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US Treasury to broaden scope of secondary sanctions on Iran

The ​US Treasury Department was expected on Monday to broaden the scope of secondary sanctions it can impose on entities and countries that maintain business ties with Iran as the Trump administration seeks to increase...

People walk past shops at a market area in Tehran on Monday. Iran responded with defiance to a US threat of the 'single greatest financial offensive ever', saying it was an admission of military defeat. - AFP

US, Iran exchange blows in rekindled Mideast war

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Iran war leaves crisis-weary European airlines ready for a shakeout

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Iran threatens to block more vital seaways

A woman crosses Tehran's Enghelab Square on Wednesday, past a giant anti-US billboard. — AFP

Israel pounds devastated Gaza with more bombs

A child reacts during the funeral of Palestinian child Muataz Abu Shaar in Khan Yunis. — Reuters

Kuwait and Bahrain intercept aerial attacks

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Indian missing after attack on ship off Oman coast is dead, family says

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US war against Iran enters a new phase

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Iran-US war intensifies

Smoke rises after a drone was intercepted during early morning hours in Manama on Tuesday. — Reuters

Israeli fire kills nine in Gaza, including a 10-year-old

A woman reacts during the funeral for several victims killed after a police station was was hit by Israeli bombardment in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip, in Gaza City on July 14, 2026. Gaza's civil defence agency and the hospital said that the Israeli airstrike on the police station in northern Gaza killed eight people on July 14, including a woman officer. In a statement condemning the strike, Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which controls Gaza's police force, said that the police station chief was among those killed. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Lebanon, Israel hold new talks round in Rome

A motorcade arrives on the first day of talks between the Lebanese and Israeli delegations at the US Embassy in Rome. — AFP

China urges US, Iran to restore safe passage through Hormuz

A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, July 9, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Tanker struck off Oman coast, says UK maritime agency

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Wildfires ravage over 1,300 hectares of historic forest near Paris

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Iran MPs present bill on Strait of Hormuz: security committee chief

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Indian national killed in attack on two UAE ships in Hormuz

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