News24 | US says it will escort ships in the Strait of Hormuz ‘soon’

06/03/2026 14:58 News 24

The US energy secretary said on Friday the US Navy was preparing to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz “as soon as it’s reasonable to do it,” as traffic through the key trade route remains strangled due to the US-Israel war on Iran.

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News24 | Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to target US forces - report

Russia is providing Iran with targeting ‌information that includes locations of US warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the Washington Post reported ‌on Friday, citing three officials familiar with the ⁠intelligence....

06/03/2026 17:56 News 24

News24 | ‘No deal with Iran except unconditional surrender,’ Trump says

Donald Trump has stressed that any deal with Iran must result in the country’s “unconditional surrender”, setting maximalist war objectives for the United States....

06/03/2026 16:09 News 24

News24 | Greece to deploy Patriots to protect Bulgaria amid Iran war fears

Greece will deploy a Patriot missile battery and two F-16 jets in the north of the country to help defend neighbouring Bulgaria as the Middle East war flares, Defence Minister Nikos Dendias said on Friday....

06/03/2026 14:24 News 24

News24 | Iran faces Israel-US war machine alone as friends Russia and China offer only diplomacy

With its supreme leader killed and its war machine under relentless US pressure, Iran now stands largely alone - its longtime partners Russia and China offering nothing more than diplomatic condemnations and expressions of concern....

06/03/2026 12:50 News 24

News24 | ‘I’d be all for it’: Trump encourages Kurdish forces in Iraq to attack Iran

US President Donald Trump encouraged Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq to launch attacks against Iran as the Middle East conflict widened, with Azerbaijan warning it would retaliate for being targeted by Iranian missiles....

06/03/2026 11:55 News 24

News24 | Iran war costs US $900m per day, dividing Trump’s ‘America First’ base

The United States-Israeli war on Iran is estimated to have cost Washington $3.7 billion so far in its first 100 hours alone, or nearly $900 million a day, driven largely by the huge expenditure of munitions, according to new research....

06/03/2026 10:34 News 24

News24 | Israel hits Iran ‘regime infrastructure’, US warns firepower ‘about to surge dramatically’

Heavy attacks were reported in Tehran after Israel said it was hitting “regime infrastructure” in a “new phase” of the war it launched with the United States against Iran....

06/03/2026 06:30 News 24

News24 | Oman insists: ‘There are off-ramps available’ in war, rejects Iran ‘imminent threat’ idea

Omani Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr al-Busaidi, who mediated the US-Iran talks before the war, has said that diplomatic options are still “available” to de-escalate the situation in the Middle East....

05/03/2026 17:25 News 24

News24 | Azerbaijan vows retaliation after Iran's 'terrorist' strikes

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev accused Iran of “terrorism” and threatened retaliation after drone attacks on Thursday wounded four people - an incident that could drag yet another country into the Mideast war....

05/03/2026 14:33 News 24

News24 | Iran war is ‘failure’ of international order, says Canada’s PM Mark Carney

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the ongoing conflict in the Middle East was a “failure” of the international order, and ‌the United States had not consulted its allies before striking Iran....

05/03/2026 11:50 News 24

News24 | Second Iran ship fearfully sails toward Sri Lanka after US strike killed 87 on frigate

A second Iranian warship was heading toward Sri Lanka’s territorial waters, a day after a US submarine destroyed an Iranian frigate, killing at least 87 sailors, a minister told parliament....

05/03/2026 09:21 News 24

News24 | UN condemns Iran war, shocked at strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school, killing 160

An independent United Nations probe investigating rights violations in Iran condemned attacks by Israel and the United States on Iran as well ‌as Tehran’s retaliatory strikes across the region, saying they violated the UN Charter....

05/03/2026 07:10 News 24

News24 | White House to push defence companies to accelerate weapons production for Iran war

The Trump administration plans to meet with executives from the biggest US defence contractors at the White House on Friday to discuss ‌accelerating weapons production, as the Pentagon works to replenish supplies after strikes on Iran and several other recent military efforts, five people familiar...

05/03/2026 07:04 News 24

News24 | US Senate protects Trump’s war powers as Iran launches volley of missiles at Israel

Iran launched a wave of missiles at Israel, sending millions of residents into bomb shelters as the US-Israel war with Iran entered its sixth day and just hours after moves to halt the US air assault were blocked in Washington....

