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Cairo: The duelling blockades in the Strait of Hormuz lurched into uncharted waters Saturday as the United States pressed ahead with its campaign to choke off Iranian ports and Iran reversed an initial move to reopen the waterway, firing on a ship attempting to pass....

Cairo: Iran swiftly reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, reimposing restrictions on the critical waterway Saturday after the US said the move would not end its blockade. The country's joint military command said Saturday that control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned...

Islamabad: Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir has concluded his three-day visit to Iran as part of Islamabad's efforts to resolve the conflict between the US and Iran. Munir, who was heading a high-level delegation to Iran, landed in Tehran on...

Dubai: Iran Saturday announced a partial reopening of its airspace after a seven-week hiatus because of the war, state media reported. The Civil Aviation Organisation said air routes over eastern Iran were reopened at 7 am (0330 GMT), according to the state-owned IRAN newspaper. It...

Melbourne: Australia and Japan signed contracts Saturday to deliver the first three of a 10 billion Australian dollar (USD 6.5 billion) fleet of Japanese-designed warships, with the first due for delivery in three years. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will build the first three Mogami-class frigates in...

Tehran: Mahnaz Ataei, a finance manager in Tehran, brings her 7-year-old to the office and oversees his online classes while trying to do her job. Schools have been closed across Iran since the United States and Israel launched the war Feb. 28, with no word...

Washington: The United States Department of the Treasury has extended a waiver permitting the delivery and sale of sanctioned Russian oil already loaded onto vessels, pushing the deadline to May 16, according to a document released on its official website. The earlier 30-day waiver had...

Ottawa: Air Canada has announced it will suspend service on several routes to the United States due to soaring jet fuel costs. According to a statement from Canada's largest carrier Friday (local time), jet fuel prices have doubled since the start of the Iran conflict,...

Beirut: Iran said it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels, but questions lingered Saturday about how much freedom ships actually had to transit the waterway as Tehran maintained its grip on who got through and threatened to close it again if the...

New Delhi: India Friday said that the Bangladesh government's request for extraditing former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is being examined as part of ongoing judicial and legal processes. Hasina, 78, has been living in India after she fled Dhaka following the collapse of her government...