Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, has vowed to unleash a regional war if America launches air strikes. Initially few in the Middle East seemed eager for further conflict. The region’s power-brokers tried to dissuade America from military action. But attitudes now look more mixed.

US and Iran will hold negotiations in Oman on Friday after months of escalating rhetoric and military signaling - Anadolu Ajansı

The USS Delbert D. Black entered the region sometime in the past 48 hours, bringing the number of destroyers in the Middle East to six.

Yet Ethiopia’s crisis is also intertwined with the civil war in Sudan and the rivalries between the external powers that have been fuelling it. A new war in Tigray would probably spiral into a regional disaster. Those who can must push for peace while they still have time. ■

Key Points and Summary - Iran is driving the Middle East toward its most dangerous crisis in decades, combining nuclear opacity, proxy warfare, and maritime coercion with growing confidence it can survive—and even win—a region-wide war. -Tehran sees ...

The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group is now in the Indian Ocean, putting it closer to assist in any potential US operations targeting Iran, two sources told CNN.

Multiple armed boats attempted to intercept a merchant vessel in the Strait of Hormuz near Omani waters, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations. The small craft hailed the ship over VHF radio inside the inbound traffic lane used by global oil shipping,

Recall the image etched in memory: a bulldozer driven by fighters of the self-proclaimed Islamic State smashing through the earthen berm on the Iraq-Syria

Monday’s release of the last 20 living Israeli hostages and nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees marks a pivotal moment in the war in Gaza , though it’s unclear whether it signals the end of conflict. US President Donald Trump, the chief ...