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Iran claims it will destroy any aggressor
DUBAI: Iran will pursue any aggressor, even it carries out a limited attack, and seek to destroy it, the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday, after attacks on Saudi oil sites which Riyadh and US officials blamed
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US sends troops to bolster Saudi defences after attack
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday approved sending American troops to bolster Saudi Arabia’s air and missile defences after the largest-ever attack on the kingdom’s oil facilities, which Washington has squarely blamed on Iran. The Pentagon said the deployment would
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Saudi-led coalition strikes north of Hodeidah in Yemen
DUBAI: The Saudi-led coalition today launched a military operation north of Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah against what it described as “legitimate military targets”, an incident that could aggravate regional tensions after a weekend attack on Saudi oil installations. The
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Saudi Aramco attacks: What we know so far
WASHINGTON: An attack on Saudi Arabia that triggered the biggest jump in oil prices in almost 30 years was carried out with Iranian weapons, a Saudi-led coalition said yesterday, as President Donald Trump said the US was “locked and loaded”
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Iran tanker heads to Greece, US warns against helping vessel
DUBAI: An Iranian tanker at the centre of an angry confrontation between Iran and Washington sailed for Greece yesterday after it was freed from detention off Gibraltar, as Washington called the release unfortunate and warned Greece and Mediterranean ports against
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US to renew sanctions waivers for five Iran nuclear programmes
WASHINGTON: The US is set to announce this week it will renew sanctions waivers for five Iran nuclear programmes that allow Russia, China and European countries to continue civilian nuclear cooperation with Iran, the Washington Post reported yesterday. President Donald
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US slaps sanctions on Chinese oil buyer over Iran deal
WASHINGTON: The US has sanctioned Chinese state-run energy company Zhuhai Zhenrong Co Ltd for allegedly violating restrictions imposed on Iran’s oil sector, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a speech yesterday. “We’ve said that we will sanction any
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US threatens Iran with more ‘isolation, sanctions’ for nuclear expansion
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday warned that Iran’s move to raise its uranium enrichment concentration would result in ‘further isolation and sanctions’. Earlier in the day, Iran announced that it is raising its uranium enrichment concentration beyond
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G-20 opens with high tensions
World leaders gathered in Japan today for one of the most high-stakes and fractious G20 meetings in years, with a bruising US-China trade war, geopolitical tensions, and climate change on the agenda. The two-day summit in the city of Osaka
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Trump is losing his marbles
PUCHONG: US President Donald Trump is now seen on a war-like rampage, picking up fights with powerful nations on the planet. The first and foremost on his list of enemies is the world’s second largest economy, China. In his bid
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