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The fear of mines laid by submarines, kamikaze drone boats and GPS jamming have effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's new supreme leader has tried to turn the page on this conflict - but his demands are unlikely to be listened to.

Vladimir Putin's "hidden hand" is likely helping Iran respond to Donald Trump's war, the UK defence secretary has said, as it emerged that Iranian-linked drones hit a base in Iraq where some British troops are located.

Evidence is growing that outdated US intelligence was "likely" to blame for the attack on a school in southern Iran which killed more than 170 people, most of them children.

Kim Jong Un has been photographed firing guns with his teenage daughter as part of a drive by the dictator to modernise North Korea's military.

A drone is circling in the skies above Zaki Ramadan when he takes my call. As a humanitarian worker in Sudan's southeastern Blue Nile state, he is helplessly watching aid dwindle and civilians be killed by the meteoric rise in drone strikes.

A record release of strategic oil reserves has been agreed in a bid to help offset supply disruption since the Middle East conflict began.

The head chef of world-renowned restaurant Noma has been forced to step down over allegations of bullying and abuse.

Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was wounded in the US-Israeli airstrikes which killed his father.

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