Tehran has rejected Kievs claim that the attack on the Caspian Sea vessel was unintentional Ukraine must compensate Iran for a deadly attack on one of its cargo vessels in the Caspian Sea, as Kiev has failed to convince Tehran that the strike was unintentional, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said. The ship was hit in a Ukrainian strike last month, killing one sailor.
Tehran has rejected Kiev's claim that the attack on the Caspian Sea vessel was unintentional Ukraine must compensate Iran for a deadly attack on one of its cargo vessels in the Caspian Sea, as Kiev has failed to convince Tehran that the strike was unintentional, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said.
Trump says the US has swept Strait of Hormuz for mines US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States controls the Strait of Hormuz and had swept the strategic oil waterway for Iranian mines. "Look, the only one that has control of the Strait of Hormuz right now is the United States Navy," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "We've mine-swept the entire strait.
Gaza 'Board of Peace' official says plan is still operative US President Donald Trump's Gaza plan is still operative, and discussions with Israel are continuing, a "Board of Peace" official said on Monday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected an Israeli withdrawal until Hamas is "genuinely disarmed. " Netanyahu on Sunday restated his rejection of the Gaza plan in televised remarks to his right-wing government. "The plan is very much still operative and advancing," the official told Reuters.
The Caspian gamble: Iran-Ukraine tensions widen the 'geography of instability' Nima Moradi was a 23-year-old sailor on his maiden voyage aboard Anna, a commercial ship in the Caspian Sea, carrying iron from Russia to Iran . He was from the port city of Bandar Anzali in northern Iran and had dreamed of becoming a mariner since he was a child. The boat he was travelling on was hit by a Ukrainian long-range drone on 25 July - Moradi was killed in the attack, and another crew member was wounded.
Washington must cease its strong-arm tactics before shipping can resume through the key waterway, the Foreign Ministry in Tehran has said The Strait of Hormuz cannot be reopened through diplomacy while Washington continues to use military pressure against Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said.
Washington must cease its strong-arm tactics before shipping can resume through the key waterway, the Foreign Ministry in Tehran has said The Strait of Hormuz cannot be reopened through diplomacy while Washington continues to use military pressure against Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said.
It is amazing how much the conflict has depleted US weaponry stocks, the political scientist from the University of Chicago says US President Donald Trump knows he can neither sustain nor win a protracted war against Iran, political scientist and University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer has said.
It is "amazing" how much the conflict has depleted US weaponry stocks, the political scientist from the University of Chicago says US President Donald Trump knows he can neither sustain nor win a protracted war against Iran, political scientist and University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer has said.
Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei appointed six senior military commanders on Monday, formalizing parts of a wartime leadership structure that had operated for months without decrees while leaving several of most sensitive intelligence posts without publicly named permanent chiefs.
Dubai ruler confronted in London over UAE involvement in Sudan war Submitted by Oscar Rickett on Mon, 08/10/2026 - 14:22 Member of Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum's entourage calls Sudanese man a 'Black bitch' UAE Vice President and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum attends the Dubai World Cup horse race in Dubai on 28 March 2026 (AFP) Off The ruler of Dubai and prime minister of the UAE has been confronted on the streets of central London over his country's involvement in the Sudan war . A video posted on Sunday shows a Sudanese man shouting at Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum and his entourage as they walk through the affluent Knightsbridge area. “Emiratis and UAE, they’re killing Sudanese people,” the man shouts from across the road at the ruler of Dubai and the group he is with.
Tehran [Iran], August 10 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei stated on Monday that the Strait of Hormuz will not be reopened until the United States halts its naval blockade against Iran, according to local media reports. Speaking at a weekly press briefing in Tehran, Baghaei attributed the closure of the strategic choke point to military aggression against Iran by the US and Israel.
Why the Mecca Agreement is a necessary show of force Submitted by David Hearst on Mon, 08/10/2026 - 09:09 American weakness has prompted this reshaping of the Middle East order, with the three biggest regional powers choosing to break the cycle of colonial domination by Israel Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after signing a joint defence agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 7 August 2026 (Reuters) On It will be three years in October since Israe l started its genocide in Gaza , a war crime it has repeated in the Occupied West Bank , South Lebanon , and Iran . For much of that time, Turkey and the Arab world held up their hands in horror but did nothing. "What can we do?
The escort follows the sinking of an Indian-flagged cargo ship off the Yemen coast after it was hit by a projectile Indian warships escorted two crude oil tankers through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait amid the recent attacks that have struck commercial ships around the shipping chokepoint in the Red Sea.
The Caspian gamble: Iran-Ukraine tensions widen the 'geography of instability' Submitted by Amara Sophia Elahi on Mon, 08/10/2026 - 10:29 A deadly Ukrainian strike on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea last month risks opening a new front in the war on Iran – one that could benefit Israel Vessels transiting through the Gulf of Oman are pictured off the coast of Muscat on 25 July 2026 (AFP) Off Nima Moradi was a 23-year-old sailor on his maiden voyage aboard Anna, a commercial ship in the Caspian Sea, carrying iron from Russia to Iran . He was from the port city of Bandar Anzali in northern Iran and had dreamed of becoming a mariner since he was a child. The boat he was travelling on was hit by a Ukrainian long-range drone on 25 July - Moradi was killed in the attack, and another crew member was wounded.
Israeli forces fired 455 projectiles into south Lebanon and breached Lebanese airspace 97 times between Friday and Sunday, the UN's peacekeeping mission in the country reported Monday – among the heaviest fire seen in months.
Video: Yemen's Houthis attack port in Mocha Smoke billowed from the port city of Mocha, Yemen, after a Houthi attack that killed 11 people on Sunday. It followed an earlier drone attack on a Saudi oil refinery on the coast of the Red Sea Smoke billowed from the port city of Mocha, Yemen, after a Houthi attack that killed 11 people on Sunday. It followed an earlier drone attack on a Saudi oil refinery on the coast of the Red Sea pic.
UN expresses 'deep concern' about Houthi attacks Hans Grundberg, the UN special envoy for Yemen, has expressed "deep concerns" about Yemen's Houthis' attacks on the Red Sea port of Mocha, which killed at least seven people and wounded 30 others, including some civilians. He called on all parties to "exercise maximum restraint", and said the conflict could only "end sustainably through an inclusive political process". I am deeply concerned by the recent attacks by Ansar Allah on Mokha, which reportedly resulted in civilian and military casualties and caused damage to infrastructure, including at the port.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Israeli regime forces carried out new attacks on southern Lebanon on Monday, firing machine guns and launching artillery strikes despite an ongoing ceasefire and amid continued violations of the truce, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA).
Syria reclaims control of key coastal sites in deal with Russia Submitted by Reem Aouir on Mon, 08/10/2026 - 04:04 Deal gives Damascus control of civilian facilities at Tartus and Hmeimim, while Russian military sites are converted into joint training centres Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani and his delegation tour Latakia International Airport and the port of Tartus, on 9 August 2026 (Syrian Foreign Ministry/Telegram) Off Syria and Russia have reached a memorandum of understanding to scale back Moscow's military presence on Syria's Mediterranean coast, ending 18 months of negotiations over the future of the Hmeimim airbase and Tartus naval facility. The Syrian foreign ministry announced the deal on Sunday, describing it as the outcome of "a year and a half of negotiations and intensive discussions led by the ministry". Under the terms of the agreement, the Syrian state will take over management of civilian facilities at both sites, including Hmeimim airport and Tartus's fourth commercial pier, gradually folding them into civil administration, according to key points of the memorandum shared by the state news agency Sana.
