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US, Iran exchange threats to oil infrastructure as war enters third week | | AW
59+ min ago (1129+ words) The US-Israel war on Iran entered Saturday its third week with no end in sight to the conflict which threatens to further worsen the energy crisis it has already sparked. US President Donald Trump warned that he could order strikes…...
Lebanon’s offer for direct talks with Israel rebuffed by US, Israeli officials | | AW
59+ min ago (659+ words) Israel has rebuffed an historic offer of direct talks from Lebanon, deeming it "too little too late" from a government that shares its goal of disarming Hezbollah but cannot act against the heavily-armed Lebanese group without risking a civil war....
Erdogan wants to keep out of Iran war’s ‘pit of fire’ as third missile intercepted | | AW
59+ min ago (393+ words) President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey would not get dragged into the "war between Iran, Israel and the United States, but "that it was prepared for all "threats after a third Iranian ballistic missile fired towards Turkey was…...
In asymmetrical warfare tactic, Iran weaponises global energy artery | | AW
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (874+ words) Long before the US and Israel attacked Iran, the Islamic Republic had devised its own weapon: holding the world's main oil lifeline hostage to offset its foes' military superiority, regional sources familiar with Iranian planning told Reuters. For decades Iran…...
Iran’s regional proxies step up strikes amid war despite setbacks | | AW
21+ hour, 6+ min ago (901+ words) Shia armed groups in Lebanon and Iraq are stepping up their role in the war with the US and Israel, showing the Iran-backed "Axis of Resistance" can still wage attacks despite damage inflicted on the alliance during the Gaza conflict....
In his first statement, Iran’s new supreme leader sends message of confrontation, revenge | | AW
22+ hour, 14+ min ago (777+ words) The words uttered by Iran's newly-appointed supreme leader, on Thursday, added a new layer of uncompromising rhetoric to the sharply opposed positions of belligerents in the ongoing US-Israeli conflict with Iran, as it approached the two-week mark, killing thousands and…...
Israel strikes heart of Beirut, signals long campaign as death toll rises | | AW
22+ hour, 22+ min ago (709+ words) Israeli air strikes hit two buildings in the heart of Beirut near the Lebanese government's headquarters on Thursday, ramping up Israel's offensive against Iran-backed Hezbollah and dragging Lebanon deeper into the Middle East war. A day after Iran-backed Hezbollah launched…...
Iran war is one ‘TACO’ too far | Jamie McGeever | AW
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (738+ words) The "Trump always chickens out" investment strategy, buying beaten-down stocks on the assumption that the US president will ultimately back down from his more extreme policies, has, for the most part, been a profitable one. But the Iran war may…...
Trump signals no quick end to war as Iran targets global energy supply | | AW
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (831+ words) After signalling earlier that war with Iran may be ending "soon, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States will stay in the fight to "finish the job as Iran pressed on with its attempts to disrupt…...
UN demands ‘immediate cessation’ of attacks by Iran against Gulf states | | AW
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (365+ words) The UN Security Council on Wednesday called for Iran to halt its attacks on Gulf states, in a resolution that did not mention US or Israeli strikes on Iran, prompting Tehran's ambassador to decry a "blatant misuse" of the international…...