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March 18, 2026 10:19 AM
The United Arab Emirates may join a U.S.-led effort to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran all but shut the vital waterway to ships as Tehran wages war with Israel and the United States, a senior Emirati official said on Tuesday. Anw...
March 18, 2026 10:41 AM
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was postponing a highly anticipated trip to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping as the war with Iran upends U.S. foreign policy and delays an effort to ease tensions between the world’s two bi...
March 18, 2026 10:36 AM
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States had been informed by most of its NATO allies that they did not want to get involved with the country's military operation in Iran, a move he described as a "very foolish mistake." But Trump ga...
March 18, 2026 10:22 AM
Iran targeted Tel Aviv with missiles carrying cluster warheads in what it said was retaliation for Israel's assassination of Iran's security chief Ali Larijani, Iranian state television reported on Wednesday. Israel has said that Iran has repeatedly...
March 17, 2026 2:05 PM
Tensions across West Asia sharply increased on March 16, with Israel confirming an expansion of its ground operations in southern Lebanon while missile exchanges with Hezbollah continued. Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, said forces had adva...
March 17, 2026 3:02 PM
Gulf Arab states did not ask the U.S. to go to war with Iran, but many are now urging it not to stop short by leaving the Islamic Republic still able to threaten the Gulf’s oil lifeline and the economies that depend on it, three Gulf sources told R...
March 17, 2026 3:04 PM
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has emphasised the importance of direct dialogue with Tehran to ensure the safe movement of Indian vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, as India works to safeguard its energy security amid escalating tensions ...
March 16, 2026 10:32 AM
The Centre has intensified monitoring of fuel supplies, maritime operations and the welfare of Indian nationals in the region amid evolving developments in West Asia. Authorities said adequate arrangements are in place to ensure uninterrupted availab...
March 13, 2026 11:06 PM
Following through on an old threat, Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, cutting off a vital waterway that normally carries about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas supplies, in retaliation for U.S.-Israeli strikes. As oil ...
March 13, 2026 11:48 PM
President Donald Trump said the U.S. was going to be hitting Iran "very hard over the next week", shortly after issuing a partial 30-day waiver for purchases of sanctioned Russian oil, hoping to ease prices fuelled by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. P...
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