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GCC and Iran foreign ministers meeting in Salalah Oman for Hormuz corridor talks as Brent crude holds at $104

Brent Holds Near $104 as OPEC and IEA Disagree on Demand by 2.9 Million Barrels

Brent held near $104 as OPEC cut its 2026 demand growth forecast for a fifth time, putting it 2.9 million barrels a day apart from the IEA's projection of the deepest demand

September 13, 2026

Business·Economy·News

South Korea Hormuz military deployment Iran warning Seoul recalibration 2026

Seoul Recalibrates Hormuz Deployment as Iran Threatens Consequences

South Korea's Hormuz deployment is effectively decided, defence analysts say, but Seoul has said nothing publicly, and with Iran threatening serious consequences and a cargo ship burning in the Strait on Saturday,

September 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

BRICS New Delhi summit Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian declaration September 2026 Al Jazeera AP

Iran Uses BRICS Summit to Defy Trump’s Post-Midterm War Timeline

Iran's Pezeshkian used the BRICS summit in New Delhi to publicly reject Trump's midterm war-end timeline on Saturday, as the bloc issued its first joint statement warning against attacks on civilian infrastructure

September 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Satellite view of Mayun Island and Bab el-Mandeb Strait where Houthi forces seized control in September 2026

Houthis Seize Mayun Island Inside Bab el-Mandeb as Saudi Arabia Shuts Oil Pipeline

Houthi forces seized Mayun Island, the only island inside the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, on Friday, marking the group's first permanent physical position at a chokepoint carrying a tenth of world trade. Saudi

September 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Iranian Cargo Ship Struck in Hormuz Hours After the Salalah Navigation Deal

An Iranian commercial cargo vessel was struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz early Sunday, killing one crew member and wounding four others, as the Qeshm Island governor blamed a

September 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Iran and Gulf Cooperation Council foreign ministers meet in Salalah Oman September 2026 to sign Strait of Hormuz navigation agreement

Iran and the Gulf Meet in Oman to Reopen Hormuz. The Other Exit Just Closed.

Iran and Gulf foreign ministers meet in Salalah Monday, the first diplomatic contact since February, to sign a Hormuz shipping agreement one day after Houthis sealed the Red Sea exit Saudi Arabia

September 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Shannon Airport Ireland September 12 2026 on Iran war midterms timeline

Trump Says the Iran War Ends After the Midterms. Tehran Disagrees.

Donald Trump said Friday the Iran war will end 'very soon' after the midterms, setting an electoral rather than military timeline. Tehran vowed no surrender, Israel set no deadline, and oil markets

September 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Directors and audience at the NAZA documentary premiere at Venice Film Festival 2026

NAZA Wins Venice Jury Prize: Gaza’s Killing Machine Documented by Its Own Operators

A documentary built on testimony from 24 Israeli military insiders describing the systematic killing of Palestinian civilians won the Special Jury Prize at the 83rd Venice Film Festival — the first institutional

September 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Entertainment·Movies·News

Smoke rising near a Saudi oil pipeline after drone attacks attributed to Iraq-based militants amid the Iran war

Trump Blames Iran for Saudi Pipeline Attack as Houthis Seize Bab al-Mandab Strait

Saudi Arabia shut down its East-West Pipeline on Saturday after drone strikes from Iraqi territory, as Trump blamed Iran without evidence and Yemen's Houthis completed the seizure of three strategic islands at

September 12, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

BRICS Leaders Summit 2026 in New Delhi India with representatives from Iran Russia and member nations

Iran, Russia and India Close Ranks at BRICS as Hormuz Standoff Divides the Bloc

Iran's president Masoud Pezeshkian told BRICS leaders in New Delhi that Western sanctions represent U.S. military aggression, as a dispute over the Strait of Hormuz exposed a fracture running through the expanded

September 12, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

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Brent Holds Near $104 as OPEC and IEA Disagree on Demand by 2.9 Million Barrels

Seoul Recalibrates Hormuz Deployment as Iran Threatens Consequences

Iran Uses BRICS Summit to Defy Trump’s Post-Midterm War Timeline

Houthis Seize Mayun Island Inside Bab el-Mandeb as Saudi Arabia Shuts Oil Pipeline

Iranian Cargo Ship Struck in Hormuz Hours After the Salalah Navigation Deal

Iran and the Gulf Meet in Oman to Reopen Hormuz. The Other Exit Just Closed.

Trump Says the Iran War Ends After the Midterms. Tehran Disagrees.

NAZA Wins Venice Jury Prize: Gaza’s Killing Machine Documented by Its Own Operators

Trump Blames Iran for Saudi Pipeline Attack as Houthis Seize Bab al-Mandab Strait

Iran, Russia and India Close Ranks at BRICS as Hormuz Standoff Divides the Bloc

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Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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