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Bab el-Mandeb shipping rises amid hopes of resolution in US-Iran war
The number of vessels passing through Bab el-Mandeb rose to 28 on Monday, a four-day high, while traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained low, according to Kpler shipping dat...
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Oman presented regional mechanism for Hormuz to Iran, source says
Oman has presented a proposal to Iran for a joint regional mechanism to manage the Strait of Hormuz with voluntary fees, a Gulf source told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Iran's foreign minister discusses security of Strait of Hormuz with Saudi, Omani counterparts
Iran's foreign minister discussed issues related to the security of the Strait of Hormuz in separate phone calls with his Saudi and Omani counterparts on Monday evening, accor...
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Houthis pushing to model Iran's Hormuz control in Red Sea, Yemeni FM says
Yemen's Houthi Movement aims to replicate Iran's Hormuz Strait strategy in the Red Sea by disrupting shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb and has been emboldened by an insufficient inter...
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Trump says US is talking with Iran right now
U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that the United States is having "good talks" with Iran "right now."
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Trump says he is ready for military action if Iran talks fail, Axios reports
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday Washington was in "very deep talks with Iran" and warned that he is ready for "strong military action" if diplomacy failed.
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Houthis say they targeted Saudi east-west oil transport
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they targeted a number of sensitive crude oil supply and transport sites linking eastern Saudi Arabia to the critical Red Sea oil expo...
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Palestinians say settler violence and military raids are bringing them to breaking point
Palestinian villagers in the occupied West Bank said on Monday the area was coming close to breaking point after increasing incursions by Israeli settlers and violent stand-offs, ...
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Saudi Arabia says it destroyed drones launched by Iran-backed groups in Iraq
Saudi Arabia's air defences intercepted and destroyed drones launched from Iraq that attempted to target oil facilities in the kingdom's Eastern Province and Riyadh, the Saudi...
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Netanyahu says Iran is top agenda in meeting with Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed to Washington on Monday, where he said he would meet U.S. President Donald Trump for their first face-to-face talks since the st...
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Iran says it still controls strait, not seeking talks, after Trump halts bombing
Iran said on Monday it was still in control of the Strait of Hormuz and not seeking to resume peace talks with the United States, after President Donald Trump halted a two-week bo...
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Gulf stocks gain as Iran war de-escalation hopes outweigh attacks on Saudi oil sites
Gulf equities advanced in early trade on Monday as hopes of a diplomatic off-ramp in the U.S.-Iran war boosted risk appetite across the region, with investors largely looking past...
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Red Sea shipping slows after Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia, data shows
Ship traffic through Bab el-Mandeb fell on Sunday after Yemeni Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast, while transit through the Strait of Hormuz stayed...
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Syria president tells Al Jazeera his country seeks security deal with Israel
Syria is seeking to reach a security agreement with Israel, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said in an interview with Al Jazeera on Sunday.
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Israel to allow international force into Gaza, Israeli official says
Israel will allow a multinational security force to enter Gaza as proposed under U.S. President Donald Trump's ceasefire plan for the enclave, an Israeli official said on Sunday,...
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Trump is giving Iran talks 'a little bit of room,' US ambassador to UN says
U.S. President Donald Trump has paused attacks on Iran to allow more room for diplomacy, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said on Sunday.
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Most Gulf markets ease after Houthi attacks on Saudi Red Sea oil sites
Most Gulf stock markets closed lower on Sunday, a day after Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations at two Red Sea ports and Saudi-backed forces bombed the ...
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Israeli strike kills a top Hamas security official in Gaza, medics and police say
The strike killed Colonel Wael El-Ledawi, head of internal security in Gaza, and Major Ramez Abu Zraiq, they said.
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