DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump issued a new threat online to Iran, writing: “Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today.” Trump made the post Friday on his Truth Social website, saying that “Iran’s Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer,...
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Iran war threatens some of the world 's most critical oil and gas infrastructure — the pipelines, refineries, and shipping terminals that keep energy flowing from the countries around the Persian Gulf to the global economy. Strikes by Iranian drones have...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with the widower of Filipina caregiver Mary Ann de Vera, who was killed by shrapnel in an Iranian attack, to express the Jewish nation’s devastation over the incident. Herzog met Bernie Galsim Lavarias, De Vera’s husband, at the presidential residence on...
Israel 's military has no plans of deliberately prolonging its attacks on Iran as it bared that its next operations against the Islamic Republic are already in place. Ben Cohen, deputy spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), told Manila Bulletin "nobody wants a long war," but stressed...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Unrelenting Iranian attacks on shipping traffic and energy infrastructure pushed oil above $100 a barrel on Thursday, as American and Israeli strikes pounded the Islamic Republic with no sign of an end to the war in sight. Iran hit a container ship off the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. said it took out more than a dozen mine-laying Iranian vessels Tuesday, and the Islamic Republic vowed to block the region 's oil exports, saying it would not allow “even a single liter” to be shipped to its enemies. As concerns grew about the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran launched new attacks Tuesday at Gulf Arab countries as it keeps up pressure on the region, while five pro-Iranian militants were killed by an airstrike in northern Iraq. Incoming missile sirens sounded early in the morning in Dubai in the United Arab...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the war against Iran could be short-lived, but he left open the possibility of an escalation in fighting if global oil supplies are disrupted by the Islamic Republic, which chose a new hardline supreme leader. Oil...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran 's late supreme leader, has been named his successor, Iranian state TV announced early Monday, as the war that began a little over a week ago with his father 's killing took a dramatic turn. The younger Khamenei, who...
The ongoing Middle East conflict has cast a harsh spotlight on the Philippines’ vulnerabilities, exposing an energy supply chain so fragile that every global flare-up sends shockwaves straight to Filipino households. After 25 years of power industry deregulation and decades of oil market...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel renewed its assault on southern Lebanon early Sunday as the war entered its ninth day and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised “many surprises” in the next phase of the conflict rippling across the region. The latest strikes in Lebanon killed...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel renewed its assault on southern Lebanon early Sunday, including targeting commanders of the Lebanese branch of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised “many surprises” for the next phase...
