Washington vows revenge for US military casualties, while Iran claims attacks on US sites across the region.
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Iran accuses US of ‘cowardly war crime’ as doctor says blast was ‘so close’ they thought the hospital was struck.
Strikes have hit closer to Tehran for the first time since the latest wave of attacks started.
Iran’s Health Ministry has said at least 35 people have been killed and more than 300 injured since fighting resumed.
Iran attacked Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan on Tuesday night, claiming to destroy the US Fifth Fleet’s command centre.
Less than a month after signing an MoU as a step towards peace, the US reinstates a naval blockade on Iranian ports.
Oil prices rise as the US renews a blockade on Iranian ports and carries out a wave of air strikes.
Expensive interceptor missiles are facing mounting pressure from Iran’s cheaply produced drones.
From Gaza to India, this is how the world paid tribute to Qatar’s Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.
