Iranian foreign ministry’s spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has accused the United Arab Emirates of “support for and cooperation with the aggressors against Iran”. Mr Baghaei said at a press conference that the UAE’s behavior “created many problems” not only for Iran, but also for the region’s security and solidarity among regional countries. He added that Iran hopes “all regional countries…
President Donald Trump has issued a stark warning to Iran, declaring that the country would be “blown off the face of the Earth” if it attacks United States vessels, as tensions escalate around the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Speaking in an interview with Fox News on Monday, Trump said Washington would respond with overwhelming force to any aggression against…
Iran has warned ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz to coordinate with its authorities, escalating tensions after the United States launched a naval effort to escort stranded vessels through the strategic oil corridor. The warning followed President Donald Trump’s announcement of “Project Freedom,” a US-led operation aimed at guiding commercial ships trapped in the strait, one of the…
The United States and China are locked in a fresh confrontation over sanctions targeting Chinese oil refineries accused of processing Iranian crude, escalating tensions between the world’s two largest economies. According to Oilprice.com, China’s Ministry of Commerce has issued a prohibition order directing companies operating within its jurisdiction to disregard US sanctions imposed on five Chinese refineries. The move…
Four migrants were found dead near the Slovenian border and two others were taken to hospital in a serious condition after being transported by truck in “inhumane conditions”, Croatian police said Monday. Thirteen other people were also found by police near the Croatian village of Donje Prilisce, 70 kilometres (43 miles) southwest of the capital Zagreb and had been…
A Russian missile attack on an east Ukrainian town killed four people and wounded 18, authorities said Monday. Merefa lies southwest of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city that has faced heavy attacks by Russia in the more than four years of its invasion. The Kharkiv region governor, Oleg Synegubov, said the strike targeted the town of Merefa, adding: “The victims…
