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US-Iran tensions
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An Iranian medium-range ballistic missile is seen next to a large banner depicting the country’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the capital Tehran. Photo: EPA
US-China relations

‘Testing the waters’? US reported to have seized Chinese cargo bound for Iran

The US accuses China of supplying Iran with dual-use components that could potentially support Tehran’s ballistic missile build-up.

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War and conflict

Opinion | Welcome to a world where wars don’t end and sanctions don’t work

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Middle East

Iraq PM Sudani claims election win after early results show decisive lead

Middle East

US sanctions firms from China to India over Iranian weapons

The US also targeted Ma Jie, an individual based in China, who is accused of helping Iranian defence officials meet Chinese suppliers.

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Iranians visit an exhibition showcasing missile and drone achievements in Tehran on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
United States

Opinion | Trump’s nuclear turn risks upsetting fragile global strategic balance

US president may have wanted to project strength, but nuclear weapons testing could further isolate America and spark a new cold war.

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Middle East

Iraq voters turn out in numbers as region watches on

Over 12 million people took part despite influential Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr calling on his supporters to boycott the election.

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Middle East

US accuses Iran of plot to kill Israeli ambassador in Mexico

The Revolutionary Guards’ elite Quds Force was allegedly behind a plan to assassinate diplomat Einat Kranz-Neiger.

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A man in Tehran in October holds a portrait of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who was killed in an Israeli strike in June, while a banner shows Quds Force General Qassem Soleimani (left), who was killed in a US drone attack in 2020, and two late Hezbollah leaders. Photo: AP
Middle East

Iran says no longer bound by ‘restrictions’ on nuclear programme as deal ends

The 2015 deal signed with world powers began to fall apart years ago after the US unilaterally withdrew and reinstated sanctions.

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Israel-Gaza war

Asia eyes cheaper oil as Israel-Hamas ceasefire kindles hope for calm

Traders are watching to see if the deal will lead to safer shipping routes and renewed progress on Iran’s nuclear negotiations.

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US-China relations

US imposes sanctions on China refinery over Iran oil purchases

The US believes Iran’s oil networks help Tehran fund its nuclear and missile programmes and support militant proxies in the Middle East.

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An Iranian oil facility on Khark Island is seen in March 2017. Photo: TNS
Iran

Opinion | Return of Iran sanctions a moment of reckoning for China and the world

The rejection of China and Russia’s UN proposal has set the stage for a decisive struggle and potential global disruption.

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Iranians ride a motorcycle in front of a billboard depicting slain Lebanese Hezbollah leaders in Tehran on September 28. Iran has condemned as “unjustifiable” the reinstatement of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear programme, after the collapse of talks with Western powers and Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear sites. Photo: AFP
Middle East

Iran puts nuclear talks on hold as European sanctions bite

Tehran is refusing talks ‘at this stage’ as it examines the implications of the reimposed sanctions via the UN snapback mechanism.

Middle East

Houthis claim missile strike on Dutch freighter in Gulf of Aden

Houthis targeted a cargo vessel it accused of violating the ‘entry ban to the ports of occupied Palestine’.

Middle East

Attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sets ship ablaze in Gulf of Aden

Netherlands-flagged cargo ship Minervagracht – targeted in a failed assault last week by Iranian-backed Houthis – was hit.

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A fishing boat in the Gulf of Aden. The Houthi attack widens the area of the rebels’ recent assaults, as the last recorded attack on a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Aden before the Minervagracht came in August 2024. Photo: Shutterstock
India

Is India’s ‘Look West’ policy anchored by Iranian port under threat?

With the US removing a waiver on sanctions for the port, India is set to re-examine its goal of expanding trade with its western neighbours.

A cargo vessel is seen at Chabahar port during an inauguration ceremony for the first export convoy to India via Iran in Chabahar, Iran on February 25, 2019. Photo: Getty Images
Middle East

Iran braced for UN ‘snapback’ sanctions amid food pressures, war concerns

Iranians struggling with economic hardship say the country has never faced such a challenging time.

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Middle East

UN Security Council rejects China and Russia’s bid to delay Iran sanctions

European leaders have triggered a ‘snapback’ mechanism after failing to reach a deal on Tehran’s nuclear programme following weeks of talks.

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Israel-Iran conflict

Iran faces ‘no-win situation’ as sanctions, threat of Israeli strikes loom

Any reactivation of UN sanctions could prompt Iran to scrap inspections of its nuclear facilities and monitoring of its uranium stockpile.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks before departing for New York, at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran, on Tuesday. Photo: Handout via Reuters
Iran

US bars Iran’s diplomats from shopping at Costco without government permission

The State Department’s directive requires Iranian envoys in New York to obtain approval to buy luxury goods at US wholesale retailers.

Iran

Iran denies reported meeting with European officials in Austria

Iran said Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi was heading to New York, not Vienna, as sanctions over the country’s nuclear programme loom.

Middle East

UN Security Council votes against lifting Iran ‘snapback’ sanctions

The decision leaves Tehran and European powers with just eight days to work out a deal to delay the measures.

Members of the UN Security Council vote against a resolution that would permanently lift sanctions on Iran at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday. Photo: Reuters
United States

Iran withdraws resolution banning attacks on nuclear sites amid US threat

Washington raised the possibility of reducing funding to the UN nuclear watchdog if the proposal was adopted.

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Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS
Diplomacy

Opinion | China’s moment to rewire the world is arriving. What will it do?

For the first time since the Cold War, the world is between orders and the momentum is with Beijing as geopolitical winds shift eastward.

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Middle East

Iran and UN nuclear watchdog pave way for resuming cooperation

Relations between Tehran and the IAEA had soured after the US and Israel conducted air strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites.

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United States

US sanctions shipping network for smuggling Iran oil

The organisation is accused of covertly blending Iranian oil with Iraqi oil, then intentionally marketing it as solely of Iraqi origin.

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An Iranian oil facility is seeon on Khark Island in the Persian Gulf in March 2017. Photo: TNS
China-Middle East relations

Xi reiterates support for Iran nuclear programme amid Western pressure

Backing comes as Chinese president looks to challenge, reshape the US-led world order.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands on Monday in Beijing. Photo: Reuters
Middle East

Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted tanker in Red Sea with missile

UKMTO said the attack on the Liberian-flagged Scarlet Ray missed its target, but the incident marks a new escalation.

Middle East

Houthi rebels storm UN offices in Yemen, detain employees

Iran-backed rebels targeted WFP, WHO and Unicef offices just days after an Israeli strike killed their prime minister.

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