China has hosted Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for talks in Beijing, with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi calling the US-Israeli war on Tehran “illegitimate” and urging a complete ceasefire.
Gaza: Paramedic, A Child Among Six Killed In Israeli Attacks Across Gaza Strip.
GAZA STRIP — In a pattern that has become both commonplace and invisible to much of the world, Israeli forces killed at least six Palestinians across the Gaza Strip over…
LEBANON: Jibshit Under Fire: Israeli Strikes Kill Civilians As A “Ceasefire” Turns To Ash, And White Phosphorus Falls On Southern Lebanon
JIBSHIT, NABATIEH GOVERNORATE – The asphalt is still warm in the al-Jabal neighbourhood. A family home has been turned into a crater. Rescue workers, their hands wrapped in tape, sift…
IRAN: Inside Iran’s Hormuz Strategy – Security Protocols As Leverage Over Global Trade Artery.
"An Iranian deputy defence minister says the country would allow passage through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf after the conclusion of the US-Israeli aggression under protocols that protect…
IRAN: Violations, Threats, Blockade Main Obstacle To Genuine Talks Says President Pezeshkian.
TEHRAN, WASHINGTON - The diplomatic channel between Tehran and Washington, fragile at the best of times, has devolved into a vortex of accusation, contradiction, and what Iranian officials are calling…
IRAN: Strait Of Hormuz Closed Again – Iran’s Distrust Of US-Israeli Deception Fuels Escalation Amid Failing Lebanon Ceasefire.
TEHRAN - The rapid reversal of Iran’s position on the Strait of Hormuz, from reopening to reimposing strict military control within hours, has exposed not only the fragility of the…
IRAN-US-ISRAEL: The Chokepoint Gamble: Inside The U.S.-Iran Stand-off Over The Strait Of Hormuz.
TEHRAN, WASHINGTON - In the span of a single weekend in April 2026, the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow maritime corridor through which one-fifth of the world's oil supply flows,…
IRAN: A New Order In Strait Of Hormuz – IRGC Navy Mandates Authorisation For All Vessels.
TEHRAN - The Persian Gulf awoke Friday to a carefully scripted paradox. As the IRGC Navy declared a "new order" granting it absolute authority over the Strait of Hormuz, the…
CHINA-IRAN: The Phantom Blockade: How A Sanctioned Chinese Tanker Exposed The Cracks In Trump’s Hormuz Gambit.
BEIJING, TEHRAN - The U.S.-sanctioned tanker Rich Starry slipped through the Strait of Hormuz in the early hours of April 14, 2026, carrying 250,000 barrels of methanol from the UAE's…
US-IRAN: Beneath the Thunder of Gunboats: The Geopolitical Tempest Over the Strait of Hormuz.
WASHINGTON, TEHRAN - The world awoke this morning to a new, perilous reality. The United States Navy, acting on a direct order from President Donald Trump, has begun enforcing a…
