Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution Tuesday on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a text already diluted to remove Gulf states’ desired green light to use force to protect the key shipping lane. The draft resolution prepared by Bahrain and supported by the United States received 11 votes in favor, two against...
India has expressed support for ongoing efforts to halt the conflict in West Asia and emphasized the need to restore regional stability, according to a statement from Iran’s Foreign Ministry following talks between the two countries’ top diplomats. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a phone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, during which...
Tensions in the Middle East escalated further on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran it would “pay a big price” for rejecting a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal aimed at halting the ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran. The warning came shortly after Tehran officially declined the proposed temporary truce, signalling that...
The Israeli military on Tuesday (April 7, 2026) told people in Iran not to use trains throughout the country till 21:00 Iran time, saying their presence near railway lines endangers their lives. The warning came after Israeli air defences were activated in response to missiles fired by Iran, following the launch of a new “wave”...
President Donald Trump will ask Congress to enact a massive increase in defense spending in a discretionary budget proposal Friday, while also renewing his push for steep cuts to domestic programs. The budget requests $1.5 trillion in budgetary resources for defense, a significant increase over the $1 trillion sought for fiscal year 2026. The new...
US-Israeli strikes partially destroyed the tallest bridge in the Middle East after President Donald Trump warned of bombing Iran “back to the Stone age”. Several people were injured in the strike. The bridge that was still under construction was supposed to link Iran’s capital Tehran to the western city of Karaj. The bridge is 136...
Iranian Shahed drones struck two Amazon Web Services data centers in the United Arab Emirates. A third commercial data center in Bahrain was hit, though it is less clear whether it was deliberately targeted. Iran has also indicated that it considers commercial data centers to be targets. This is the first time that a country has deliberately targeted commercial...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said that they would target 18 leading US technology firms such as Apple, Google, Meta, IBM, Tesla and Boeing starting April 1. In a statement on Tuesday, the Guards alleged that the companies were complicit in the “targeted assassination” of officials. “These companies, starting from 8:00 pm (1630 GMT) Tehran time on...
On Saturday, more than 9 million people participated in the ‘No Kings Rally’ held across the United States against President Trump. According to media reports, these protests were organized at over 3,300 locations across all 50 states of the US. Organizers stated that, compared to the previous ‘No Kings’ protests held in October, approximately one...
Gulf nations reported a series of attacks as the US-Israel war against Iran entered its fifth week, including strikes on major industrial infrastructure. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said a number of people had been injured in an Iranian strike on a key aluminium plant in Abu Dhabi, with significant damage reported by operator Emirates...