Trump Says Iran Should Surrender, Threatens to Bomb Oman
#Trump, #Iran, #Oman, #USForeignPolicy, #MiddleEast
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran should surrender to end a war with the U.S. as talks between the countries remained stalled.
"They should put up the white flag of surrender," Trump told...
Shipping Slows Through Strait of Hormuz After Tanker Attacks, Data Shows
#Shipping, #StraitOfHormuz, #TankerAttacks, #MaritimeTrade, #PersianGulf
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By Florence Tan
SINGAPORE, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed over the weekend, data showed on Monday, following attacks on tankers, while U.S.-Iran talks to resolve the Middle East...
Iran Executes Man Convicted of Running Over Police During January Protests
#Iran, #Execution, #JanuaryProtests, #Police, #HumanRights
DUBAI, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Iran executed a man convicted of deliberately driving his car into police officers during anti-government protests in the city of Karaj in January, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported...
Lebanon Says Israeli Strikes in South of the Country Kill at Least 11
#Lebanon, #IsraeliStrikes, #SouthernLebanon, #Casualties, #MiddleEast
By Nazih Osseiran, Eman Abouhassira and Emily Rose
BEIRUT, Aug 15 (Reuters) - At least 11 people were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday, the Lebanese health ministry said, some...
Qatar Denies Holding Iranian Pilots
#Qatar, #IranianPilots, #Aviation, #Detention, #MiddleEast
Aug 15 (Reuters) - Qatar denied on Saturday that it was holding Iranian pilots, saying they had violated Qatari airspace in March and had failed to respond to attempts to contact them.
A Qatari...
Two Slicks Appear in the Persian Gulf as Huge Oil Spill off Oman Threatens...
#OilSpill, #PersianGulf, #Oman, #EnvironmentalDisaster, #MarinePollution, #OilSlicks
By Nilo Tabrizy, Catherine Cartier and Jonathan Saul
Aug 14 (Reuters) - Two slicks have appeared in Iranian waters, satellite imagery and video verified by Reuters show, as tit-for-tat attacks on oil tankers...
Iran, U.S. Make Competing Claims Over Control of Strait of Hormuz
#Iran, #US, #StraitOfHormuz, #MaritimeSecurity, #RegionalTensions
DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The Strait of Hormuz is "under Iran's control and management", the recently appointed head of Iran's Basij paramilitary unit said on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump...
UAE Says Iran Attacked Two ADNOC Vessels in Strait of Hormuz; No Injuries
#UAE, #Iran, #ADNOC, #StraitOfHormuz, #MaritimeSecurity
Aug 13 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said two of its vessels were attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday evening, with no injuries reported, as the United Arab Emirates...
U.S. Can Keep Naval Blockade on Iranian Ports “Indefinitely,” Pentagon Chief Says
By Phil Stewart
#US, #IranianPorts, #NavalBlockade, #Pentagon, #MaritimeSecurity
PANAMA CITY, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. military has enough assets to maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday, adding ships could be rotated in...
Trump Says Islamic Republic Options Are Let Tehran Fail Economically or ‘Hit Them Really...
#Trump, #IslamicRepublic, #Tehran, #EconomicPressure, #USPolicy
Aug 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump accused Iran of being "devious negotiators" in an interview released late on Monday and described some of his current options in the war — "just bop along" and...
