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U.S. President Donald Trump has called for Iran to pay compensation for decades of deaths and damage, adding a new demand to peace talks as Tehran seeks compensation and sanctions relief before reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Three Israeli civilians crossed into Syrian territory from the Mount Hermon area overnight before being located and returned by Israeli troops, the military said on Tuesday.
The three were handed over to police, with authorities warning that such incidents disrupt military operations and could endanger forces in the area.
Oil prices rose on Tuesday as U.S.-Iran negotiations over a peace deal and reopening the Strait of Hormuz remained at an impasse, adding to concerns over inflation and keeping Asian markets cautious.
Brent crude reached $88 a barrel while U.S. crude climbed to $82.45, their highest levels since 31 July, after both gained around 5 per cent on Monday.
Former IRGC commander Hossein Kanani Moghaddam has described the new Pakistan-Saudi Arabia-Türkiye defence agreement as a deterrence measure rather than a direct threat to Iran.
He argued the three countries would be unlikely to intervene if Iran targeted a U.S. base in Saudi Arabia, saying Tehran would consider such an operation an attack on U.S. forces rather than on Saudi Arabia itself.
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of lacking a strategy to end the war with Iran, saying his approach is endangering U.S. troops and driving up prices for Americans.
“Trump’s leadership is a complete and total failure,” Schumer wrote on X, calling for an end to the conflict.
The Washington Post reported that U.S. President Donald Trump secretly switched to a smaller military aircraft after leaving Ankara last month due to an Iranian threat, despite the White House saying he was travelling aboard Air Force One.
Trump was reportedly transferred via an airport catering truck to an Air Force C-32A, which flew him to Britain as a separate Air Force One aircraft carrying media followed minutes later.
Flights arriving at Catania airport in eastern Sicily were suspended after volcanic ash from a new eruption of Mount Etna drifted into the airspace around the airport, disrupting operations at one of Italy’s busiest aviation hubs.
Greenland has issued a “strong warning” to a U.S. oil company linked to President Donald Trump after drilling equipment was brought ashore without the required government approvals, according to British media.
A deal on a new route for vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is "very close," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said, while warning that the reopening of the waterway depends on the U.S. meeting other conditions, including paying compensation to Iran.
Iran said it was nearing a final pact with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz but repeated that the U.S. must meet other conditions.
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Thousands of lawsuits accusing some of the world's biggest social media companies of designing platforms that keep young users hooked can now move forward after a U.S. appeals court rejected an attempt to halt the litigation.
A growing oil spill from a stranded tanker carrying nearly one million barrels of Russian crude has raised environmental concerns off the coast of Oman, where authorities are racing to contain a slick that now covers hundreds of square kilometres near a protected marine reserve.
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for a reduction in the number of vaccines routinely recommended for children and endorsing changes to how some immunisations are administered, reigniting debate over U.S. vaccine policy and public health.
At least 100 people were killed after a powerful earthquake struck western Colombia early on Monday, toppling buildings across several cities and leaving people trapped under rubble.
A consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is reportedly close to agreeing a deal to acquire a roughly one-third stake in Premier League club Liverpool, according to multiple media reports on Monday.
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