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Oman
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Muscat
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Sultan Haitham bin Tariq
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Prime Minister Haitham bin Tariq
The Iranian newspaper Jame-Jam with a cartoon of US President Donald Trump, the title reading in Persian “Duplicated Sanctions version”, outside a kiosk in Tehran, Iran on Saturday. Photo: EPA
US, Israel war on Iran

Iran condemns US plans to announce new sanctions

Warning that nations joining the US ‘economic war’ would be deemed enemies, Iran said the move could affect trading partners including China.

Africa

20 sailors kidnapped by Somali pirates near Yemen on US-sanctioned ship

US, Israel war on Iran

Iran warns Gulf nations against helping US as UAE halts trade ties

US, Israel war on Iran

Why is Trump threatening to bomb Oman, the mediator trying to clear Hormuz?

Domestic political heat and unhappiness over the sultanate’s negotiations with Tehran are behind the US president’s outburst.

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US President Donald Trump speaks to the press at the White House in May. Photo: AFP via Getty Images/TNS
US, Israel war on Iran

Trump posts map with Hormuz as ‘new US territory’, says no Iran talks planned

This is not the first time the US president, faced with a foreign policy obstacle, has threatened to annex foreign territory.

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US, Israel war on Iran

Iran conflict boosts appeal of Arctic short cut for Asia-Europe ships

The risk of renewed conflict in the Middle East has heightened interest in using a fuel-saving shipping route via the Arctic Ocean.

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US, Israel war on Iran

Trump lets 60-day deadline for Iran peace deal expire, threatens to ‘bomb’ Oman

US president also announces US to reduce military drills with South Korea; cites ‘good relationship’ with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un.

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Motorists drive past a large billboard vowing revenge against US President Donald Trump in central Tehran, Iran. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS
United States

Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it gets in way of Iran deal

Trump made the threat while speaking to a Fox News reporter, referring to Iran-Oman talks on control of the Strait of Hormuz.

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US, Israel war on Iran

Iran offers US$30,000 bounty for killing or capturing US soldiers

‘Courageous Iranian women who carry out such an action will receive double the reward,’ said Iran’s army chief Amir Hatami.

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US, Israel war on Iran

US says it has fired on ship in Gulf of Oman to enforce Iranian ports blockade

A US Navy helicopter fired on and disabled the Panama-flagged ship after the crew ignored warnings from US forces, said US Central Command.

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The Panama-flagged container ship M/V Vela Nova. On Tuesday, the US Navy said it had fired on the ship after it attempted to break the US blockade of Iran’s ports. Photo: Vladimir Tonic / Handout via Reuters
India

Can India and China rally Brics to ease Strait of Hormuz tensions?

Analysts say a unified Brics could support Oman-led talks for a resolution and provide an alternative to US diplomacy.

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Vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on Monday. Photo: AFP
US, Israel war on Iran

Trump demands Iran pay compensation as hopes fade for Hormuz agreement

US president says the issue must be included in future negotiations after Tehran sought damages for US and Israeli strikes.

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US, Israel war on Iran

Trump says US ‘low-keying it’ with Iran, playing down urgency over Hormuz

US president calls dealings with Tehran a ‘chess game’ as a diplomatic breakthrough fails to materialise.

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US, Israel war on Iran

Iran says Oman deal is in ‘final stages’ but US must act to open Hormuz

Iran and the US are not engaged in talks and Tehran will not start them as long as Washington breaches an interim deal signed in June.

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Vehicles drive past an anti-US billboard at Enghelab Square in central Tehran, Iran on Sunday. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said the agreement with Oman would not imply reopening the Strait of Hormuz without the United States accepting the Iranian proposals. Photo: EPA
US, Israel war on Iran

Iran thinks it has Trump cornered – but what are the risks?

Dwindling US arms stockpiles, inflation woes and looming midterms mean time is on Tehran’s side. Trouble, however, is brewing at home.

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Pedestrians walk past a hoarding in Tehran in July depicting US President Donald Trump being grabbed by the neck alongside the message “Revenge is inevitable” in English and Farsi. Photo: AP
US, Israel war on Iran

Iran targeted tanker, says UAE, as Tehran says Hormuz deal with Oman close

Iran has imposed an effective blockade of the strait and wants to charge for passage. It is in talks with Oman over management arrangements.

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South Korea

South Korean football faces ‘whistles in favour’ foreign referee sex scandal

In response, a South Korean football official refers to ‘unpleasant incidents 15 years ago’ and that the body now ‘strictly’ follows rules.

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US, Israel war on Iran

Iran seeks to bar US and Israeli ships in Hormuz deal with Oman

Tehran pushes for strict transit bans and fees in draft waterway pact as Trump claims negotiations are ‘moving along good’.

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People spend time at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Wednesday. Photo: ISNA via AP
US, Israel war on Iran

How US became trapped in ‘dreadful situation’ of its own making over Iran war

With Iran holding firm to its grip on the Strait of Hormuz, Trump faces one of two choices: capitulate or risk a ‘forever war’, experts say.

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Iran nears Hormuz deal with Oman, conditions reopening on US actions

Tehran agrees to joint route with neighbour across strait, taking effective control of traffic without Washington’s input.

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US waging war on Iran not worth the cost, most Americans say in new survey

Marquette Law School poll also found 75 per cent of respondents nationwide did not believe the conflict was worth the cost.

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American forces launch strikes against Iran on July 22. Some 88 per cent of respondents to a nationwide survey believed the US had not achieved its war goals. Photo: AFP/US Central Command
US, Israel war on Iran

Trump claims ‘last chance’ for Iran to strike deal in latest warning

US president also says negotiations with Tehran are ‘going on right now’ despite Tehran’s insistence no direct talks were under way.

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US President Donald Trump answers questions from the media in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday. Photo: Reuters
US, Israel war on Iran

Iran’s foreign minister warns of any ‘adventurous action’ by US

Abbas Araqchi said Iran would retaliate if the US follows through on Trump’s threat of fresh attacks on the country.

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US embassies urge citizens to consider departing Middle East

The warning by embassies including those in the UAE, Qatar, Israel, Oman and Bahrain came after Trump threatened to hit Iran ‘very hard’.

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Pakistan

Noted Nepali climber Nirmal Purja among 10 dead in Pakistan avalanche

Record-breaking mountaineer Purja and the 9 other climbers – from China, Nepal, Pakistan, Oman and the US – had been missing since Thursday.

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Nirmal Purja at Tribhuwan International airport in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2021. Purja has died in an avalanche in Pakistan, his company said on Saturday. Photo: AP
US, Israel war on Iran

Tankers targeted in twin incidents near Strait of Hormuz off Oman

One tanker was hit by an ‘unknown projectile’, which damaged its engine room and left it inoperative.

Vessels transiting through the Gulf of Oman are pictured off Muscat on July 25. Photo: AFP
Pakistan

4 bodies found after avalanche hits Pakistan mountain expedition

‘14 Peaks’ Netflix documentary star was at the helm of a group of mountaineers from Nepal, the US, China, Pakistan and Oman.

US, Israel war on Iran

US launches more strikes on Iran as conflict spreads across region

Pentagon retaliates following attempted attacks targeting American forces while fighting draws in Tehran-backed proxies.

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