Iran threatens new offensive while US rules out extending ceasefire deal
18 August 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
Trump welcomes defense pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan
17 August 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
Iran offers $30,000 bounty for killing, capturing US soldiers
16 August 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
Trump says he’ll declare Hormuz US territory
16 August 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
Trump says will 'soon' declare Hormuz strait US territory
15 August 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
Iran defiant on strait as Trump tells Americans to accept high gas prices
15 August 2026
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US can keep Iran blockade ‘indefinitely’
15 August 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
US says it can keep naval blockade on Iran 'indefinitely,' vows more economic pressure
14 August 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
US says lower oil prices, not Iran's nuclear program, are now top priority in war
14 August 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
Hormuz oil spill: Iran calls for compensation
14 August 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
Saudi Arabia launched covert attacks on Iran as regional war widened, sources say
Attacks were followed by drop in Iranian strikes on the kingdom, Reuters tally shows
13 May 2026
Iran threatens to enrich uranium to 90% if attacked
Tehran yesterday threatened to enrich uranium to 90 percent purity, a level considered weapons-grade, if attacked again, after US President Donald Trump warned that the Middle East truce was on the brink of collapse.
13 May 2026
US consumer inflation hits three-year high fuelled by Iran war
Trump made bringing inflation down a key promise since taking office, but has made little progress in doing so
12 May 2026
Pentagon says US cost of Iran war nearing $29 billion
The war has intensified concerns over rapidly depleting US weapons stockpiles after months of heavy missile and air-defense operations in the Middle East
12 May 2026
Trump says Iran ceasefire is 'on life support' as hopes for a deal fade
Trump calls Iranian counterproposal 'garbage'
12 May 2026
Two Bangladeshis in Lebanon killed in Israeli drone strike
The victims, Shafiqul Islam and Nahidul Islam, were from Satkhira
12 May 2026
US-Iran ceasefire on ‘life support’
President Donald Trump yesterday warned the ceasefire in the Middle East war was on “life support” after rejecting the latest counteroffer from Iran, which said its military stood ready to respond to any act of aggression.
12 May 2026
No end to deadlock as Iran, US reject talks terms
Trump is expected to press China's President Xi Jinping on the Iran issue
11 May 2026
Trump rejects Iran peace terms, Tehran warns of new attacks
Iran had responded to Washington's latest peace proposal earlier in the day, while warning it would not hold back from retaliating against any new US strikes or permit more foreign warships in the Strait of Hormuz.
11 May 2026
Trump warns Iran 'will be laughing no longer' amid negotiations
He also accused Tehran of "laughing at our now GREAT AGAIN Country"
11 May 2026
Tehran sends US truce response to Islamabad
Iran responded to Washington’s latest peace proposal yesterday, after drones threatened several Gulf region targets and Tehran warned it would not hold back from retaliating against any new US strikes.
11 May 2026
Trump says US would need two weeks to hit all Iran targets
The comments come as Iran is reported to have responded to the latest US proposal on ending the conflict
10 May 2026
10 May 2026
Iran army says countries siding with US to 'face difficulties' in Hormuz
Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament's national security commission, issued a similar warning in a post on X
10 May 2026
US, Iran no closer to ending war as Qatari tanker sails toward Strait of Hormuz
Relative calm prevailed around the Strait of Hormuz early today after days of sporadic flare-ups, as the United States waited for Iran's response to its latest proposals to end more than two months of fighting and begin peace talks.
10 May 2026
Israel built and defended a secret base in Iraq for Iran war: WSJ report
Israel built the installation, which housed special forces and served as a logistical hub for the Israeli air force, with the knowledge of the US just before the war
10 May 2026
Iran casts doubt on US peace efforts
Iran questioned the seriousness of American diplomacy yesterday in the wake of renewed naval clashes in the Gulf, while keeping Washington waiting for a response to its latest negotiating position.
10 May 2026
Tehran could withstand blockade for four months, CIA report shows, as fighting flares
CIA report shows US blockade not forcing Iran to capitulate
9 May 2026
Gulf clash clouds truce deal hopes
US and Iranian forces clashed in the Gulf and the United Arab Emirates came under renewed attack, but President Donald Trump said a ceasefire was still holding despite the flare-up, which dented hopes for a swift diplomatic resolution to the crisis.
9 May 2026
US VP Vance meeting with Qatar PM to discuss Iran, source says
Talks focus on US-Qatar relations and negotiations with Iran
8 May 2026