Parts of the Strait of Hormuz will close for a few hours on Tuesday due to ‘security precautions’ for shipping safety, semi-official Fars news agency reported, as the Revolutionary Guards conduct military drills in the waterway.The Strait is the…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Iran to close parts of Hormuz Strait over precautions
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Rev. Jesse Jackson, US civil rights icon with rocky ties to Jews, dies at 81
The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time United States presidential candidate who led the civil rights movement for decades after King’s assassination, died Tuesday, his daughter confirmed….
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Ali Khamenei warns US warships could be sunk
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threatened the US military, saying that the “strongest military force may be struck so hard that it cannot get up again,” in a post on X/Twitter on Tuesday.In reacting to the US sending aircraft…
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UKMTO says it received a report of exchange of fire off Yemen’s Aden port
Feb 17 (Reuters) – A UK maritime agency said on Tuesday that it received a report of an exchange of fire involving a vessel and a small boat around 70 nautical miles southwest of Yemen’s port of Aden.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations…
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UKMTO reports incident off Yemen’s Aden port
A UK maritime agency said on Tuesday that it received a report of an incident 70 nautical miles southwest of Yemen’s port of Aden.The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) added that a vessel was approached and hailed by a white skiff…
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Palestinian Security Forces Kill Two Children While Arresting Their Father in West Bank
Their father, Samer Samara, who was arrested by the IDF in 2017 and later escaped, had also been wanted by Palestinian security forces; on Sunday, they opened fire on the family’s vehicle, killing his 16-year-old son…
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Hezbollah open to parallel US Lebanon security talks
Hezbollah does not oppose the terms of a “parallel political negotiation” with the US that is underway to reach a “security agreement with Lebanon,” informed sources told the Hezbollah-aligned Al Akhbar on Tuesday.The “main” negotiation, per the…
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Iran to close parts of Hormuz Strait for few hours during military drill, Fars news agency says
DUBAI, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Parts of the Strait of Hormuz will close for a few hours on Tuesday due to ‘security precautions’ for shipping safety, semi-official Fars news agency reported, as the Revolutionary Guards conduct military drills in the…
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Swiss TV calls Israeli Olympic bobsled captain a ‘supporter of genocide’ in Gaza
During the Israeli bobsled team’s event Monday at the Milano Cortina Olympics, a Swiss commentator questioned the participation of Israeli captain AJ Edelman in the 2026 Winter Games, suggesting that he should be barred over his…
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Militants kill 11 Pakistani security personnel, one child near Afghan border, army says
By Mushtaq Ali
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Militants rammed a vehicle filled with explosives into an army checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, killing 11 security personnel and a child, the military said on Tuesday, as the South Asian…
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