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Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, underscoring the ongoing threat to global energy supplies and complicating efforts to bring the US and Iran together for talks to end the war. The attacks, which Iranian media said were carried out by Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, came after President Donald Trump […]

A second ship has come under attack in the Strait of Hormuz, the British military said, just a short time after Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard opened fire on a container ship. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre (UKMTO) did not immediately identify who shot at the second ship. However, suspicion immediately fell on Iran, […]

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has opened fire on and damaged a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz as planned ceasefire talks in Pakistan failed to materialise. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) centre said the attack happened at around 7.55am local time in the strait and targeted a container ship. The UKMTO said […]

Donald Trump has extended the ceasefire with Iran following a request from Pakistan, which has been mediating in the conflict. However, the US president said the blockade of the country’s ports would remain in force. The move comes as the deadline loomed on the current fragile truce and proposed talks in Islamabad were put on […]

The ability of the Iranian regime to “take pressure and absorb pain” is often underestimated, according to a top UK diplomat, who has extensive experience of negotiating with Tehran. The current British ambassador to Washington, Christian Turner, made his comments ahead of possible talks in the Pakistani capital Islamabad between the US and Iran as […]

The United States and Iran have signalled they will hold a new round of ceasefire talks in Islamabad, two regional officials said. The officials’ comments come as neither the US nor Iran have publicly confirmed the timing of the talks, with Iranian state television denying any official was already in Pakistan’s capital. Pakistan-led mediators received […]

A hot air balloon landed in a back garden in southern California – with 13 people aboard. The enormous hot air balloon, with a pilot and passengers in the basket, descended perfectly on a small plot of grass at a home in Temecula. Hunter Perrin said he had no idea that he had visitors until […]

A former X Factor finalist accused of attempting to murder a social media influencer by hitting her with a car in central London has been remanded in custody after facing court for the first time. Gabrielle Carrington, 29, allegedly tried to kill Klaudia Zakrzewska during the 4:30am incident outside the Inca nightclub in Argyll Street, […]

The Hong Kong government is seeking to confiscate millions of dollars in funds and corporate shares that it claims are linked to crimes committed by jailed former media tycoon Jimmy Lai. A court document seen by The Associated Press does not explain how the property, which it estimates to be worth over 127 million Hong […]