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New report of attack on Strait of Hormuz shipping fans fears of threats to oil supplies

4+ hour, 50+ min ago   (825+ words) By Mohammed Ghobari, Eman Abouhassira and Yasmine Ghania ADEN/DUBAI, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, adding to concerns about Iran-related threats to energy supplies after…...

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Iran and UAE back joint BRICS statement urging restraint in war

21+ hour, 50+ min ago   (620+ words) By Sarita Chaganti Singh, Shivangi Acharya and Saurabh Sharma NEW DELHI, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Iran and the United Arab Emirates signed up to a joint statement from the BRICS group of nations that called for restraint in the Middle East war…...

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BRICS nations call for 'maximum restraint' in Middle East war

1+ day, 6+ min ago   (630+ words) Members of the 11-nation BRICS group including China, Russia, Iran and India called for calm in the Middle East at a summit in New Delhi on Saturday, overcoming earlier divisions to issue a joint statement. Chinese President Xi Jinping, who…...

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BRICS nations urge 'maximum restraint' in Middle East war

1+ day, 6+ min ago   (614+ words) Members of the 11-nation BRICS group including China, Russia, Iran and India called for calm in the Middle East at a summit in New Delhi on Saturday, overcoming earlier divisions to issue a joint statement. Chinese President Xi Jinping, who…...

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Trump says Iran probably responsible for attack on Saudi pipeline

20+ hour, 50+ min ago   (171+ words) DUBLIN, Sept 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Iran was probably responsible for an aerial attack on Saudi Arabia ​that shut down its East-West pipeline, one of the kingdom's main routes for exporting crude while bypassing the Strait…...

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Houthi gains in Yemen are testing Saudi Arabia’s security strategy

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (265+ words) The advance toward Bab al-Mandeb threatens a vital Saudi oil route and risks drawing Riyadh back into a Yemen war it has spent years trying to leave. Houthi gains in Yemen are testing Saudi Arabia’s security strategy Subscribe for as…...

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Iran, misreading Trump’s resolve, escalates conflict in Yemen ahead of US midterms

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (244+ words) On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Trump links Iran to the war on terror, vowing it will “never, ever have a nuclear weapon.” Iran, misreading Trump’s resolve, escalates conflict in Yemen ahead of US midterms Subscribe for as low as $2/week to…...

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Gulf oil threatened anew as Houthis reach key island and pipeline is shut down

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (940+ words) By Mohammed Ghobari, Eman Abouhassira and Yasmine Ghania ADEN/DUBAI, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, moving to tighten their grip on…...

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India's Modi stresses need to protect navigation, seafarers in talks with Iran's Pezeshkian

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (391+ words) NEW DELHI, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday and underscored the need to protect the freedom of navigation and commerce, and the safety and well-being of seafarers, India's foreign ministry…...

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Analysis-Trump's Iran campaign echoes the post-9/11 'forever wars"

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1086+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - When Donald Trump campaigned for a second term in the White House, he promised to be a “president of peace” who would stop foreign wars, not start them. Now, a quarter-century after the September 11, 2001, attacks that triggered…...