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Trump said the US may waive some oil sanctions and deploy Navy escorts for tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, a key route carrying about a fifth of global oil
About 25,000 troops from 14 nations join Exercise Cold Response across Norway and Finland
Investigative group Bellingcat says new video suggests that the munition seen in footage resembles a US Tomahawk missile which only the US is known to possess in this war
An Indian national injured in the incident on Sunday is undergoing treatment at a government hospital.
Oil prices have surged while share markets have dropped due to concerns that the escalating conflict in West Asia will disrupt energy supplies and affect global industries
Three G7 countries, including the US, have expressed support for the idea, according to the FT
Non-critical American government staff and their families stationed at diplomatic posts in the area had been given the option to depart voluntarily, but now are ordered to do so
Its a 30-day pause to allow, which is just kind of common sense, to allow the millions and millions of barrels of oil that are sitting out on ships to go to Indian refineries, Mike Waltz
The infrastructure that keeps Gulf cities supplied with drinking water is vulnerable
Trump voters support airstrikes, oppose ground troops in Iran
Choosing a new leader is meant to be the responsibility of the Assembly of Experts, a body of around 90 senior clerics who are elected every eight years, many of them very elderly
Popularly known as Balen, the 35-year-old defeated four-time former PM KP Sharma Oli by a huge margin of about 50,000 votes in the Jhapa-5 constituency
The warning comes as the clerical body is set to meet to choose Iran's next supreme leader
The military response follows a wave of aerial threats targeting the Gulf nation
President also waved off a question about how Russia assisting Iran in such a way might affect his view of the US-Russia relationship
He apologized for Irans attacks on regional countries, claiming they would stop and attributing the actions to miscommunication
Legal questions are swirling about the underpinnings for the entire US-Israeli military operation against Iran, and the aftermath of the torpedo attack on the IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean
According to the Election Commissions data available from 161 of the total 165 constituencies, the RSP has won 27 seats with a clean sweep in all 10 constituencies of Kathmandu district
Israeli warplanes pounded Beirut and Tehran on Friday as Iran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries that host US forces
A draft of the guidelines reviewed by the FT says AI groups seeking business with the government must grant the US an irrevocable license to use their systems for all legal purposes
Telegraph Media Group and RedBird IMI have not immediately responded to Reuters requests for comment
Separately, Qatar intercepted a drone aimed at Al-Udeid Air Base, a key US military hub
The blackout is powered by Irans National Information Network, a system designed to disconnect citizens from the global web while keeping state-controlled services and local platforms running
Khatibzadeh says there is no immediate intention to block the waterway
Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the attack on Tel Aviv was part of the 21st wave of its Operation True Promise 4, involving missiles and drones
The Israeli military said the fighting has destroyed most of Irans air defences and missile launchers, while US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that strikes against Tehran were about to surge dramatically.

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