Six US service members die in Iraq aircraft crash

President Donald Trump said Friday that the US military had heavily bombed military targets on Iran's Kharg Island, which handles almost all of Iran's crude exports, and threatened to hit the island's oil infrastructure

The United States will defend its ally Israel against accusations at the top United Nations court that it breached the Genocide Convention during its Gaza campaign, the court said yesterday.

Shia Muslim 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.

UN chief urges Israel, Hezbollah as he visits Beirut amid shelling; Trump says US will hit Iran ‘very hard’ after easing sanctions on Russian oil

Deal signing likely to be delayed by months, sources say

Separately, a crude tanker is expected to arrive in India on Saturday carrying Saudi Arabian oil after sailing through the Strait around March 1

Three tankers -- two in Iraq and one in UAE waters -- were struck yesterday, an apparent escalation in Iranian attacks that have disrupted Middle East energy supplies, despite President Donald Trump’s claim that the Islamic republic was facing imminent defeat.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman sought the support and cooperation of people and the members of parliament, including those from the opposition, to transform Bangladesh into a self-reliant, prosperous, safe, and democratic country.

Iran will avenge the blood of its martyrs, keep the Strait of Hormuz closed, and attack US bases, new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said yesterday, his first remarks since succeeding his slain father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Congress may soon consider providing billions in Iran war funding

Reuters first reported that strike was likely carried out by US military

Iran yesterday said the world should prepare for oil to hit $200 a barrel, as three more ships came under attack in the blockaded Gulf, forcing governments to tap their strategic oil reserves.

The UAE President wrote a patriotic poem that was performed by the national orchestra, state media said yesterday, as his country faced the attacks unleashed by Iran after US-Israeli strikes.

It is the sixth time the IEA has approved a coordinated release of oil stocks, having previously done so in 1991, 2005, 2011, and twice in 2022

IEA to propose fastest ever release of strategic oil reserves

Iran vowed yesterday that not a single litre of oil would leave the Gulf while US and Israeli bombardments continue, declaring it will decide the war’s end, as the United Arab Emirates shut its largest refinery following a drone strike.

Pentagon confirms 140 wounded, with 108 already back on duty

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they would "determine the end of the war" in the Middle East after US President Donald Trump said the conflict would end "soon"

IRGC holds firm control, direct strikes, strategy, targets