Since the US and Israel unleashed strikes on Iran on February 28, war has spread across the region and casualties have been reported in countries around the Middle East.

US President Donald Trump has built a potential off-ramp by suggesting the Iran war could end soon, but the world is still guessing about whether he will take it -- and whether Tehran will let him.

It is the sixth time the IEA has approved a coordinated release of oil stocks, having previously done so in 1991, 2005, 2011, and twice in 2022

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The Gulf capitals have released public statements saying they are not taking part in operations against Iran and that their territory is not being used as a base for attacks.

The warship, IRIS Dena, was hit by a torpedo from a US submarine while it was returning from a naval exercise organised by India

"I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I have asked some friends who had connections," says Iranian president's son Yousef Pezeshkian

"And we will do to them what we do to an enemy. We will deal with them in the same way we deal with enemies," he added.

The release would exceed the 182 million barrels of oil that IEA member nations put on the market in two releases in 2022 when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Trump previously said the US had "completely destroyed" 10 inactive mine-laying vessels.

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The fire broke out on the bus in the main street of the small town of Kerzers, around 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of the Swiss capital Bern.

Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted six ballistic missiles launched Wednesday toward Prince Sultan Air Base and a seventh missile headed towards the country's east.

Israel's military says it detected missiles heading towards the country and activated its air defences

Antarctic sea ice coverage has likely rebounded this year, coming closer to its annual summer average after four years of extreme lows, US scientists said Monday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that 11 countries had tapped Kyiv for help in how to counter Iranian drones being fired by Tehran in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes.

Iran vowed yesterday that not a single litre of oil would leave the Gulf while US and Israeli bombardments continue, declaring it will decide the war’s end, as the United Arab Emirates shut its largest refinery following a drone strike.

Pentagon confirms 140 wounded, with 108 already back on duty