The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran loomed over U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to China, as signs emerged that the conflict is causing a shift in alliances across the Middle East.
Hezbollah said early Thursday that it carried out 17 attacks and confrontations on Israeli targets in southern Lebanon, describing the operations as a response to continued Israeli ceasefire violations.
The operations targeted Israeli troops, military vehicles, and positions, according to statements issued by the group.
The group said it launched a rocket barrage at Israeli forces moving from Bayyada toward Naqoura in southern Lebanon.
The possibility that an entity other than Iran was responsible for the attack against a South Korean cargo vessel near the Strait of Hormuz is low, a senior official in Seoul was quoted as saying by the Yonhap news agency.
South Korea is analysing intelligence shared by the U.S. on the 4 May attack against South Korean shipper Namu vessel.
"Once we go through the investigation and present the evidence, I trust that the Iranian side will respond in an appropriate way," the official said.
South Korea's foreign ministry could not immediately confirm the official's comments.
A Chinese supertanker carrying two million barrels of Iraqi crude passed through the Hormuz on Wednesday after being stranded in the Gulf for over two months due to the U.S.-Iran war, ship-tracking data showed.
The Very Large Crude Carrier Yuan Hua Hu was seen heading to eastern China's Zhoushan port on Thursday and is expected to arrive on 1 June, the data showed.
A Panama-flagged crude oil tanker managed by Japanese refining group Eneos has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, ship-tracking data from LSEG showed on Thursday.
Before the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, Japan relied on the Gulf for about 95% of its oil imports.
The Eneos-managed tanker is carrying 1.2 million barrels of Kuwait crude and 700,000 barrels of Emirati Das Blend oil loaded in late February, Kpler data showed.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi issued a sharp warning on Wednesday against what he described as efforts by regional actors to cooperate with Israel against Tehran, saying those involved “will be held to account.”
“Netanyahu has now publicly revealed what Iran's security services long ago conveyed to our leadership,” Araghchi wrote on X.
The United Arab Emirates' Foreign Ministry denied on Wednesday a statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office that he visited the country and held a secret meeting with its President.
The Israeli Prime Minister's Office said earlier he travelled to the UAE during the war with Iran and met Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed.
A statement by the Emirati Foreign Ministry said that Emirati relations with Israel "are public" and "not based on non-transparent or unofficial arrangements."
U.S. President Donald Trump praised China’s Xi Jinping as a “great leader” and “friend” as the two began high-stakes talks on the Iran war and trade tensions.
The meeting comes as Trump faces mounting pressure at home over U.S. involvement in the Middle East.
Xi told Trump, "Each country's success represents an opportunity for the other, and a stable China-U.S. relationship benefits the entire world. When we cooperate, both sides benefit; when we confront each other, both sides suffer."
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U.S. President Donald Trump said he does not think he will need China's help to end the war with Iran as he left for a high-stakes summit in Beijing on Tuesday, as hopes for a lasting peace deal dwindled and Tehran tightened its grip over the Strait of Hormuz.
Kuwait arrested four members of an IRGC-linked group as they tried to enter the country by sea, the Gulf state's KUNA news agency reported on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a senior IRGC officer said Iran had expanded its definition of the Strait of Hormuz to include a far wider area.
Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has passed a law establishing a special military tribunal to try hundreds of Palestinian's accused of taking part in the 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, in a move lawmakers say is aimed at addressing national trauma.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal as a “stupid proposal,” saying Tehran failed to commit to abandoning its pursuit of a nuclear weapon, while warning the fragile ceasefire was on “massive life support”.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said he does not think he will need China's help to end the war with Iran as he left for a high-stakes summit in Beijing on Tuesday, as hopes for a lasting peace deal dwindled and Tehran tightened its grip over the Strait of Hormuz.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer laid down the gauntlet to challengers on Tuesday (12 May), as he defied calls to resign at a meeting of Cabinet, telling ministers that there had been no official move to trigger a leadership contest.
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U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to ask China to help end the costly and unpopular Iran war in discussions with President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, with peace talks stalled and the global economic cost of the conflict increasing.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he does not think he will need China's help to end the war with Iran as he left for a high-stakes summit in Beijing on Tuesday, as hopes for a lasting peace deal dwindled and Tehran tightened its grip over the Strait of Hormuz.
Divisions over the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran are set to overshadow a two-day meeting of the BRICS group of emerging economies in the Indian capital New Delhi on Thursday (14 May).
The Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has instructed his first deputy to fulfill the public’s expectations regarding the access to the Internet services and platforms amid a wartime shut-down of international connection since late February.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Americans’ financial struggles are not a factor in his decision-making as he seeks to negotiate an end to the Iran war, saying that preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon is his top priority.
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