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Iranian Armed Forces Restore Military Control Over Strait of Hormuz - Command

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - The Iranian armed forces have restored military control over the Strait of Hormuz due to the US blockade, Ebrahim Zolfaghari, a spokesman for the Khatam Al-Anbiya central headquarters of the Iranian military command, said on Saturday. "Unfortunately, the US … continues to engage »»»

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Iran Partially Reopens Airspace After Security Review

Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization has announced the partial reopening of the country’s airspace from 7:00 a.m. on April 18, following security and safety assessments. International transit routes through Iran's eastern airspace have now reopened, allowing foreign flights to pass through Iranian sk»»»

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Al Manar 13m

Pakistani Army: Field Marshal Asim Munir’s visit to Tehran came as part of ongoing efforts to end the war in the Middle East - Al-Manar TV Lebanon

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Pakistani Army: Field Marshal Asim Munir’s visit to Tehran came as part of ongoing efforts to end the war in the Middle East 18-04-2026 10:»»»

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‘If Blockade Continues, The Strait Will Not Remain Open’: Qalibaf Dismisses Trump’s Hormuz Claims

Iran’s parliament speaker has categorically refuted successive false claims made by US President Donald Trump regarding the Strait of Hormuz and the rules set by the Islamic Republic concerning transit through the strategic waterway. In a post on X on Friday, Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf wrote, “The US p»»»

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Al Awsat 34m

Sharaa: Golan is Syrian Land, Any Other Status is Invalid

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa said the Golan Heights are “occupied Syrian land” and that any recognition of Israeli sovereignty there would be “null and void,” stressing that the international community does not accept Israel’s claim. Speaking at the fifth Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Sharaa said Is»»»

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The Peninsula 36m

Explainer: What to know about Strait of Hormuz reopening?

Tehran: Although the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for the world's oil supply, has been declared fully open for commercial vessels, its operational status remains contested. Both Washington and Tehran confirmed on Friday that the strait had been completely open for all commercial vessels. Howe»»»

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Al Awsat 58m

Global Markets Regain Momentum after Strait of Hormuz Reopening Announcement

Global markets moved sharply on Friday after Iran said it would reopen the Strait of Hormuz to all commercial vessels, prompting investors to rapidly reassess geopolitical supply risks. Iran’s foreign minister said the strait was fully open to all commercial shipping for the duration of the ceasefi»»»

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The Peninsula 1h

Iran partially reopens airspace: agency

Tehran: Iran partially reopened its airspace on Saturday to international flights crossing the eastern part of its territory, the country's Civil Aviation Authority said. "Air routes in the eastern section of the country's airspace are open for international flights transiting through Iran," it sai»»»

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Al Awsat 1h

Iran Partially Reopens Airspace

Iran partially reopened its airspace on Saturday to international flights crossing the eastern part of its territory, the country's Civil Aviation Authority said. "Air routes in the eastern section of the country's airspace are open for international flights transiting through Iran," it said, addin»»»

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Gulf News 1h

Pakistan PM, military chief complete three-country diplomatic tour aimed at Iran peace

Pakistan's powerful military chief and prime minister on Saturday concluded separate visits aimed at ending the Iran war, with Field Marshal Asim Munir leaving Tehran and premier Shehbaz Sharif headed home from Turkey. Munir met Iran's top leadership and peace negotiators during a three-day visit t»»»

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Al Manar 1h

Iran: Strait of Hormuz Will Only Open Under Conditions, Threatens Restrictions as Blockade Persists

Iran has confirmed that the Strait of Hormuz will only be open under specific conditions, while warning of navigation restrictions as long as the blockade continues. Reza Talaei, spokesman for Iran’s Ministry of Defense, announced that the Strait will only be accessible if a ceasefire is in place a»»»

