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Saudi Arabia Plans Offensive Against Houthis to Regain Control of Bab el-Mandeb

Officials said more than 100,000 Yemeni troops could potentially be mobilised depending on the scale of the operation. Saudi Arabia is planning a military offensive against the Houthis in Yemen to regain control of the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, with options including a coastal assault or a broader multi-front operation, according to regional and Western […]

Iran Says It Seized US Underwater Vehicle in Strait of Hormuz

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington’s economic pressure campaign against Iran was producing results. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said on Sunday that it had seized a US Remus 600 autonomous underwater vehicle operating in the Strait of Hormuz, accusing it of conducting surveillance in the strategic waterway. According to Iranian state […]

China opposes US sanctions targeting Iranian airlines

Says they lack a basis in international law and are not authorised by the UN Security Council BEIJING: China on Tuesday opposed what it described as “illegal unilateral sanctions” as the United States moves to impose sweeping secondary sanctions targeting Iran’s commercial aviation network. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Beijing consistently opposes unilateral […]

Saudi King Salman has condemned Yemen’s Houthi movement as a “terrorist militia” following an attack that Saudi authorities said targeted the holy city of Makkah.

Saudi Arabia condemns Houthis as Iran signals possible Hormuz reopening RIYADH/NEW YORK: Saudi King Salman has condemned Yemen’s Houthi movement as a “terrorist militia” following an attack that Saudi authorities said targeted the holy city of Makkah. In a statement reported by the official Saudi Press Agency, King Salman praised the kingdom’s armed forces and […]

US open to Iran talks at UN as Tehran offers to reopen Hormuz

Iran offers to reopen Hormuz within 7 days if US takes initial steps to ease military pressure: report NEW YORK: The United States is open to holding talks with Iranian officials on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday, as Tehran offered to reopen the Strait of […]

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