But perhaps the biggest threat to travel is the war in the Middle East. “If this war continues into April, it will be the main talking point in the Trump-Xi meeting,” Benjamin Ho, an assistant professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, told AFP. China has condemned the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, which […]
More drones have been reported flying over Kuwait, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Oman, undermining US and Israeli claims of destroying Iran’s long-range weapons stockpile. Additionally, a US military refueling plane crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, in an incident the US said also involved another aircraft but was not the result of […]
Iran said more than 150 people were killed in the attack on a primary school in the southern city of Minab. The Times said US Central Command officials created target coordinates for the attack using old data provided by the Defense Intelligence Agency. It said investigators were still looking into why old information was used […]
Israel’s military said on Wednesday it has detected missiles headed towards the country from Iran and activated air defenses, as it suppressed a “wave” of attacks against Iran and Lebanon. “Some time ago, the IDF identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israel. Defensive systems are operating to intercept the […]
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that the United States will abandon Iran’s energy infrastructure as it wages war with Israel against the Islamic republic. With oil prices rising dramatically, he told CNN the disruption to the petroleum and gas industry would be short-lived – “Worst case, it’s a few weeks. It’s not months.” Israel […]
Iran’s Foreign Minister said on Sunday that the Iranian people, not Donald Trump, will choose their new leader and demanded that the US President apologize for starting a war with Iran. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” program, “We do not allow anyone to interfere in our domestic affairs. It is […]
Trump has repeatedly said that he believes the Cuban regime is ready to collapse. In an apparent attempt to eliminate it, he imposed an energy blockade on the Caribbean nation. The Cuban state has not received any oil shipments since January 9, forcing airlines to reduce or suspend flights to the island and deepening a […]
US President Donald Trump on Friday demanded Iran’s “unconditional surrender” as the only acceptable outcome for an end to hostilities, while Tehran promised to help rebuild the country’s economy if it complied and installed new leadership. “There will be no agreement with Iran except unconditional surrender,” Trump wrote on his Truth social platform. The post […]
Top US military official General Dan Kane said on Wednesday that the United States was attacking southern Iran at the time. The map he presented indicated that an area including Minab was targeted by attacks in the first 100 hours of the operation, the Times reported. Kane said Israel is primarily operating further north in […]
Addressing journalists in Brussels, Birol said the “strategic disruption” from the war was “creating challenges for many countries” but there was more than enough oil on the global market. Asked if the IEA was considering releasing emergency stocks, Birol said “all options are on the table” but there were no plans for “collective action” “at […]