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The Peninsula 2h

Pakistan's army chief concludes three-day visit to Iran: military statement

Islamabad, Pakistan: Pakistan's army chief completed a three-day visit to Tehran, the country's military said on Saturday, having met top Iranian leaders and negotiators as part of efforts to end the Middle East war. Field Marshal Asim Munir met several top Iranian leaders during the trip, which sh»»»

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France24 2h

Trump says Iran peace deal could be reached ‘soon’ after Tehran reopens Hormuz Strait

Tehran's announcement on Friday that the critical Strait of Hormuz was reopen to commercial shipping for the remainder of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire was followed by a flurry of social media posts by US President Donald Trump suggesting that a peace deal could be reached "soon". But Iranian offici»»»

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France24 2h

Tale of two truces: Lebanon 'steps up' alongside Israel as Tehran and Washington edge toward a deal

Gavin Lee is pleased to welcome Robert B. Murrett, retired Vice Admiral in the US Navy, Professor of Practice and Deputy Director of the Syracuse University's Institute for Security Policy and Law. The Israel-Lebanon and US-Iran ceasefires are at a critical juncture In the evolving geopolitical dyn»»»

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France24 2h

Spotlight - Tale of two truces: Lebanon 'steps up' alongside Israel as Tehran and Washington edge toward a deal

Gavin Lee is pleased to welcome Robert B. Murrett, retired Vice Admiral in the US Navy, Professor of Practice and Deputy Director of the Syracuse University's Institute for Security Policy and Law. The Israel-Lebanon and US-Iran ceasefires are at a critical juncture In the evolving geopolitical dyn»»»

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Al Awsat 2h

Cisco to Asharq Al-Awsat: AI Boosts Wireless Network Value in Saudi Arabia

A new report by Cisco shows wireless networks in Saudi Arabia are no longer just a connectivity layer. They are a direct driver of performance and growth. The study draws on responses from 6,098 decision-makers and technical specialists across 30 markets, including 106 organizations in the Kingdom,»»»

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The Peninsula 3h

Trump says US blockade of Iranian ports will 'remain' if no deal reached

Aboard Air Force One: President Donald Trump said late Friday he planned to maintain a US blockade of Iranian ports if a peace deal with Tehran is not reached, adding that he may not extend the ceasefire after its expiration. Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz on Friday in the wake of a ceasefire d»»»

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Al Awsat 3h

Trump Hints at Resuming Attacks if Ceasefire with Iran Expires Without Deal

US President Donald Trump said the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will remain and attacks will resume if no agreement is reached with Iran, after Tehran said it had fully reopened the strait to commercial vessels but threatened to close it again over the US blockade. Asked by a reporter Friday ni»»»

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Sputnik 3h

US Would Extract Iran’s Enriched Uranium 'With Excavators' — Trump

President Donald Trump said the US could work “with Iran” to retrieve enriched uranium, suggesting it would be removed using “the biggest excavators you can imagine” and taken to the United States. Iran has rejected such a possibility.Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Iran’s en»»»

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Sputnik 3h

Iran Rejects US Claims on Hormuz, Calls Them 'All False'

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the US president made “seven claims in one hour, all of which are false.” He said Washington “did not win the war with these lies” and “will not succeed in the negotiations either.”Ghalibaf warned that if the blockade continues, the Strait of »»»

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BNE 3h

Ankara proposes grand rewiring of Middle East energy export map amid Hormuz blockade

Turkey is proposing a slew of new overland pipelines running out of the Gulf so that the world, currently hit by the Hormuz crisis, will never again be cut off from sufficient oil and gas supplies. As things stand, the onl»»»

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BNE 3h

Ankara proposes grand rewiring of Middle East energy export map amid Hormuz blockade

Turkey is proposing a slew of new overland pipelines running out of the Gulf so that the world, currently hit by the Hormuz crisis, will never again be cut off from sufficient oil and gas supplies. As things stand, the onl»»»

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BNE 3h

Ankara proposes grand rewiring of Middle East energy export map amid Hormuz blockade

