Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fired at least two missiles at commercial ships transiting through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night, Axios reported, citing two U.S. officials. Two commercial ships suffered significant damage but had no casualties, the report said, citing a U.S. official. Separately, Britain’s maritime security agency said a tanker caught fire after being...
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar began his official visit to West Asia today, covering Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman. On the first leg of his visit, Dr Jaishankar reached Doha, where he met Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani. Dr Jaishankar thanked him for ensuring the safety and...
Iran has begun several days of public mourning and funeral processions for its former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, more than four months after he was killed in strikes launched by the US and Israel. The former Ayatollah’s body is currently lying in state at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla, ahead of his burial in his hometown...
Iranian authorities expect millions of mourners to hit the streets over the six-day period, making the funeral one of the closely tracked global events. Many posters and giant billboards have been put up across Iran showing the late Khamenei. Speculations regarding the timeline of the final ceremonies had been building since March. While the Islamic...
The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The Justices relied on a long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil...
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran has requested a meeting that will be held in Qatar on Tuesday (June 30, 2026), despite Tehran denying that any technical talks on the deal aimed at ending the West Asia war were planned. The announcement came after Iran held its first talks with Oman on managing the Strait...
The US has conducted new strikes on Iran, following a drone attack on a Panama-flagged vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. US Central Command (Centcom) said it hit multiple targets across Iran in direct response to “continued aggression” against commercial shipping. In retaliation, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it has launched...
Rescue workers and desperate residents raced against time across northern Venezuela on Thursday to find survivors trapped beneath collapsed buildings after two powerful earthquakes killed at least 235 people and left more than 1,500 injured. The twin earthquakes, measuring magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, struck within less than a minute of each other on Wednesday night,...
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday held wide-ranging talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun in Seoul, focusing on strengthening bilateral ties and reviewing developments in the rapidly changing global environment. The meeting took place during Jaishankar’s two-day visit to South Korea, the second leg of his ongoing foreign tour after Mongolia. The...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps on Thursday (June 25, 2026) said safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz is only possible through routes designated by Iran, and that a new route announced without coordination with Iran is unacceptable and a safety risk. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised Gulf allies of the United States on...