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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran openly threatened a neighboring country’s non-U.S. assets for the first time Saturday, warning people to immediately evacuate the busiest port in the Middle East and two others in the United Arab Emirates as the U.S.-Israel war with Iran entered its third week. A missile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in …

An influential Iranian cleric has called on Pope Leo XIV to condemn the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. “We expect you to condemn these heinous crimes against humanity and the disregard for the dignity of religious leaders in a loud and clear voice, and to brand them as incompatible with the teachings of Christianity,” Iranian state broadcaster IRIB …

All six members of a US military refuelling aircraft’s crew have now been confirmed dead after it crashed in western Iraq, US Central Command (Centcom) has said. The US initially said it had located four of the deceased crew. It said neither hostile nor friendly fire were involved in the loss of the KC-135 aircraft on Thursday. The tanker had …

Iran says no one can exclude it from the World Cup later this year, in response to President Donald Trump’s warning that their “life and safety” would be at risk in the US. The Iranian team also said in the social media post on Thursday that the United States should not be allowed to co-host the tournament if it could …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The war with Iran, for all its complexity and global effects, boils down to a single question: Who can take the pain the longest? A surge in oil prices points to what may be Iran’s most effective weapon and the United States’ biggest vulnerability in continuing the campaign: damaging the world economy. A sharp …

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the Middle East is being “pushed to breaking point”, with shipping attacks, rising oil prices and widening humanitarian crisis. The UN chief, at a ceremony in Türkiye while accepting the Atatürk International Award for Peace, urged ceasefire and return to diplomacy to resolve the ongoing conflict in the region. Guterres urged all combatants …

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military on Thursday said it was dropping charges against five soldiers accused of beating and sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an alleged assault partially caught on camera. The decision, which came as much of the country’s attention was focused on the war with Iran, closed a flashpoint case that has bitterly divided Israel since the …

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first statement on the war, saying that the leverage of closing the Strait of Hormuz should be used, and that attacks on Iran’s Gulf Arab neighbors will continue. Khamenei did not appear on camera. Israeli intelligence assessed that he was likely wounded in the war’s opening salvo. See key quotes from Khamenei’s …

  The two countries filed their separate declarations of intervention on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, invoking Article 63 of the Statute of the Court. The Netherlands and Iceland have officially intervened in the ongoing genocide case filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The two countries filed their separate declarations of intervention on Wednesday, …

Oil prices climbed back above $100 a barrel and stock markets fell after three more cargo vessels were hit in the Gulf and Iran’s new supreme leader vowed to keep blocking the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route. Brent crude rose by more than 9% on Thursday to $101.59 before easing slightly to $99.44. The jump came despite the International …