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Iran

Iran insists it controls Hormuz as rial hits record low and exports dry up

Iran's military insisted it retained full control of Hormuz and the foreign minister said the strait could reopen within seven days if Tehran's conditions were met, after US Treasury Secretary Bessent said Iran had not loaded a single barrel of crude onto tankers in September.

Iran

US sends third carrier group to Gulf in biggest buildup since 2003

The USS Theodore Roosevelt left San Diego on Sunday accompanied by a Marine expeditionary unit of more than 2,000 troops, bringing the potential total US military presence in the region to more than 60,000.

Europe News

Anglo-Iranian man arrested over UK airbase incident, police say

Five men, all British nationals in their 20s and from London, were arrested in the early hours of Sunday on suspicion of explosives and terror offenses close to the RAF Fairford base.

Europe News

Netanyahu says Israel warned UK of Iran attack plot on airbase

After three days of investigations, including using a bomb disposal team, police said on Tuesday they had found no explosives in the vehicles, but they had retrieved a "quantity of petrol."

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Europe News

Burnham: 'Strong indications' Iran played part in UK airbase scare

Tehran has rejected any involvement in Sunday's incident at the US-used airbase, where police found petrol but no explosives and five suspects have been released on bail.

Qatar

Middle East oil exports rise as LNG traffic through Hormuz picks up

Months into the war with Iran, Gulf exporters are finding ways to keep oil and gas moving, but crossing Hormuz remains risky and some customers are still missing contracted cargoes.

Iran

Iran warns no regional oil is safe as IRGC touts new weapons

Parliament speaker Ghalibaf said if Iran cannot sell oil, "no one in the region will sell oil," as the IRGC called Trump "a big liar," said US bases were the "only source of insecurity" in the region and warned new weapons were being prepared for the battlefield.

Turkey

Iranian jet with passengers on board seized at Istanbul over €3m debt

Bailiffs boarded the Caspian Airlines Boeing 737 as passengers sat ready for departure and served a €3 million debt order before it could take off. The seizure came days after US secondary sanctions on Iran's aviation sector took effect, halving international flights at Tehran's main airport.

Europe News

Mystery over UK airbase scare after reports no explosives found

Iran's embassy in London has said it "categorically rejects and strongly condemns" speculation that Tehran was involved in the incident.

United Arab Emirates

Trump adviser Boulos says US president is determined to end Iran war

In an interview with Euronews, the US administration's adviser for Arab and African affairs, Massad Boulos outlines the US president's views on the war with Iran, the US ties with Gulf states, Sudan and the political stakes ahead of the midterm elections.

Europe News

Trump 'surprised' as UK releases RAF Fairford suspects on bail

British counter-terrorism police are investigating whether there is a link to Iran after police found explosives on three vans near an RAF base in Gloucestershire on Sunday.

World News

IRGC claims, US denies seizure of underwater US drone in Hormuz

Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim that the vehicle is a REMUS 600 and has been handed over to Iranian military experts "to retrieve its data," but the US military denies the claim. Top Iranian army commander says "the war is not over" and that it is now in "a critical and decisive stage".

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Turkey Iran border crossing hit by severe truck delays

Long queues at Turkey’s Gurbulak border with Iran turn a 24‑hour route into a week, leaving truck drivers and their families struggling.

Europe in Motion

Largest fuel crisis in history: Europe's most expensive fuel pumps

The global oil crisis sent petrol and diesel peaking over €2.4/L and €2.5/L, but figures adjusted for the cost of living give a better indication of which countries are feeling the pinch the worst.

Iran

US and Iran trade threats as fears of return to all-out war mount

The IRGC warned it has prepared for a "long-term war" with unused strategic weapons, while Trump told Fox News he was weighing options "if and when do I blow the entire nation up."

Iran

Tehran split between marathon defiance and regime military parade

Tehran split into two worlds: unveiled women ran openly in a city marathon while state forces paraded machine guns nearby. The striking contrast exposes a deeply divided capital, caught between defiance and regime mobilisation amid rising warfare.