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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

Trump says considering 'winding down' Iran war

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UK allows US to use bases

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Attack causes fire at Kuwait oil refinery

People attend the funeral of Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib at Tehran's Grand Mosque amidst the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran. — Reuters

Iran claims big blow against its enemies

A mourner holds an Iranian flag and a picture of Iran's slain leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei while marching with others during the funeral ceremony for Iran's slain intelligence minister Esmail Khatib and his family after the noon prayers in Tehran. - AFP

Impact in Old City after Iran missile warning

A drone photo of emergency services inspect the damage in Jerusalem's Old City after Iran launched missiles towards Jerusalem, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran. - Reuters

Qatar students fear long war will keep universities shut

The Fanar Mosque with the spiral-shaped minaret, is pictured at night in Doha. — AFP

Limited passage resumes to Gaza

Displaced Palestinians gather to receive meals from a charity kitchen during Ramadhan in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip on March 18, 2026. The majority of Gaza's 2.4 million people have been displaced, often multiple times, by the war that began with Hamas's attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. With displaced families living in tented camps, with serious concerns raised about their living conditions (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)

Trump threatens to destroy Iran's largest gas field

Mourners participate in a procession during the funeral in Iran, in Tehran. — AFP

Key energy sites under fire

The Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar's principal site for production of liquefied natural gas and gas-to-liquid, some 80 kilometres north of the capital Doha. — AFP

Iran hits Saudi, Kuwaiti oil refineries in latest attacks

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Hormuz blockage drives up food bills in some GCC states

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Iran vows retaliation as major gas field hit

People gather around the coffin of Iranian security chief Ali Larijani during a funeral for Larijani and victims of the IRIS Dena warship at Enghelab Square in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday. - Reuters

Iran vows revenge on slain security chief

A billboard displays images of Iranian missiles, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran. — Reuters

Israel strikes expand war in central Beirut

A displaced elderly man from southern Lebanon, looks on in the courtyard of a school turned into a shelter in the southern coastal city of Sidon. — AFP

Qatar condemns the targeting of Iran's gas facility

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