Iran has effectively blocked the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s busiest oil shipping channels, since the US and Israel attacked the country on 28 February. About 20% of
Iran has effectively blocked the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s busiest oil shipping channels, since the US and Israel attacked the country on 28 February. About 20% of
The Iran war has handed Russia’s beleaguered economy a much-needed lifeline. High oil prices are boosting the Kremlin’s coffers, helping plug a hole in its federal budget and sustain the
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has gifted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with a rifle as they signed a friendship treaty in Pyongyang, state media report. The two leaders, both
Not since Pakistan’s post-9/11 pivot has the country inserted itself into US strategic thinking with such speed or ambition When Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Munir addressed Pakistan’s parliamentary security committee
Pakistan, Turkiye and Egypt are trying to broker talks. But analysts caution the chasm between the US and Iran remains wide. Pakistan – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said Pakistan
The Iranian official talked of as a potential interlocutor with the Trump administration once boasted that he personally beat protesters as a young police commander in the Islamic Republic. Mohammad
A US Air Force (USAF) bomber was forced to declare an “emergency” this morning while travelling back to a base in the west of England. The B-52H Stratofortress departed from
A French officer has reportedly revealed the location of an aircraft carrier deployed towards the Middle East after publicly registering a run on sports app Strava. He used a smartwatch
President Donald Trump appears increasingly interested in finding an off-ramp with Iran, or what he calls “winding down” the war. But his exit strategy is unclear – and Trump’s mixed
“We thought they’d kill all the senior figures and the regime would collapse in days, but we are in the second week now and every night I wake to explosions,”






