2+ hour, 41+ min ago  (343+ words) Some form of ongoing UN presence might continue after a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon ends later this year, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix "said on Thursday. The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), first deployed in "1978, has over 7, 000 peacekeepers from…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (274+ words) At least three container ships were hit by gunfire "in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, maritime security sources "and the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said. Iran has imposed restrictions on ships using the strait, first in retaliation…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (901+ words) The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz has highlighted a long-standing weakness in the global energy system: while alternative export routes do exist, none were ever built to fully replace this vital maritime corridor. According to a report by the…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (707+ words) When US President Donald Trump met his national security team at the White House on Tuesday, they faced a key question: how to proceed on Iran as the ceasefire deadline approached, CNN said in a report. With time running out,…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (217+ words) Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said on Wednesday it had seized two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and escorted them into Iranian territorial waters, warning that any disruption to security in the strategic waterway would not be…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (195+ words) Amnesty International has accused leaders of Israel, Russia and the United States of fuelling a global decline in human rights, describing them as "voracious predators" seeking economic and political dominance. In its annual report released on Tuesday, the organisation's chief,…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (213+ words) Representatives of US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" have held talks with "state-owned Dubai multinational DP World about managing "supply chains and infrastructure projects in Gaza, the Financial Times said on Tuesday. Rehabilitation of Gaza, where two years of…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (637+ words) European countries, including Spain and Ireland, pushed on Tuesday for suspending a European Union pact governing its relationship with Israel, but the bloc remained "divided on whether to take action. Arriving at an EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg, a…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (156+ words) The US-Israeli war with Iran is creating the worst energy crisis ever faced by the world, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, said on Tuesday. "This is indeed the biggest crisis in history," Birol told France…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (255+ words) The economic fallout "from the crisis in Iran has cost France between 4 "billion euros ($4. 70 billion) and 6 billion euros, Finance Minister Roland Lescure said on Tuesday, as the government prepares new support measures alongside a freeze on some "spending. There has…...