A ceasefire “hanging by a thread.” A diplomatic process “making progress.” A president is “not satisfied.” And explosions echoing around the Gulf. Are US and Iran close to peace or sliding back to war? The latest word from the White House is that negotiators from both sides have agreed on a framework for a 60-day […]
Arsenal co-chair Josh Kroenke says the Covid era gave Arteta space to revive Arsenal during the behind-closed-doors pandemic period, acknowledging for the first time that the absence of fan pressure allowed manager Mikel Arteta to navigate “growing pains” that might otherwise have derailed the rebuilding project. Speaking in a wide-ranging interview after Arsenal won their […]
Iran says it targeted American base after fresh US strikes on southern Iran, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launching missiles at a US air base in Kuwait in the early hours of Thursday morning. Kuwait’s military said it intercepted “hostile missile and drone threats” but did not confirm the target. US Central Command described […]
The IRGC was laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz this week while Washington and Tehran negotiated to reopen it. The dual-track reality bombs in Bandar Abbas on Thursday, talks in Doha on Friday, mines in the water throughout define Iran’s forever war: deal or no deal, the challenge outlasts Trump and every American president […]
Oil prices jump after US launches new attacks on Iran as global benchmark Brent crude rose 3.75% to 97.83 a barrel and US−traded crude climbed 497.83 a barrel and US−traded crude climbed 492.22 on Thursday. The US Central Command confirmed its forces struck a military site in Bandar Abbas, a strategic port city on the […]
US strikes on Iran have intensified tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important energy corridors. American forces targeted Iranian military infrastructure near Bandar Abbas after US Central Command said Iranian drones threatened commercial shipping and military assets near the strategic waterway. The escalation now affects oil markets, shipping costs, and […]
LONDON — Two years ago, Fernanda R deleted the dating apps and swore she was done. Then her friends started pairing off with partners they met online. A few weeks ago, the 29-year-old re-downloaded a few of them. “I thought maybe things would be different this time,” she said. She was wrong. Soon she was […]
SEOUL / NEW YORK — Booming AI chip demand helps create two new $1tn club members as memory chipmakers SK Hynix and Micron Technology saw their stock market valuations surge past the trillion-dollar mark this week, joining the ranks of Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta. South Korea’s SK Hynix, a key supplier to […]
GAZA CITY — An Israeli strike in Gaza City killed the new head of Hamas’s military wing, Mohammed Odeh, on Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet security service confirmed. Odeh had been selected as commander of the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades only days earlier, following the death of his predecessor, Izz ad-Din al-Haddad, in […]
TEHRAN — Iran condemns US strikes as gross violation of ceasefire after American forces targeted Iranian missile sites and boats attempting to place mines near Bandar Abbas on Monday, with the Iranian foreign ministry holding the United States responsible for the consequences of what it called “aggressive and unjustified actions” in the Hormozgan region. The […]
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