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September 13, 2026 10:27 PM

Iran-Gulf Talks in Oman in focus; as tensions continue in the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea

Diplomatic efforts are back in focus this week as the US-Iran conflict continues to disrupt the Gulf and widen to other areas. Iran and the Gulf states are due to meet in Oman on Monday to discuss the Strait of Hormuz and the broader regional security. Iran says it has reached an understanding with Oman on a new maritime route through the strait. However, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that this does not mean an immediate reopening of Hormuz, which will depend on conditions bei...

September 11, 2026 11:13 PM

Twenty-five years after September 11, Americans reflect on attack that changed a nation

Americans marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on Friday with sorrow and somber reflection, honoring the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field in a shocking attack that reverberates to this day. In New York, family members of the victims, many carrying pictures of their loved ones, joined Vice President JD Vance and four former U.S. presidents at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan. The ceremony b...

September 12, 2026 1:11 AM

Yemen’s Houthis reach strategic island at mouth of vital shipping lane

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, moving to tighten their grip on a vital global shipping route in the widening Middle East war. Earlier, two sources from the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised Yemeni government said its forces had pulled out of Perim and that the Houthis had also taken the mainland Red Sea coastal town of Dhubab, which faces the island. If the Houthis gai...

September 11, 2026 10:54 PM

Saudi crown prince sought US military help from Trump with Houthis, sources say

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sought assistance from President Donald Trump on Thursday to help fight Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, as the Houthis stepped up their threat to the Red Sea. Trump held at least two phone conversations with the Saudi leader on Thursday, sources said. In the end, Washington told Riyadh that it was not willing to take direct military action for now but would help with intelligence sharing and targeting, the...

September 11, 2026 1:02 AM

Trump administration proposes waiving grace period for H-1B holders after job loss

The Trump administration has proposed eliminating a 60-day grace period that allows certain immigrants, including skilled workers on H-1B visas, to stay in the United States and find a new sponsor after losing their job, according to a government notice posted online Thursday. Under the planned rule change, published in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, those with H-1B and certain other temporary work visas would have to leave the country as soon as their employm...

September 10, 2026 1:12 AM

Trump attributes state election win of Germany’s far-right to immigration

U.S. President Donald Trump attributed the win of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a state election to immigration rules and regulations that he cast as "horrible". The AfD, bolstered by public angst over the scale of mass immigration, surged into first place on Sunday in the election in Saxony-Anhalt, the first time a far-right party has come within reach of power at the state level since World War Two. Trump has long accused various European countries including Germ...

September 10, 2026 12:46 AM

Russia says it hopes US-mediated talks with Ukraine will resume soon

Russia hopes that U.S.-mediated peace talks on ending the war in Ukraine will resume soon, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. No such talks between Russia and Ukraine have taken place since February, but President Donald Trump sent his negotiators to Moscow and then Kyiv at the weekend in a bid to relaunch the stalled process. Peskov was responding to a comment by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that it may be possible to draw up a roadmap to restart talks and work towards ...

September 9, 2026 9:23 PM

Sharp escalation in US-Iran Conflict, Oil Markets and Shipping under pressure

The US-Iran conflict has seen sharp escalation since yesterday, with both sides reporting attacks on military infrastructure and commercial shipping vessels. The recent attacks are perhaps the biggest on shipping vessels since the beginning of the conflict. US CENTCOM had said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday, after Iranian forces attempted to strike a US Navy warship with ballistic missiles. The US identified the 5 Iranian vessels as Kaviz, Charminar, Horizon 1, Riesco and Dery...

September 9, 2026 12:54 AM

Iran-backed Houthis attack four Saudi cities in expansion of Middle East war

Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis attacked four cities in the south of U.S. ally Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding more than 70 people and setting oil installations ablaze in what appeared to be a major expansion of the six-month-old Middle East war. The Houthis, who control most of Yemen's populated areas including the capital, said they had launched a broad operation deep into Saudi territory. They used drones and missiles to strike a Saudi airbase in the southern city of Khamis Mushait as well a...

September 9, 2026 12:22 AM

Trump told Putin he wants swift end to Ukraine war and US-Russia ties restored, Kremlin says

Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone on Tuesday that he wanted a swift end to the war in Ukraine, which would allow U.S.-Russia ties to be fully restored, the Kremlin said, adding that Putin had supported the U.S. president's view. The call, which the Kremlin said lasted an hour, followed a weekend visit to Moscow and Kyiv by U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who are trying to revive stalled talks designed to find a way to end the fighting. Their weekend diplo...