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Trump threatens penalties on any country aiding Iran in "economic D-Day"
Trump has threatened economic penalties against any country whose banks, businesses, airports or government bodies give Iran a lifeline, a day after the UAE suspended all trade and financial transactions with Tehran.
Iran says Hormuz will stay shut until US lifts oil sanctions
Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until the US lifts oil sanctions, frees blocked assets and ends its blockade, tying the vital shipping route to a disputed accord he says Washington has failed
Iran says no 60-day deadline in Islamabad understanding with US
Iran's foreign ministry says there is no 60-day deadline in its Islamabad understanding with the US and that it will not set policy under time pressure, distancing Tehran from the Western reading of a mid-June memorandum due to lapse on August 17.
RAGOZIN: Ukraine’s “tide is turning” PR push has backfired
The PR surge which heralded that the “tide is turning” in the Ukrainian conflict is ending up in a debacle. Ukraine can inflict tangible damage on the Russian economy but Russia can take it and give it back in spades.
Russian view, Tehran's Hormuz trap
The US military strategy has run into a dead end. Alternating strikes and ceasefires have done nothing to shift Iran's stated resolve, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has given Tehran the leverage to press its terms.
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Tehran Friday prayers leader says Iran "made America grovel"
A senior Iranian cleric has used a Tehran Friday sermon to claim the country's missile force humiliated the United States, defiant remarks delivered more than 160 days into a war that has already killed Iran's former supreme leader.
Anthropic joins race to acquire Israel's Decart AI for $6bn
Anthropic is in acquisition talks for Israeli artificial intelligence startup Decart AI at a valuation of approximately $6bn, joining a heated race against SpaceX, Nvidia, and Amazon.
Israel's Cellcom achieves highest quarterly profit in 11 years
Cellcom reported its most profitable quarter in 11 years in Q2 of 2026, with net profit jumping 44% y/y to $25.3mn as terminal equipment sales surged and debt reduction persisted.
US munitions stockpiles run low as Iran war outpaces Ukraine as main drain
US military munitions stockpiles have shrunk sharply since the war with Iran began, with the five-month-old conflict now the main driver of depletion even for weapon systems the US had previously donated heavily to Ukraine.
Lebanon stays at the table despite Rome II
Rome produced no breakthrough. The latest round of talks between Lebanon and Israel in the Italian capital ended without decisive results, with the negotiating process moving at an exceptionally slow pace.
Iran's war spills into Saudi Arabia and Libya even as Hormuz talks edge toward a deal
Three threads are currently running in parallel: a genuine, if heavily caveated, diplomatic opening over Hormuz; a US naval blockade that keeps tightening even as those talks proceed; and a regional military campaign against...
Saudi Arabia's new Nato-style pact with Turkey and Pakistan is tested within 48 hours
The “Mecca Joint Defence Agreement” treats an armed attack on any of the three Sunni-majority states as an attack on all three, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said, and is “technically the same” as Nato's...
Iranian official warns Saudis “paper pact” on defence with Turkey, Pakistan is a dud
Agreement based on Nato-style provision that an attack on one country will be seen as an attack on all three.
Singapore selects Israel Aerospace Industries' missile system for its largest warship
Selection of the Blue Spear highlights Israel's growing role as a supplier of advanced naval strike systems to Indo-Pacific defence forces.
Israel receives largest-ever submarine from Germany
Israel has received its largest and most expensive submarine, with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems TKMS completing delivery of the IMS Drakon to the Israel Navy.
Iranian President Pezeshkian finally meets the new supreme leader, maybe?
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was driven to an undisclosed Tehran location and seated in the dark beside a man he could not see, later asking whether the voice he heard really belonged to supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei - the only known...
Visa acquires Israeli cybersecurity company BioCatch for $2.4bn
Visa has agreed to acquire Israeli digital fraud prevention company BioCatch for $2.4bn in cash in the latest tech deal between Israeli and US tech and finance firms.
Bahrain faces devaluation or default risk from Hormuz closure
Bahrain risks a currency devaluation or sovereign default if the Strait of Hormuz stays shut, Capital Economics warns, with central bank reserves down from $6bn in March to just over $2bn by June and no alternative export route.
Iran's Pezeshkian says Tehran does not seek to widen regional tension
Iran does not want tension and insecurity to spread across the region but will act with full force to defend its security and territorial integrity, President Masoud Pezeshkian said at the launch of a national family-medicine programme.
Iran ties Hormuz reopening to end of US strikes and naval blockade
Iran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz while US military action and its naval blockade continue, foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said, calling a safe-passage deal with Oman necessary but not sufficient.