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Iraq shut three major border crossings with Iran on Saturday after a drone strike struck a vital Saudi Arabian oil pipeline. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi took the emergency step following joint intelligence findings from Baghdad and Riyadh confirming that the drones took off from Iraqi territory. The targeted pipeline transports crude across Saudi Arabia…
A sudden offensive by Iran-aligned Houthi fighters along Yemen’s southern coast has placed the White House in a dangerous military dilemma. The insurgents seized the historic port city of Mocha on Thursday and reached Perim Island inside the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Friday. That southward dash positions the group to close the narrow maritime passage…
South Korea and Iran held urgent diplomatic talks on Friday to discuss maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz. South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun spoke directly with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi following a formal request from Tehran. The dialogue comes as Seoul weighs an American request to commit naval forces to the embattled…
A quarter of a century after hijacked planes shattered Lower Manhattan, New York marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks under heavy security and bitter political division. Relatives of the dead gathered on Friday morning at the National September 11 Memorial plaza to read aloud the names of the 2,977 people who perished…
Yemen’s Houthi fighters seized the strategic Red Sea port of Mocha on Thursday, 10 September 2026, routing pro-government forces and driving combat lines directly toward the narrow mouth of the Bab al-Mandeb strait. The sudden fall of the coastal fortress strips the internationally recognised government of its main operating base on the western littoral. Defeated…
The Strait of Hormuz has degenerated into an active free-fire zone as the United States and Iran trade direct military blows, choking off the world’s most vital energy corridor. On Tuesday, 8 September 2026, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles at two American destroyers operating in the Gulf, dramatically expanding a confrontation that…
Yemen’s Houthi militia wounded 73 civilians in a coordinated missile and drone assault across southern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, 8 September 2026, shattering the remaining fragments of a fragile regional calm. The strikes hit commercial quarters, residential blocks, and critical energy hubs across Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan, and Najran. Coalition spokesman Major-General Turki al-Maliki confirmed…
American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held substantive peace talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday, 6 September 2026, marking their first official mission to the war-torn capital. The delegates arrived by train after Russian authorities refused to guarantee safe air transit into Ukrainian airports. The journey followed a three-hour session…
Iran plans to sign an agreement establishing a tightly controlled commercial transit corridor through the Strait of Hormuz within days, senior security officials in Tehran disclosed on Sunday, 6 September 2026. Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, announced on state television that Iranian authorities will directly manage vessel entry and exit…
Moscow answered a fresh Ukrainian truce offer with threats of renewed missile barrages on Friday, 4 September 2026. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had offered to pause long-range drone strikes on Russian airspace during a sensitive American diplomatic mission. United States special envoy Steve Witkoff and presidential adviser Jared Kushner plan to land in Moscow on…