Brent oil topped $100 a barrel for the first time since July, as attacks between the US and Iran and a recovery in Chinese oil buying propel the global crude benchmark higher. Brent crude crosses $100 as Strait of Hormuz disruption fuels supply fears. (Representative) Futures rose as much as 2.3% in London, before paring…
Iran’s army said it targeted “three major US bases in Kuwait” with kamikaze drones. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they hit US military targets including air defence systems in Bahrain and Kuwait, state news agency IRNA reported. The Guards said they struck two air defence systems and a radar installation at two different US…
US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Iran’s Supreme Leader is not possible, a close aide to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has said. Mohsen Rezaei, a senior military adviser to Khamenei, said such a meeting would not happen and accused Trump of bringing the negotiations to a standstill. The US and Iran peace deal is…
US President Donald Trump has asked for several changes to the proposed deal prepared by his envoys with Iranian counterparts during a meeting on Friday, multiple reports said on Saturday. US President Donald Trump speaks during the signing ceremony for an executive order on mail ballots in the Oval Office of the White House in…
Amid wait for a final peace deal, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reportedly claimed that it shot down a US’ MQ-1 drone after it allegedly entered its territorial airspace early on Sunday. Advanced air defence missiles targeted and reportedly ‘successfully’ destroyed the MQ-1 drone. (Representational Photo/AFP) The American drone was immediately detected by the…
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said an announcement on the US-Iran conflict was likely to be expected in “a few hours”. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio addresses a joint press conference in New Delhi on May 24, 2026. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP) Calling it a “good news” for the world,…
After the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is now reportedly eyeing the subsea cables of internet and financial traffic beneath the crucial waterway amid the ongoing war with the United States and the wider conflict in the Middle East. Iran’s local media reports seemingly threatened that traffic in the Strait of Hormuz could…
3 min readMay 8, 2026 08:14 PM IST The United States has urged United Nations member states to support a new Security Council resolution demanding that Iran halt attacks and mining operations in the Strait of Hormuz. However, diplomats say the proposal is likely to face vetoes from China and Russia, setting the stage for…
US President Donald Trump has told his aides to prepare for an extended blockade of Strait of Hormuz, amid an already sensitive ceasefire situation between the two countries, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing US officials. Trump told his aides that the proposal from Iran is not dealing in “good faith’ or being willing to…
Despite no official announcement about a possible second round of talks between the US and Iran here, Pakistan has begun taking stringent security measures for the safety of foreign delegates, officials said Sunday. More than 10,000 police personnel have been deployed and over 600 checkpoints have been established across Rawalpindi. (Reuters) The US and Iran…