A month into the conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran, there is little sign of de-escalation, with military action continuing across multiple fronts and diplomatic efforts yielding limited progress. A plume of smoke rises following a US-Israeli military strike in Tehran, Iran. (AP) One of the key reasons the conflict continues is the lack…
US President Donald Trump on Saturday said the Middle East is closer than ever to its rise and is “finally free” from what he described as Iranian terror and nuclear coercion as the US-Iran war entered its 29th day. US President Donald Trump speaks during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Summit in Miami Beach, Florida,…
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday spoke about Iran’s response to the proposal sent by America for ending the conflict in West Asia. Rubio said an “exchange” of messages had signalled Iran’s “willingness” to talk. (via REUTERS) Rubio said that while Iran had not given a formal response to the US, an…
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that the people of Iran had asked him to become the Supreme Leader and added that he is not interested. While speaking at a fundraiser event, Trump said Iranians asked him, “We’d like to make you the next Supreme Leader,” and shared his reply to the prospect: “No,…
Russia sought to blackmail the United States by offering to stop sharing military intelligence with Iran if, in return, Washington would cut off Ukraine from its intelligence data, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday. Zelensky said he had seen the data but provided no further details. (AFP) Zelensky, who said on Monday that Ukraine’s military…
Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday seemed to mock the US’s aim to resume operations at the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway facing disruptions since the start of the US-Iran war a few weeks back. “The goal of the war seems to have shifted to opening the Strait of Hormuz, which was open…
In a move that could spark a major escalation amid the ongoing war in West Asia, the Iranian Navy said on Wednesday that it struck a US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier. Earlier in the day, Iran’s naval commander had said that they are constantly monitoring the US fleet USS Abraham Lincoln. (Screengrab/@FarsNews_Agency)…
The Iran war has laid bare a paradox: Gulf money is helping underwrite America’s effort to win the artificial intelligence race, and now the US has started a conflict that could destabilize those investments. Some estimates have projected $2 trillion in long-term pledges from Middle Eastern nations to the AI boom, money that now looks…
Washington: US President Donald Trump has indicated that his defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, may have been the one who pushed America towards launching a war on Iran. On Monday, Trump told the media that Hegseth was the first person on his team to suggest launching military operations against Tehran. “I called Pete, I called General…
The electronic platform of the Mandatory Provident Fund (eMPF) will cut administration fees for 378 investment funds by more than 21 per cent from April 1, the pension regulator said on Tuesday, adding that this will achieve its cost-saving target of HK$50 billion (US$6.4 billion) in less than 10 years. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po…