The US Navy has yet to escort an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, the White House said Tuesday, after the US energy secretary posted, then deleted, that naval assets had escorted an oil tanker through the…
Category: 4. World
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Ukraine claims battlefield successes as Russia insists on invasion progress
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian and Ukrainian officials made rival claims of battlefield successes in their 4-year-old war, with Ukraine saying it pushed Moscow’s forces back across places on the front…
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Iran suggests men’s soccer team will skip World Cup after several in women’s team defect
The head of the Iranian Football Federation on Tuesday cast further doubt on his country’s participation in this summer’s World Cup, alleging that women playing in the Asian Cup in Australia had been coerced into defecting.
“If the…
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Iran has fired some 300 missiles at Israel, about half with cluster bomb warheads — IDF
About half of the roughly 300 ballistic missiles Iran has launched at Israel in the current war carried cluster bomb warheads, according to Israel Defense Forces assessments published Tuesday, a day after the munitions killed two people and…
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Russia and Ukraine both claim front line progress with US-brokered peace talks on hold
US-brokered ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine were put on hold due to the growing escalation in the Middle East, which has drawn attention away from Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II.
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Hezbollah rationing munitions as it braces for full-scale Israeli invasion – sources
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Hezbollah is applying lessons from its last war with Israel as it braces for a possible full-scale Israeli invasion and protracted conflict, returning to its roots in guerrilla warfare in south Lebanon, four Lebanese…
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Iran signaling it may deploy mines to disrupt Strait of Hormuz, U.S. sources say
Washington — Iran may be getting ready to deploy naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to further disrupt the key shipping lane, U.S. officials told CBS News.
The American officials said Iran is using smaller crafts that can…
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Air strikes cause black rain and ‘unprecedented’ pollution in Tehran, scientists say
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it hit “fuel depots” near Tehran in a post on X on 7 March, which included a photograph showing damage to the Tehran oil refinery. BBC Verify provided the coordinates of this facility, along with three other…
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