Trump threatens to hit Iranian energy sites if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened; Tehran vows to retaliate.
Trump threatens to hit Iranian energy sites if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened; Tehran vows to retaliate.
Preliminary figures are 1,444 dead in Iran, at least 18 in Israel, 13 US soldiers and 21 killed in Gulf states.
From degradation of military to efforts to foment unrest, targets show array of objectives but no single endgame.
Congolese authorities say 70 children died in a landslide at the Rubaya mine, source of much of the world’s coltan.
Israel’s strike on South Pars and Iran’s attack on Ras Laffan escalate energy crisis, deepen regional tensions.
Amid digital nomads, a tourism boom and a housing crisis, can the people who built the city still afford to live in it?
Iran has confirmed that security chief Ali Larijani has been killed.
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