05/03/2026 05:00 News 24

News24 | Africa urges restraint as US-Israel strikes escalate in Iran

As US and Israeli airstrikes hit Iran, African capitals are divided - some denounce the attacks, others stay neutral, and many warn Iran against retaliating against key Gulf partners....

05/03/2026 03:37 News 24

News24 | At least 87 dead after US sinks Iranian warship

A US submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing at least 87 sailors and leaving dozens missing, officials said....

04/03/2026 16:03 News 24

News24 | Netanyahu walks Trump through Iran war, despite different goals, amid shadow of elections

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered on a career-long ambition to topple Iran’s leadership, but his lockstep alignment with US President Donald Trump faces a test as their joint military campaign threatens to drag on, with its goals potentially shifting in the coming weeks....

04/03/2026 11:50 News 24

News24 | Military identifies 4 soldiers killed as US nearly doubles Iran bombs compared to Iraq

The US military identified four of the first American soldiers ‌killed in the war against Iran as the Trump administration warned the intensifying conflict would lead to more American casualties....

04/03/2026 05:00 News 24

News24 | No timeline, rising risks: US plays down ‘endless war’ fears as Iran conflict intensifies

The Pentagon played down concerns on Monday that the US attack on Iran risked plunging the United States into a new, open-ended conflict ‌in the Middle East, even as officials declined to offer a timeline and cautioned they expected more ⁠US casualties....

04/03/2026 03:47 News 24

News24 | Iran crisis threatens turmoil in global gas markets

A widening Middle East conflict looks set to create the most significant disruption for gas markets since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upended global trade four years ago....

04/03/2026 03:47 News 24

News24 | Trump says 'everything's been knocked out' in Iran, denies Israel pushed US into war

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday boasted of wide damage on Iran inflicted by the US-Israel attack, while denying that Israel had forced his hand into launching the war....

03/03/2026 17:57 News 24

News24 | Drones hit US Embassy in Saudi Arabia, Trump warns: ‘You’ll find out soon’ in response

The United States Embassy in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, was hit by two drones and a “limited fire” broke out at the diplomatic compound, the Saudi Ministry of Defence said....

03/03/2026 11:00 News 24

News24 | Israel issues Lebanon evacuation orders, Netanyahu promises ‘quick and decisive’ Iran war

The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders for dozens of locations in Lebanon, including a warning for residents in two southern Beirut neighbourhoods to stay away from several buildings ahead of imminent military action....

03/03/2026 05:00 News 24

News24 | US, Israel strikes kill 555 in Iran, several warplanes crash in Kuwait

A total of 555 people have been killed across Iran in US and Israeli strikes that began two days ago, the Iranian Red Crescent said....

02/03/2026 10:10 News 24

News24 | Republicans back Trump, Democrats attack 'illegal' Iran war

Republicans largely welcomed strikes launched Saturday by US forces and ally Israel against Iran, but prominent Democrats condemned what they called an illegal aggression....

28/02/2026 18:44 News 24

News24 | Trump warns some Americans may die amid US strikes in Iran

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States had begun “major combat operations” in Iran, warning that there may be US casualties....

28/02/2026 14:11 News 24

News24 | Iran says US must drop ‘excessive demands’ in nuclear negotiations

The United States must drop its “excessive demands” in nuclear talks with Iran to achieve a successful outcome, the Iranian foreign minister has said, as the US embassy in Jerusalem granted permission to nonemergency staff members to leave Israel amid fears of a regional war....

27/02/2026 18:07 News 24

News24 | Sudan: Is Chad becoming more involved in conflict?

Chad has closed down its border with Sudan saying it does not want the conflict to spread. Experts accuse it, however, of supplying arms to the RSF, one of the warring factions....

27/02/2026 17:19 News 24

News24 | Pakistan declares ‘open war’ on Taliban, hits Afghanistan with air strikes

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday his country’s armed forces can “crush” aggressors, following air strikes on neighbouring Afghanistan....

27/02/2026 07:10 News 24

News24 | Bill Gates admits affairs but denies involvement in Epstein crimes

Bill Gates has admitted making a “huge mistake” in associating with Jeffrey Epstein, telling staff at his charity foundation that he had affairs with two Russian women but denying involvement in the disgraced financier’s crimes....

27/02/2026 03:54 News 24

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