Turkey is proposing a slew of new overland pipelines running out of the Gulf so that the world, currently hit by the Hormuz crisis, will never again be cut off from sufficient oil and gas supplies. As things stand, the onl»»»

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BNE 3h

Ankara proposes grand rewiring of Middle East energy export map amid Hormuz blockade

Turkey is proposing a slew of new overland pipelines running out of the Gulf so that the world, currently hit by the Hormuz crisis, will never again be cut off from sufficient oil and gas supplies. As things stand, the onl»»»

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BNE 3h

Ankara proposes grand rewiring of Middle East energy export map amid Hormuz blockade

Turkey is proposing a slew of new overland pipelines running out of the Gulf so that the world, currently hit by the Hormuz crisis, will never again be cut off from sufficient oil and gas supplies. As things stand, the onl»»»

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BNE 3h

Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping under ceasefire terms

Iran has reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels for the remainder of the two-week ceasefire with the United States, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X on April 17. "In line with the cease»»»

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BNE 3h

Ankara proposes grand rewiring of Middle East energy export map amid Hormuz blockade

Turkey is proposing a slew of new overland pipelines running out of the Gulf so that the world, currently hit by the Hormuz crisis, will never again be cut off from sufficient oil and gas supplies. As things stand, the onl»»»

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BNE 3h

Kuwait citizenship purge tops 50,000 as new decree tightens revocation rules

Kuwait has stripped more than 50,000 people of their citizenship since September 2024, with campaigners saying the total could be as high as 250,000, as the government continues its sweeping nationality crackdown under a new decree published this week. »»»

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BNE 3h

Iran hardliners attack Araghchi's Hormuz tweet as 'incomplete and misleading'

Hardline voices in Iran have criticised Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for posting what they called an incomplete and poorly framed tweet announcing the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, Tasnim News Agency reported on April 17. »»»

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BNE 3h

Ankara proposes grand rewiring of Middle East energy export map amid Hormuz blockade

Turkey is proposing a slew of new overland pipelines running out of the Gulf so that the world, currently hit by the Hormuz crisis, will never again be cut off from sufficient oil and gas supplies. As things stand, the onl»»»

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BNE 3h

Iran hardliners attack Araghchi's Hormuz tweet as 'incomplete and misleading'

Hardline voices in Iran have criticised Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for posting what they called an incomplete and poorly framed tweet announcing the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, Tasnim News Agency reported on April 17. »»»

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BNE 3h

Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping under ceasefire terms

Iran has reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels for the remainder of the two-week ceasefire with the United States, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X on April 17. "In line with the cease»»»

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BNE 3h

Ankara proposes grand rewiring of Middle East energy export map amid Hormuz blockade

Turkey is proposing a slew of new overland pipelines running out of the Gulf so that the world, currently hit by the Hormuz crisis, will never again be cut off from sufficient oil and gas supplies. As things stand, the onl»»»

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BNE 3h

Ankara proposes grand rewiring of Middle East energy export map amid Hormuz blockade

Turkey is proposing a slew of new overland pipelines running out of the Gulf so that the world, currently hit by the Hormuz crisis, will never again be cut off from sufficient oil and gas supplies. As things stand, the onl»»»

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BNE 3h

Iran hardliners attack Araghchi's Hormuz tweet as 'incomplete and misleading'

Hardline voices in Iran have criticised Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for posting what they called an incomplete and poorly framed tweet announcing the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, Tasnim News Agency reported on April 17. »»»

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BNE 3h

Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping under ceasefire terms

Iran has reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels for the remainder of the two-week ceasefire with the United States, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X on April 17. "In line with the cease»»»

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BNE 3h

Freedom Holding bets on super-app ecosystem to challenge Kazakhstan's digital giants

The Kazakh-based brokerage-turned-fintech company Freedom Holding Corp is building an app, which is not just a banking service, it is supposed to organise your whole life. Freedom Holding Corp has emerged as one of central»»»

