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US strikes Iran as Tehran warns of Mideast reprisals

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

The United States hit Iran on Friday, with Tehran accusing US forces of striking civilians sites and drawing Iranian threats of reprisals on regional infrastruc...

US hits Iran infrastructure in tit-for-tat strikes

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

The United States launched fresh strikes Thursday on Iran with bridges and transport infrastructure among the apparent targets, as Tehran responded with attacks...

US, Iran trade attacks as renewed war intensifies

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

The United States and Iran traded drone and missile strikes on Friday as a senior Iranian military advisor threatened to step up offensive operations if the US ...

ConocoPhillips takes 42% stake in BP Iraq venture

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

ConocoPhillips announced Friday that it had reached a deal with BP to join as minority partner in the British company's oil production venture in northern Iraq.

Strikes kill nine Iranian Kurdish rebels in Iraq: opposition group

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

Drone and rocket strikes killed nine members of an Iranian Kurdish armed opposition group in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Friday, the exiled party said, blaming t...

Iran's Guards say tankers exploded from Hormuz mines as US strikes continue

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Saturday that two oil tankers exploded after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz, as the United States and Tehran continued t...

Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar report Iranian attacks

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

Kuwait reported an Iranian attack on a power and water plant on Friday, while Bahrain and Qatar also said they had intercepted missiles after the United States ...

US strikes in Iran hit airport, bridges and railway station

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

Deadly US strikes overnight hit an airport, a railway station and two bridges in Iran, killing three people, Iranian state media reported on Friday.

Strikes kill eight Iranian Kurdish rebels in Iraq: opposition group

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

Strikes in Iraq's Kurdistan region killed eight members of an Iranian Kurdish armed opposition group on Friday, the exiled party said, blaming the attack on Ira...

US-Iran strikes: latest developments

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

The United States struck Iran and Tehran hit back at US allies in the Gulf, as the foes battled over the vital Strait of Hormuz in the renewed Middle East war.

Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar report Iranian attacks

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

Kuwait reported an Iranian attack on a power and water plant on Friday, while Bahrain and Qatar also said they had intercepted missiles after the US bombed Iran...

Espionage arrest over drone flight at German weapons firm: prosecutors

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

A Moldovan man has been arrested on suspicion of espionage after a drone flew over a defence contractor's facility in Munich and allegedly captured images of th...

US-Iran strikes: latest developments

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

The United States struck Iran and Tehran hit back at US allies in the Gulf, as the foes battled over the vital Strait of Hormuz in the renewed Middle East war.

Strikes kill nine Iranian Kurdish rebels in Iraq: opposition group

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

Drone and rocket strikes killed nine members of an Iranian Kurdish armed opposition group in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Friday, the exiled party said, blaming t...

Gambia expresses 'deep concern' over Senegal border incident

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

The Gambia expressed "deep concern" Friday following what it called a "profoundly provocative" border incursion by the Senegalese Armed Forces, which it said de...

Minerals and military top agenda at France-Gabon meet

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

Manganese and the future of a French military camp will be the two main topics when Gabon's President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema visits France next week, both...

Gaza health officials say Israeli airstrike near market kills 8

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

Gaza's civil defence agency and a hospital said an Israeli airstrike on Friday killed eight people near a market, while the military reported it had struck a "t...

US-Iran strikes: latest developments

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

The United States and Iran escalated their conflict, with both sides accused of hitting infrastructure used by civilian populations.

Thousands protest sacking of Ukraine defence minister: AFP

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

Thousands of people turned out in Kyiv on Friday to protest Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's sacking of his popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov as p...

Strikes kill nine Iranian Kurdish rebels in Iraq: opposition group

Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)

Drone and rocket strikes killed nine members of an Iranian Kurdish armed opposition group in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Friday, the exiled party said, blaming t...