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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 air base in Jordan targeted: Report

FILE PHOTO - Lockheed Martin F-35B fighter jets of the US Marines fly over a Naval Station

Iran's Guards carried out strikes on Bahrain

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US strikes Iran for the third day, reimposes the blockade

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US-Iran war flares as Hormuz dispute deepens

People walk past a billboard with an image of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran. — Reuters

UN urges de-escalation after Yemen attack on airport

Smoke rises following an air strike at Sanaa International Airport, in Sanaa. — Reuters

EU donors offer $1 bn to help Gaza

People gather by the rubble of destroyed buildings following an Israeli strike on an industrial area in Gaza City on July 12, 2026. Gaza's civil defence and hospitals said an Israeli drone strike and gunfire killed five people and injured several others on July 12. A ceasefire remains in place between Israel and Hamas, but it has not halted violence in Gaza, and efforts to secure a lasting agreement to end the war have stalled.

Iran says continuing talks to 'prevent escalation'

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How Trump failed to secure Hormuz in his Iran deal

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US-Iran strikes: latest developments

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US military bases attacked in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait

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UN urges US-Iran ceasefire

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Qatar's former leader Hamad bin Khalifa dies at 74

Commuters drive past a billboard bearing a portrait of Qatar's former leader Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani in Doha. — AFP

Iran, US trade more strikes

A projectile is fired during what the US Central Command said was a third round of strikes against Iran. — Reuters

Israeli attacks in Gaza kill five people

Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on a metal foundry in Gaza City, July 12, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

New Syrian parliament meets for first time

Members of Syria's newly formed People's Assembly attend the body's inaugural session in Damascus. — Reuters
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