Middle East News

Updated : Sep 23, 2026

Indian sailor killed after MV Cape Dao comes under attack near Oman; 19 Indians on board

The Forward Seamen's Union of India (FSUI) identified the deceased as Suraj Yadav, a wiper from Deoria, Uttar Pradesh

Iran has one condition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

Updated : Sep 22, 2026

Iran says it would open Hormuz within seven days but only on one condition

Iran's military central command said it had been informed that the US was preparing to restart military operations with the support of regional countries.

Donald Trump plans to impose sanctions on the ICC

Updated : Sep 21, 2026

Trump plans to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court, announce them soon

US officials want the ICC to drop its arrest warrants against Israeli leaders and a past probe into American troops in Afghanistan.

Updated : Sep 19, 2026

Riyadh airport smoke: Explosions reported after Saudi Arabia issues aerial threat alert

The incident comes amid heightened tensions involving Yemen's Houthi group, which has escalated attacks targeting Saudi Arabia since July

The alert in Mecca was the first of its kind in history and came after the kingdom was repeatedly targeted by the Iran-backed Houthis in recent days.

Updated : Sep 16, 2026

Mecca on air alert: Saudi Arabia issues first-ever warning amid Houthi attacks in West Asia

Saudi-backed, internationally recognised Yemeni government forces and Saudi forces had earlier struck targets near the city of Taiz in Yemen.

Houthis attack Saudi Arab military base; oil prices continue to soar

Updated : Sep 15, 2026

Houthis attack Saudi Arabia airbase as Hormuz talk stalls; oil climbs to nearly $107

US-Iran war: Officials from Yemen's internationally recognised government said the Houthis were strengthening their positions along the country's western coast on the Red Sea.

Trump says the US and China both spy on each other

Updated : Sep 14, 2026

China spies on us, we spy on China too: Trump after Iran satellite images report

The comments followed a report that Iran obtained satellite images of the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan from Chinese entities before the missile strike on July 17.

Donald Trump wants to repeat Venezuela in Iran?

Updated : Sep 14, 2026

Trump says the US could just decide to stay in Iran and ‘keep the oil’ like Venezuela

US-Iran war: During a trip to Ireland, Trump said he still expected the Iran war to end this year, possibly in November.

US President Donald Trump says the war would be over after the midterm elections

Updated : Sep 11, 2026

‘Would do exactly as I did…’: Donald Trump says he doesn’t regret the Iran war

US-Iran war: Trump said Iran was trying to influence the November midterm elections, repeating remarks he made earlier.

US-Iran war: CENTCOM destroys Iranian crude oil carriers

Updated : Sep 9, 2026

US strikes Iranian oil tankers, Iran retaliates with attack on US base in Jordan; Brent crude climbs $1.57

US-Iran war: The escalation led oil prices to rise for the fourth consecutive session on Wednesday, with Brent crude futures rising $1.57.

US-Iran war: Tehran plans 'exclusion zone' in the Gulf

Updated : Sep 8, 2026

Iran plans new ‘exclusion zone’ in the Gulf, threatens US with ‘economic warfare’

US-Iran war: Iran also plans to release maps of a new shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, though it was unclear when the details would emerge.

Strait of Hormuz: Is Iran suffering more damage than it has inflicted?

Updated : Sep 7, 2026

How long can Iran hold the Hormuz leverage over the US?

US-Iran war: Efforts to disrupt shipping through Hormuz have not produced the global economic shock Tehran had hoped would force Washington to compromise.

Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis in joint drill with Iran for simultaneous strike

Updated : Sep 6, 2026

Next big war? Israel says Iran planning multi-front attack with Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis

Senior officials of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), particularly the Quds Force, have reportedly held conference calls and meetings with commanders from Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iraqi militias to discuss expanding the confrontation.

Updated : Sep 2, 2026

'US in almost total control of Hormuz Strait': Donald Trump after US military's 'wave of strikes' against Iranian bases

His post on Truth Social come after Iran said that a wedding celebration in Sirik was among the sites were hit as the US said it had completed a wave of strikes on Iranian military targets, deepening tensions across West Asia.

Asim Munir reaches Tehran with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi

Updated : Aug 24, 2026

What is Pakistan army chief Asim Munir doing in Iran?

Munir’s visit will be followed by a delegation from Oman, which is negotiating a new framework with Tehran for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

US warns countries that they are either with Washington or against them in the war against Iran

Updated : Aug 24, 2026

Either with us or against us: US warns of ‘economic D-Day’; Iran calls threats ‘desperate’

US-Iran war: Scott Bessent said any country that tethers itself to Iran will face economic consequences as well as isolation.

US threatens Iran's trading partners: Who are its commercial allies?

Updated : Aug 22, 2026

Iran vows devastating response as US warns Tehran's commercial allies: Who are its trading partners?

US-Iran war: President Donald Trump has also threatened economic consequences against any country providing “any type of lifeline” to Iran.

The claim came as tensions rose further across the region.

Updated : Aug 21, 2026

West Asia conflict: Yemen's Houthis carry out drone attacks on Saudi airport, Aramco facility

Yemen, which has been embroiled in more than a decade of civil conflict, in July became the latest country to be dragged into the Middle East war after the Houthis upended a 2022 truce with the country’s Saudi-backed government.

Will the Trump administration impose further sanctions on Iran?

Updated : Aug 18, 2026

Iran wary of more economic pain: What else could the Trump administration do?

US-Iran war: Iran was already facing high inflation, a weakening currency, energy shortages, sanctions and structural economic problems when the war began. The conflict has since damaged infrastructure, disrupted trade and production and increased the cost of rebuilding.

US plans economic isolation for Iran as the war wages on

Updated : Aug 14, 2026

‘Like never been seen…’: US plans to roll out ‘economic isolation’ for Iran next week

US-Iran war: The US stated it could maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely, despite falling global oil supply and rising regional tensions.

The US and Iran both claim that they have control of the Strait of Hormuz