Gulf States Intercept New Missiles And Drones As Iran Threatens To Widen War
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The war, which shows no signs of ending soon, has upended global air travel, disrupted oil exports from the region and sent fuel prices rising across the world.
CAIRO (AP) — Gulf Arab states reported new missile and drone attacks on Sunday after Iran threatened to widen its campaign and called for the evacuation of three major ports in the United Arab Emirates as the war in the Middle East, now in its third week, expands further.
Israel and the United States attacked Iran on Feb. 28, saying they were striking nuclear and military sites and encouraging the Iranian people to rise against their leaders. Iran has responded with attacks against Israel and neighboring countries in the Persian Gulf.
The war, which shows no signs of ending soon, has upended global air travel, disrupted oil exports from the region and sent fuel prices rising across the world.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped allies would send warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz. None of the countries, which rely more heavily than the U.S. on oil and gas that passes through the strait, responded with firm commitments by Sunday though some said they were considering action.
Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE warned residents on Sunday that they were working to intercept incoming projectiles, a day after Iran threatened the Emirati ports, the first time it has done so against a neighboring country’s non-U.S. assets.
Oil prices exceeded $100 per barrel on Monday, reaching peaks unseen since 2022, as the Iran war triggered a global energy crisis.
The officials also claimed that the sharp increase in gasoline prices resulting from the Iran war would last only weeks.
Bahrain has accused Iran of striking a desalination plant as the regional war expands and targets more civilian sites in Gulf states.
It was not immediately clear what caused the blast or who was involved, the Oslo police department said in a separate statement.
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The Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics has officially opened with some countries boycotting the opening ceremony because of the return of the Russian flag to the global sports stage.
Oil prices hit their highest levels in almost two years, and Qatari officials warn they could spike as high as $150 per barrel.
A blackout has left millions of people without power in Havana and the rest of western Cuba in the latest outage on an island struggling with dwindling oil reserves and a crumbling electric grid.
Their entry into the war could pose a significant challenge to the embattled authorities in Tehran and could also risk pulling Iraq further into the conflict.
In a new text approved by Pope Leo, a top Vatican commission warned it can lead to an unrealistic search for a perfect figure.
The goal would be to create room for Iranians opposed to the Islamic regime to rise up, they noted.
Ten people were killed when protesters breached the compound’s outer wall after the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The military campaign has killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sunk at least 10 Iranian warships and struck more than 1,000 targets.