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BNE 3h

Ankara proposes grand rewiring of Middle East energy export map amid Hormuz blockade

Turkey is proposing a slew of new overland pipelines running out of the Gulf so that the world, currently hit by the Hormuz crisis, will never again be cut off from sufficient oil and gas supplies. As things stand, the onl»»»

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BNE 3h

Hungary's Orban in first interview since losing election says Fidesz needs "full renewal"

Hungary’s outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that his party, Fidesz, requires "full renewal" following its electoral defeat last weekend, but he also confirmed he intends to remain in his position as president of the party and oversee its reorganisation, liberal Hvg.hu wro»»»

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Al Awsat 3h

Lebanon Bets on US Pressure to Win Israeli Concessions

US President Donald Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, opening the door to direct negotiations between the two sides. Without a truce, the war between Israel and Hezbollah would remain open-ended, bringing more destruction and displacement to southern Lebanon. But a ceas»»»

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Sputnik 3h

US Authorizes Sale of Russian Oil Loaded on Vessels as of April 17

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a general license for the delivery and sale of Russian oil, extending the easing of US sanctions to crude loaded onto ships as of April 17. "All transactions prohibited by the above-listed authorities that a»»»

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France24 4h

Trump-Meloni relationship turns sour

Far-right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was once considered one of US President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Europe, but their relationship has recently deteriorated. As Caitlin Brown reports, Meloni has fallen out of favour with the US president in part due to her criticism of the war »»»

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France24 4h

Trump hails Iran's reopening of Hormuz Strait during ceasefire

The Strait of Hormuz will be “completely open” to commercial vessels for the remainder of the ceasefire, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on social media Friday. US President Donald Trump welcomed the move, thanking Tehran for reopening the critical waterway. Read our liveblog to see ho»»»

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France24 4h

Lebanon army reports number of ceasefire violations

A 10-day ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel came into effect this Friday, though the Lebanese army has already reported several alleged violations in the southern border region, where these images were taken. US President Donald Trump announced the deal and said he has invited both coun»»»

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France24 4h

Scoop - Where is US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin?

This week, FRANCE 24's media show Scoop looks at growing international alarm after US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was detained in Kuwait. Prior to his arrest, Shihab-Eldin shared publicly available videos and images related to the Iran war. Press and human rights groups say that his&»»»

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France24 4h

Press association denounces Israel’s use of altered image to depict slain journalist

Lebanese journalist Ali Shoeib was killed during an Israeli strike on March 28. To justify this attack, the Israeli army published an image online of Shoeib wearing a uniform of militant group Hezbollah. The army later admitted that the image was photoshopped. The Foreign Press Association (FPA), w»»»

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France24 4h

The World This Week - Iran, Magyar, Mythos & the Pope

In a week where Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz fully open for commercial trade—effectively ending its nearly seven-week de facto blockade of the critical shipping lane, President Trump imposed a U.S. blockade on Iranian ports to strangle its ability to trade. Trump vowed to continue enforcing w»»»

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Gulf News 4h

UAE Foreign Ministry reduces service time by 90%, speeds up to six minutes

Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), announced yesterday a major success in fundamentally reengineering its processes, resulting in a reduction of service delivery time by up to 90%. Some transactions can now be completed in as little as six minutes. The Ministry stated that this achi»»»

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France24 4h

Fallen idol: French singer Patrick Bruel accused of rape, sexual assault

Singer and actor Patrick Bruel has been a household name in France for decades, but in the past few weeks he has hit the headlines facing shock charges of sexual assault and rape. As accusations against the former teen heartthrob multiply, members of his loyal female fanbase are defending the »»»

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France24 4h

Macron urges permanent reopening of Hormuz Strait, warns against ‘toll system’

French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday hosted a video conference with their European allies to discuss the possible deployment of a multinational force to the Strait of Hormuz once the war in Iran is over. Macron welcomed Iran's announcement that the wate»»»

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