The British government gave authorisation on Friday for the U.S. to use military bases in Britain to carry out strikes on Iranian missile sites that are attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Cuba on Friday rejected any suggestion that its political system or the term of its president were subject to negotiation in talks with the United States, following reports that Washington sought to remove Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel from power
Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who may or may not be alive, and who has certainly not been seen in public since his appointment, has declared victory over the enemies of the Islamic Republic in a written message marking the Persian New Year, Nowruz.
The Israeli military announced Friday the elimination of Ismail Ahmadi, identified as the "chief of the Basij intelligence branch », killed overnight in the latest wave of Israeli airstrikes against Iran.
The Israeli military struck infrastructure sites belonging to the Syrian government overnight in response to attacks against Druze civilians in Sweida, the Israeli military said on Friday.
For Lebanese Muslims, there was little to celebrate on Friday during Eid al-Fitr as a displacement crisis prompted by Israeli strikes and fears for the future cast a dark shadow over the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
The United States military is deploying thousands of additional Marines and Sailors to the Middle East, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives face their second electoral test this month on Sunday when they hope to unseat the centre-left Social Democrats, their coalition partner at the national level, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Qatar's Energy Minister Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi announced Friday that Iranian attacks on the country's energy infrastructure would reduce liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity by 17%, resulting in estimated annual revenue losses of $20 billion.
The Trump administration is actively considering plans to occupy or blockade Iran's Kharg Island, the country's most critical oil export terminal, as leverage to force Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Axios reported Friday, citing four sources with direct knowledge of the deliberations.
The United Arab Emirates announced Friday it had dismantled a terrorist network financed and operated by Hezbollah and its Iranian patron, involving money laundering, terrorist financing and threats to national security, according to official state media.
A spokesperson for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its deputy of public relations, Ali Mohammad Naini, has been killed in strikes launched by the U.S. and Israel, Iranian state TV reported on Friday.
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