing the move as a dangerous provocation that threatens regional peace and stability. In a joint statement issued by the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Türkiye, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi...