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Region
8/13/2026 1:31:56 PM
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States is in control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz and will “keep it,” as Iran said there had been no progress in talks to revive the interim agreement reached in June.
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Business
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Economy
8/12/2026 5:17:11 PM
US inflation slowed last month and a measure of underlying price pressures also cooled, suggesting higher oil and gas prices from the Iran war are only having a limited impact on broader costs in the economy.
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World
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Region
8/12/2026 12:44:07 PM
Pakistan's interior minister is visiting Iran to discuss regional security, stability and other developments, the Pakistani foreign office said Wednesday, as Islamabad tries to mediate a resolution to the US-Iran conflict.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/12/2026 10:07:00 AM
Tehran’s six new conditions for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz are the political expression of a strategic shift in its conflict with the United States.
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World
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Region
8/11/2026 11:04:10 PM
A US helicopter on Tuesday fired missiles into the engine room of a Panama-flagged cargo ship that attempted to break the American blockade of Iran's ports, the United States military said.
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Business
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Economy
8/11/2026 9:38:52 PM
After more than five months of conflict, oil markets continue to surge and tumble over the latest developments in the US-Iran clash, including President Donald Trump's shifting pronouncements.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/11/2026 7:18:26 PM
The Iran conflict is prompting a slew of geopolitical realignments, but many are likely to prove fleeting.
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Opinion
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8/11/2026 7:13:44 PM
History has a way of warning us about wars that look manageable at the outset but become nearly impossible to end. The United States learned that lesson in Vietnam. It entered the war believing that overwhelming military power could deliver a swift victory and force a political settlement on American terms.
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International
8/11/2026 11:48:58 AM
US President Donald Trump secretly flew out of Turkey last month on a smaller plane than previously known due to an assassination threat from Iran, the Washington Post reported late Monday.
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World
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Region
8/10/2026 10:30:07 PM
Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei named Revolutionary Guards general Ali Abdollahi head of the country's armed forces on Monday, while also confirming a new commander of the Guards, putting his imprimatur on the country's military.
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World
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Region
8/10/2026 9:38:16 PM
A volley of fire between the Iranian-backed Houthis and Saudi Arabia has threatened to upend a 2022 truce in Yemen and open another front in the already expanding war in the Middle East after the collapse of the ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran.
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Region
8/10/2026 12:54:46 PM
Iran's foreign ministry said Monday that a defence pact signed last week between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan was "a sign of a change in the perception" of countries in the region towards the United States.
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World
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Region
8/10/2026 12:13:37 PM
Iran is not currently considering imposing fees on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, but could charge for navigation services it provides under a temporary transit arrangement being discussed with Oman, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Monday.
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World
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Region
8/9/2026 9:49:41 PM
US President Donald Trump signaled Sunday he is prepared to let economic pressure mount against Iran, apparently backing away from ordering more military strikes even as Tehran issues tough demands.
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World
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Region
8/9/2026 8:43:19 PM
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian recently met with supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not appeared in public since assuming the post early in the Middle East war, Khamenei's office said Sunday.
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World
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Region
8/9/2026 4:46:32 PM
The Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons to help replenish its diminished stockpile of munitions, including those depleted in the ongoing war with Iran.
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World
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Region
8/9/2026 1:19:28 PM
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday they would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, vital to the world economy, until the United States met Tehran's conditions set out the day before, including compensation for war damages.
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Opinion
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8/9/2026 12:45:29 PM
Political analysts have been debating the consequences of the US war on Iran, which began on 28 February 2026, the agreement that followed, its subsequent collapse, and the resumption of military operations on an even greater scale.
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World
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Region
8/9/2026 10:09:41 AM
Iran set preconditions on Saturday for a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, including compensation for war damages, complicating a potential deal to open the waterway essential to the world economy.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/8/2026 9:52:00 PM
The current pause in the war between the US and Iran is a strategic intermission born of military depletion and a lack of political gains, paving the way for renewed diplomatic initiatives.
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