Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry has warned the Defence Ministry in a letter that an American proposal to give its military “blanket” permission to fly over Indonesian territory risked entangling Jakarta in potential South China Sea conflicts, sources said.
China said on Tuesday that a US blockade around Iranian ports was “dangerous and irresponsible”, after US President Donald Trump threatened to sink any boats that sought to leave or dock there.
President Donald Trump said US forces would destroy any Iranian “fast attack ships” that approach the American naval blockade of Iranian ports that came into effect on Monday.
Personnel recovery operations are no longer merely a traditional military obligation; they have become a strategic imperative closely tied to national reputation and internal political pressures.
Negotiating teams from the U.S. and Iran could return to Islamabad this week, four sources said on Tuesday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw new tests of strategic cruise missiles and anti-warship missiles launched from a naval destroyer.
Lebanese and Israeli representatives are scheduled to meet in Washington Tuesday for US-mediated talks on ending the war in Lebanon, but the prospects of an agreement appear slim.
Russia has withdrawn almost all its staff from Iran’s sole nuclear power plant, built and operated with help from Moscow, the head of Russia’s atomic energy agency said Monday.
The U.S. military will enforce a blockade in the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea east of the Strait of Hormuz and it will apply to all vessel traffic regardless of flag, the U.S. Central Command said.
Iranian media outlets reported the launch of the first commercial shipment from Pakistan to Uzbekistan via Iran.
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