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Tehran has designated alternative shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz, citing the presence of sea mines as it begins a tentative two-week reopening of the world’s most vital energy artery. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued the directive on Thursday, instructing vessels to follow specific entry and exit paths to avoid “maritime safety hazards.”…
The fragile two-week ceasefire between Washington and Tehran will not extend to the Lebanese front, according to the Israeli Prime Minister. Benjamin Netanyahu clarified on Wednesday that while Israel supports the American effort to neutralise the Iranian nuclear and missile threat, its own military campaign against Hezbollah continues unabated. This distinction sets Jerusalem at odds…
Rising energy costs and fractured supply chains are threatening to derail Japan’s fragile economic recovery. In its quarterly report released on April 6, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) warned that the war in the Middle East is beginning to squeeze regional businesses. Policymakers noted that while the domestic economy remains resilient, the closure of the…
Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed his acting chief of staff, Ziv Agmon, following a wave of indignation over leaked racist remarks. In a late-night post on X, the Israeli Prime Minister announced that Ido Norden would take the post in the coming days. The exit follows reports that Agmon referred to Jews of Moroccan descent as…
US President Donald Trump has issued a 48-hour deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face “all-out hell” through overwhelming military action. The ultimatum, posted on Truth Social on Easter Sunday, follows six weeks of a joint US-Israeli campaign that has rattled global oil markets and left thousands dead. Trump’s warning coincides…
Russia has launched its largest evacuation of personnel from Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant after a US-Israeli projectile struck near the facility on Saturday morning. The Russian state nuclear agency, Rosatom, moved 198 workers by bus toward the Iranian-Armenian border just 20 minutes after the explosion. This marks the third withdrawal of Russian staff from…
A Russian drone strike on a busy market in Nikopol killed five people and injured at least 19 others on Saturday morning. The attack occurred at approximately 09:50 local time, shredding retail kiosks and scattering food and glass across the town’s commercial centre. Nikopol, which sits directly across the Dnipro river from Russian-occupied territory, has…
A late-night earthquake has claimed the lives of eight family members in Kabul province. The 5.8-magnitude tremor struck on Friday evening, originating from an epicentre in the mountainous Badakhshan province. A two-year-old boy was the sole survivor of the household in the Gosfand Dara area. He sustained injuries when the family home collapsed during the…
The Israeli military has hit more than 3,500 targets across Lebanon since hostilities began one month ago. This campaign follows a significant escalation on 2 March when Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel to avenge the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Israel responded with a combination of massive air strikes and a ground…
President Donald Trump has warned that the United States will hit Iran “extremely hard” for the next two to three weeks to force an end to the month-long conflict. In a televised address from the White House on April 1, Trump claimed the war’s “core strategic objectives” are nearly met. He sought to reassure a…
