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UN council authorizes continuing vigilance of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Red Sea shipping
Regional Media News - Iowa
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July 15, 2025
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday authorized continued reporting on attacks on ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have defied its previous demands to immediately halt all such attacks. The vote in the...
Netanyahu: Iran Accelerated Uranium Enrichment After Hezbollah's Collapse
The Daily Tribune - News Of Bahrain
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TDT | Manama Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that Iran has accelerated its uranium enrichment efforts following what he described as the collapse of Hezbollah and its affiliated militias. In...
Shipping sanctions in the balance as EU mulls price cap and Trump touts Russia bill
Lloyd's List
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THE EU is slowly edging closer to a compromise agreement on its latest package of Russian sanctions that may — or may not — see a lowered, or potentially floating, oil price cap emerge. But the internal and external opposition that could yet...
After Iran, U.S. ‘Bunker Buster’ Missiles Could Threaten Russia As Trump Mulls Arming Ukraine With Tomahawks: Reports
The Eurasian Times
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July 15, 2025
The Donald Trump administration has made a major U-turn in policy, moving from a brief pause in arms delivery to resuming and expanding weapons support for Ukraine. There is speculation that the new support package could include some long-range...
Iranian Threat Actors Target U.S. Critical Infrastructure, Including Water Systems
GBHackers
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July 15, 2025
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has increased its asymmetric cyber operations in response to recent U.S. attacks on Iranian nuclear sites. Intelligence Group 13 has emerged as a major aggressor in attacking critical infrastructure...
Calls grow in Iran for restricting Germany’s trade activity in Hormuz Strait
Press TV
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Calls have grown in Iran for the government to reduce its trade dealings with Germany and to restrict its cargo transport activity in the Persian Gulf after Berlin offered unconditional support for Israel’s recent aggression against Iranian...
Iraq moves to ward off US sanctions over Iran oil smuggling
The New Arab
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July 15, 2025
An oil tanker in the Persian Gulf near Bushehr in southern Iran on 29 April 2024. [Getty] Iraqi officials are trying to stop the US from slapping sanctions on its critical oil sector over suspicions that Iran is smuggling crude through the...
Civilians bore brunt of Israeli aggression against Iran: Red Crescent
Press TV
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July 16, 2025
Iranian civilians, rather than combatants, suffered the most casualties during Israel’s aggression against the country, according to the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS). “The greatest harm has been inflicted on civilians. Among the...
Iran opens first phase of 600-MW solar plant in Isfahan
Press TV
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Iran has opened the first phase of its largest solar power plant as part of a massive government program to expand renewables capacity in the country. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian used a video link on Thursday to open a 120 megawatt (MW)...
World News | India Advises Citizens to Avoid Non-essential Travel to Iran
Latestly
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July 16, 2025
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Indian Embassy in Iran issued a travel advisory on Wednesday, urging Indian nationals to avoid non-essential travel to Iran. The advisory comes amid rising security concerns in the region over the past several...
Weaponizing the sky: How Israeli forces turned consumer drones into lethal tools against Palestinians in Gaza
Natural News
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July 15, 2025
Weaponizing the sky: How Israeli forces turned consumer drones into lethal tools against Palestinians in Gaza +972 Magazine and Local Call have revealed that the Israeli military is using commercially available drones, specifically the EVO drones...
Israel’s principal goal in Persian Gulf region is ‘regime change’ in Iran: Ex-CIA officer
Press TV
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By Syed Zafar Mehdi The Israeli aggression against Iran was “definitely intended” to sabotage diplomacy as its principal objective in the Persian Gulf region is “to bring regime change in Iran,” says an American analyst. In an interview with the...
Iran’s oil exports at all-time records in May
Mehr News Agency
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July 14, 2025
Figures by Kpler, a major energy analytics firm, cited in a Sunday report by Fars news agency showed that Iran had exported nearly 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in May, on par with figures seen in September last year and one of...
Anzali Port: Iran’s gateway to Caspian & beyond
Tehran Times
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July 15, 2025
TEHRAN- Anzali Port, officially known as Bandar-e Anzali, is one of Iran’s most important maritime hubs on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea. Its strategic location in Gilan Province, near the city of Bandar-e Anzali and approximately 330...
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi: Smriti Irani opens up about taking a break
Mid Day Mumbai
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July 15, 2025
OG Tulsi Virani aka Smriti Irani is all set to make a grand return on television by reprising her role in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. The show is returning on television from 29th July and the promo is out. Amid show launch, Smriti has been...
Why American Energy Dominance Is a Strategic Imperative
The National Interest - Washington D.C.
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July 15, 2025
Energy dominance is too important to be confined to economics. Instead, it is a strategic imperative. The Trump administration’s energy dominance agenda is not merely an economic policy but a strategic doctrine. Its objectives are clear: 1) to...
What Are the Energy Dimensions of the “Big, Beautiful Bill”?
The National Interest - Washington D.C.
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July 15, 2025
The debate is between those who see the “Big, Beautiful Bill” as sparking an energy renaissance in the United States and those who think it is a big catastrophe. On July 4, and after contentious debates in both the Senate and the House of...
Iran-Israel war: A clash of missiles, narratives, and digital battlegrounds
Tehran Times
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July 15, 2025
TEHRAN – The recent 12-day war between Iran and Israel wasn’t just another flare-up in the volatile West Asia region—it was a seismic shift. While the exchange of missiles and drones lasted less than two weeks, the war exposed deeper truths about...
Iran Update, July 11, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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Information Cutoff: 2:00 PM ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that...
Iran Update, July 14, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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Information Cutoff: 2:00 PM ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that...