Category: 3. Middle East

Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war:

– Oil down, stocks up –

Oil prices fell five percent and stock markets advanced as Iran said it had allowed around two dozen ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz, easing concerns about the…

Tehran, Iran – A near-three-month closure of Iran’s stock market has ended with two days of a controlled reopening among some restrictions for investors.

Although Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s sessions of the Tehran Stock Exchange allowed…

United States federal prosecutors have indicted Cuba’s former President Raul Castro in connection with the 1996 downing of planes operated by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue.

The indictment, unsealed on Wednesday, marks one of…

Donald Trump joked that he could run for Israeli prime minister after claiming he enjoys ‘99%’ support in Israel. The US president was speaking to reporters about the war on Iran, where he also said Netanyahu would do ‘everything I want him…

Israel’s far-right national security minister posted a video on Wednesday showing detained activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla kneeling with their hands tied and foreheads on the ground, sparking international condemnation.

The video, shared on X…

The IRGC claims to maintain control over the Strait of Hormuz despite the US blockade on Iran’s ports.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said it coordinated the transit of 26 vessels through…

Hamas is “the principal obstacle” to moving to the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire, the Board of Peace initiative created by US President Donald Trump said in its first report to the UN Security Council.

In its findings, the group, established…

A prominent pro-Israel lobbying group is celebrating Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie’s defeat in a Republican primary as discourse over the conflict in the Middle East featured in the historically expensive race. 

What happened: The American Israel…

Israeli attacks on Lebanon continue despite the ‘ceasefire’ that was recently extended until the beginning of July.

At least eight people have been killed in Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon, in the latest…