Japan PM Takaichi heads to Washington for summit with Trump
Japan’s Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has left Tokyo for the United States to hold talks with US President Donald Trump. How to deal with the situation in Iran and strengthening cooperation on a wide range of issues, including economic cooperation and through investments in the United States, are on the agenda in the talks that... Read More
Some oil tankers using Red Sea instead of passing through Strait of Hormuz
A shipping intermediary says some oil tankers and other vessels are using the Red Sea instead of passing through the Strait of Hormuz amid a de facto closure of the strait due to the Iran conflict. The Tokyo-based firm, Atlas, surveys shipping companies inside and outside Japan to compile navigation data. The firm says there... Read More
Trump says US will ‘massively blow up’ major Iranian gas field if it attacks Qatar again
US President Donald Trump has just issued a long Truth Social post about the attack on the South Pars gas field in Iran, saying the US “knew nothing” of the Israeli attack – and threatening an escalation if Iran retaliates against Qatar again. “Out of anger”, Israel “violently lashed out” in the attack that hit... Read More
Iran strikes Gulf energy sites following attack on its gas facilities .Qatar’s Ras Laffan site came under attack after Tehran accused the US and Israel of targeting Iranian oil and gas facilities
Qatar has expelled several Iranian Embassy officials following an attack on its natural gas facility The price of oil surged to $110 per barrel Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei vowed retaliation following the death of Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani Israel claims it killed Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib in a strike on Tuesday night Iran... Read More
Iran strikes Gulf energy sites following attack on its gas facilities .Qatar’s Ras Laffan site came under attack after Tehran accused the US and Israel of targeting Iranian oil and gas facilities
Qatar has expelled several Iranian Embassy officials following an attack on its natural gas facility The price of oil surged to $110 per barrel Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei vowed retaliation following the death of Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani Israel claims it killed Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib in a strike on Tuesday night Iran... Read More
Israel strikes key Iranian gas field; Tehran says it will attack energy sites across the Gulf.field coordinated with US report –
Israel’s strike against Iran’s South Pars gas field was coordinated with and approved by the Trump administration, the American news website Axios reported, citing two senior Israeli officials. The report says a US defence official also confirmed the claim. The offshore gas field in the Persian Gulf, which Iran shares with Qatar, is the largest... Read More
Israel says it has killed Iran’s intelligence minister in overnight strike-
Israel says Iran’s intelligence minister Esmail Khatib has been killed in an overnight strike – Israel assassinates Iranian intelligence minister Esmaeil Khatib, IDF, Katz confirmBefore the assassination was confirmed, two sources gave The Jerusalem Post different indications on the likelihood of the success of the operation, which took place Tuesday night. An IDF biographical infographic... Read More
Greyhound racing to be banned ‘as soon as possible’ in Wales.Wales will become the first nation in the UK to ban greyhound racing.
It comes after a petition to ban the sport in Wales received over 35,000 signatures, resulting in a Welsh Government consultation which received over 1100 responses, with two thirds being in favour of the ban. Speaking in the Senedd today, February 18, the Deputy First Minister, Huw Irranca-Davies said “I believe that now is the... Read More
US targets Iranian missile sites near Strait of Hormuz with powerful bombs-
The US military has said it has dropped numerous 5,000-pound “deep penetrator munitions” on Iranian missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz. In a social media post, US Central Command claimed the sites “posed a risk to international shipping” in the strait – a key route in the shipping of oil from the Gulf which... Read More
Morocco awarded Africa Cup of Nations after CAF strips Senegal of title-
Senegal stormed off the field in protest at a penalty awarded against them near the end of the 90 minutes of regulation time, following a VAR check by Congolese referee Jean-Jacques Ndala after Brahim Diaz had been tugged to the ground by Senegal fullback El Hadji Malick Diouf while defending a corner five minutes into... Read More