Iran

Iran says Qatar captured 3 of its pilots early in war with US; Qatar rejects claims

2026-08-16T00:45:52.000Z
The attack was the second such incident involving ADNOC vessels in less than a week. 

UAE says Iran attacked two ADNOC vessels in Strait of Hormuz; no injuries

2026-08-13T22:57:12.000Z
Trump disembarked from Air Force One after he had secretly reboarded it at Royal Air Force Mildenhall in the UK on Jul 8.

Credible missile threat led to secret Nato summit flight swap for Trump: source

2026-08-13T04:08:58.000Z
Trump said on Aug 12 that the US has “total control” over Hormuz, but Iran said it remains blocked.

Iran says no progress on reviving interim peace deal with US

2026-08-12T22:42:33.000Z
Trump (centre) took a secret flight out of Turkey in July because of an Iranian threat, some of his top officials remained as passengers on the decoy plane.

Trump says plane used in secret Nato summit flight swap faced ‘greater risk’

2026-08-12T05:04:10.000Z
Yemen’s Transport Ministry said four crew members were killed in a suspected Houthi attack on a small cargo vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Aug 11.

New attacks on shipping as US-Iran talks hit fresh impasse

2026-08-12T03:22:30.000Z
U.S. President Donald Trump had recently cheered markets by suggesting a deal with Teheran was getting closer but that now seems like a remote possibility.

Trump makes sweeping new demands on Iran as deal hopes dim

2026-08-10T22:48:44.000Z
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 16, 2026.

Iran says Oman deal is in ‘final stages’ but US must act to open Hormuz

2026-08-09T22:00:59.000Z
In recent weeks, the US has repeatedly signalled that a deal to open Hormuz could be close, only to have Iran deny that talks are under way.

Iran says Hormuz deal with Oman is ‘very close’, but demands must be met before reopening

2026-08-09T00:46:50.000Z
Maintaining an uneasy status quo with Iran would not offer Trump a face-saving way out of a conflict he had predicted would be over by mid-April.
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Trump’s Iran dilemma: ‘Menu of bad options’ leaves the US with no easy exit from war

2026-08-07T00:23:13.000Z