US shoots down Iranian drone approaching aircraft carrier, official says

February 4, 2026 12:25 PM

US shoots down Iranian drone approaching aircraft carrier, official says

The U.S. military on Tuesday shot down an Iranian drone that "aggressively" approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, the U.S. military said. The incident came as diplomats sought to arrange nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, and U.S. President Donald Trump warned that with U.S. warships heading toward Iran, "bad things" would probably happen if a deal could not be reached. Oil futures prices LCOc1 rose more than $1 per barrel after news the drone was s...

UN chief convened an emergency meeting on Iran strikes, says- ‘Neither region nor world can afford more war’

April 15, 2024 9:07 AM

UN chief convened an emergency meeting on Iran strikes, says- ‘Neither region nor world can afford more war’

Addressing the emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, which was convened after Iranian drone and missile launches into Israel, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday said the 'Middle East' was on the brink, adding that neither the region nor the world can afford more war. "We have a shared responsibility to work for peace. Regional and indeed global peace and security are being undermined by the hour. Neither the region nor the world can afford more war," Guterres said in his st...