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Iran defies US blockade as oil prices soar

Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidy, Foreign Minister, on Thursday received Jean-Noël Barrot, French Republic’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs. The meeting took place at the General Diwan of the Foreign Ministry...

Iranian women walk at the Revolution Square in Tehran on Thursday. — AFP

Iraq shuts key Shalamcheh crossing with Iran

A traveller waits for border procedures to cross back into Iran at the Shalamjah (Shalamcheh) border crossing with Iran in southeastern Iraq on April 4, 2026. A US-Israeli strike on April 4 hit the border trade terminal, killing one person, according to Iranian media. After the strike, Iraq suspended trade and passenger movement through the crossing, the Iraqi News Agency, quoting the Border Ports Authority chief. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP)

Israel issues evacuation warnings for Tyre

A firefighter extinguishes a fire at the site of an Israeli air strike in the southern Lebanese village of Hanouiyeh, east of Tyre, on March 30, 2026. Israel renewed its bombardment of Beirut's southern suburbs on March 30 while continuing air strikes on Lebanon's south, one of which targeted an army checkpoint and killed a soldier. Lebanon was pulled into the Middle East conflict when Tehran-backed armed group Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel on March 2 in revenge for the killing of Iran's supreme leader, the opening salvo in the US-Israeli war against the Islamic republic. (Photo by KAWNAT HAJU / AFP)

Italian PM in Qatar after Saudi visit

FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni looks on as she waits for the arrival of President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides, at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Italy, February 26, 2026. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo

Erdogan war has caused 'geostrategic impasse'

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Trump says Iran has 48 hours to make a deal

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington

Iran’s FM calls for ‘conclusive’ and ‘lasting’ end to the war

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Dealing with debris falling on 2 buildings: Dubai

FS

What we know about the F-15E shot down by Iran

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Iran, US race to find crew member of crashed fighter jet

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Downed planes spell new peril for Trump

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Iran warns UN Security Council on Hormuz

A woman walks past the residential buildings that were damaged by recent strikes in Vahdat town in Karaj, southwest of Tehran on Friday. — AFP

Iran says downed US jet, searching for pilot

A heavily damaged building following a strike at the Azadi Sport Complex in Tehran. — AFP

Gas field operations begin after war began

GAS

US warplane downed over Iran, one crew rescued

Photos: Press TV

Ukraine offers to help unblock Hormuz

A ferry moves past the vessel Jag Vasant as it transfers LPG at a port in Mumbai, following its transit through the Strait of Hormuz amidst supply disruptions linked to the US-Israeli conflict. — Reuters
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