Tehran says it has struck major US Navy facilities in Bahrain in response to recent American actions in the region Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned that regional oil and gas exports could be blocked completely in response to US attempts to control the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement on Tuesday, the IRGC accused Washington of acting like “pirates” by restricting energy flows in the region and warned that other export routes serving the US and its allies could be blocked in response. “Regional oil and gas exports are either for everyone or for no one,” the statement said. The warning came as the IRGC claimed a new strike on US military infrastructure in Bahrain, which hosts the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet and serves as one of Washington’s main naval hubs in the Persian Gulf. According to the IRGC, the fifth wave of Operation Nasr-2 targeted an NSA m...
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The security cabinet has approved more than $400 million for 34 new settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory Israel has approved more than $400 million to establish dozens of new settlements in the occupied West Bank, despite international condemnation of what critics describe as the de facto annexation of Palestinian territory. The West Bank, which was captured by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War, is home to around 3 million Palestinians and more than 500,000 Israeli settlers. Along with East Jerusalem and Gaza, it is envisioned as the core of a future Palestinian state under the internationally backed two-state solution. The Israeli government said on Tuesday that the security cabinet allocated 1.3 billion shekels ($431 million) to establish 34 new settlements in the West Bank. The decision was announced by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a West Bank settler who oversees civilian affairs ...
The US president has reportedly pressed the Israeli PM to withdraw forces from both countries amid a widening rift US President Donald Trump has pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to withdraw Israeli troops from Syria and begin redeploying forces from southern Lebanon, Axios has reported, citing US and Israeli officials. The reported appeal is the latest sign of a widening rift between the two leaders, with Trump pressing Israel to scale back its military deployments while Netanyahu’s government continues to insist on maintaining them indefinitely. According to Axios, Trump warned Netanyahu during a phone call on Thursday that Israel’s military presence in southern Syria risked further escalation. “They don’t want you there. You should redeploy,” Trump reportedly told the Israeli leader. The president delivered a similar message regarding southern Lebanon, the...
Mark Lynch has told RT he will contest South Carolina’s special Republican primary after supporters urged him to continue Mark Lynch, who challenged Lindsey Graham in South Carolina’s recent Republican US Senate primary, hopes to take the seat that the late GOP politician left empty, he has told RT. Lynch portrayed himself as a conservative outsider capable of breaking the state’s decades-long pattern of choosing career politicians. Graham, a longtime Russia hawk, died on Saturday at the age of 71 following what his office initially called a brief and sudden illness. The senator’s death came a day after his return from Kiev, where he met Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky. Graham repeatedly called for increased economic pressure on Moscow, threatening Russia with what he described as “bone-crushing” sanctions. In recent months, he actively promoted a bill that would impose 50...
The sport’s governing body has reinstated Russian athletes and teams after the IOC policy reversal Russian table tennis players will return to international competitions after the sport’s global governing body announced it had lifted restrictions imposed after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) said in a statement on Monday that Russian athletes and teams will be “permitted to participate in ITTF table tennis and Para table tennis events, under the ordinary conditions applicable to all athletes, with effect from July 28, 2026.” The federation said the decision followed the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) July 7 move to lift its suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee and withdraw its recommendations to international federations restricting Russia’s participation. Read more ...
The attack could signal the end of Riyadh’s truce with the Houthis and broaden the US war against Iran, the outlet has said US President Donald Trump has given Saudi Arabia the green light for a renewed military operation against Yemen’s Houthi movement, Axios has reported, citing US officials. The report follows the most serious escalation between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis in years, which according to the outlet, could mark the collapse of an unofficial truce between the parties and risk widening the conflict between the US and Iran. Sanaa International Airport, which is controlled by the Yemeni group, was struck on Monday as an Iranian aircraft reportedly carrying a Houthi delegation home from the funeral of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei approached the capital. The plane was forced to divert to the Red Sea port city of Al Hudaydah. The Houthis accused Riyadh of launching the strike and dec...