By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT, July 14 (Reuters) – Having choked off transport by the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is now signaling it might play its most harmful card but: utilizing Yemen’s Houthi allies to close the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to the Pink Sea, opening a brand new entrance in opposition to Washington and placing two…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has despatched Congress formal notification that hostilities towards Iran resumed on July 7, a letter his administration sees as opening a brand new 60-day window to make use of the army within the area with out congressional approval. “I directed this army motion…
By Steve Holland, Parisa Hafezi, Phil Stewart and Yomna Ehab WASHINGTON/DUBAI, July 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. army launched contemporary strikes on Iran after it struck a container ship on Sunday, whereas Tehran stated it had once more closed the Strait of Hormuz and escalated assaults on U.S. amenities in states throughout the Gulf. A…
4 oil and gasoline tankers modified course somewhat than threat the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, ship-tracking knowledge confirmed, a retreat that started the second renewed assaults on industrial vessels made clear the ceasefire holding the area collectively had successfully collapsed. Brent crude jumped greater than 4% in response, climbing $3.14 to $77.30 a barrel…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. Central Command mentioned on Tuesday it accomplished a brand new spherical of strikes on Iran and that it had struck over 80 targets throughout its newest assaults. Together with unleashing a brand new wave of strikes towards Iran, Washington had additionally revoked a license permitting…
Big crowds of Iranians had been anticipated to pay their ultimate respects to supreme chief Ali Khamenei on Saturday in the beginning of marathon funeral ceremonies meant to function a present of power to the Islamic republic’s foes. Iranian authorities say they anticipate between 15 and 20 million contributors in Tehran alone over the subsequent…
Iran’s upset World Cup squad returned to a a lot hotter welcome at Tehran airport on Wednesday than they skilled on arrival within the US for his or her three group video games. “Iran, Iran!” a crowd of a number of hundred youngsters, their mother and father and devoted followers chanted in unison. Some waved…
DOHA, June 30 (Reuters) – U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner can be in Doha to satisfy Qatari mediators to debate U.S.-Iran negotiations, Qatar’s overseas ministry spokesperson stated on Tuesday. • There won’t be a high-level assembly between Washington and Tehran, Majed Al Ansari advised a media briefing. • Qatar…
By Jana Choukeir and Jasper Ward DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. army mentioned it struck Iran once more, hours after a tanker was hit within the Strait of Hormuz, within the worst escalation because the two sides signed an interim peace deal two weeks in the past. Every of the warring sides has…
WASHINGTON — American warplanes bombed targets alongside Iran’s southern coast on Friday after President Donald Trump accused Tehran of violating a ceasefire settlement between the 2 sides by launching drones at industrial ships within the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier than. “US plane struck Iranian missile and drone storage places and coastal radar websites…