Middle East & North Africa
Trump: “Iran is making up fake attacks” on tankers to push up oil prices before the midterms
President Trump accused Iran of inventing strikes and mines to raise oil prices before the November 3 midterms, saying more…
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Strait of Hormuz
Middle East & North Africa
Iran’s Rezaei: Hormuz will not reopen without Tehran’s seven conditions, with threats against US cables, data centres and AI facilities
Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, says Iran will neither open the Strait of Hormuz nor return…
Defense Industry
Qatar picks KNDS and John Cockerill for its land forces during Macron’s visit, and France and Qatar demand Hormuz “without fees”
Qatar signed letters of intent with KNDS France and John Cockerill Defense to modernise its land forces and with France…
Middle East & North Africa
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim four ships hit in the Gulf and three more struck mines, warning US bases
Iran’s IRGC Navy says four ships were hit and set ablaze in the northern Gulf and three more hit mines…
Middle East & North Africa
Macron in Riyadh: French personnel and assets have been deployed in Saudi Arabia for eight days against the Houthi threat
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Riyadh on a surprise solidarity visit and revealed that France has had personnel and…
Middle East & North Africa
Hormuz: tanker hit by an unknown projectile off Oman – the IRGC claims three tankers struck mines, but offers no verifiable evidence
The UK Maritime Trade Operations centre reported a tanker hit by an unknown projectile west of Bukha, Oman, in the…
Middle East & North Africa
UK and Oman pledge closer defence and maritime cooperation as Sultan Haitham makes State Visit
London says Oman is a vital partner for security and the free flow of trade through the Strait of Hormuz,…
Middle East & North Africa
Revolutionary Guards say mines halted tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, including a supertanker with 2 million barrels
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say naval mines set two tankers ablaze and a third, a supertanker with over two million barrels,…
Drones
Revolutionary Guards claim they shot down a US MQ-9 over the Strait of Hormuz – threats against the seven undersea internet cables
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim to have shot down a US MQ-9 drone over the Strait of Hormuz, an unconfirmed claim,…
Middle East & North Africa
Araghchi: the Strait of Hormuz opens on day six of Iran’s plan if the US accepts the terms – “The proposal is still on the table”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran’s seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remains “still on the table”,…
Middle East & North Africa
Vance on the Iran war: “the enemy gets a vote too” – seeks a “final, durable commitment” that Tehran will not rebuild its nuclear programme
At a CBS News town hall in Michigan, Vice President JD Vance defended the administration’s Iran strategy, blamed Iranian tanker…
Analysis
Strait of Hormuz explained: why the narrow passage matters
The Strait of Hormuz carries about a fifth of the world’s oil and a large share of its LNG. Here…