New York Times |
Matched Keyword: escalation
Iran’s downing of a U.S. plane and the complex two-day American rescue operation to extract a stranded airman has emboldened both sides, a potential recipe for escalation.
New York Times |
Matched Keyword: diplomacy
After seesawing between diplomacy and threats, the president may find it harder to knock down prices by suggesting pauses in attacks or progress in talks.
New York Times |
Matched Keyword: missile
Defense systems that shoot projectiles out of the sky have become one of the most important components of warfare, so much so that militaries face a diminishing supply.
Iran Herald |
Matched Keyword: missile
"On one hand, we have ballistic missiles; on the other, new supersonic weapons and the immense pressure they generate. Even when military targets are the intended aim, the sheer destructive power and high-pressure waves of these missiles are causing 'new effects' on nearby cultural assets that have not been sufficiently addressed."ISTANBUL, April 5 (Xinhua) -- As the exchange of ballistic missil
Iran Herald |
Matched Keyword: diplomacy
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Former Indian Ambassador to the UAE, Sunjay Sudhir, delivered a blunt assessment of Islamabad's standing in West Asian diplomacy, asserting that Pakistan was never a 'mediator' in the Iran-US conflict, but merely a 'messenger at best.'Speaking to ANI, highlighted a growing 'trust deficit' and financial pressure that appear to be isolating Islamabad on the global stage. He noted
Iran Herald |
Matched Keyword: drone
MANAMA, 5th April, 2026 (WAM) -- Babco Energies confirmed an incident occurred at one of its storage facilities earlier Sunday resulting in a tank fire, as a result of a hostile Iranian drone attack.The fire has been fully extinguished, and the situation is under control. Damages are currently being assessed and evaluated, said the company in a statement carried by Bahrain News Agency (BNA).No injuries ha
Iran Herald |
Matched Keyword: drone
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Former Indian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sunjay Sudhir, said that there was no trend of Indians returning in large numbers amid the West Asia conflict.In an interview with ANI, Sunjay Sudhir lauded the UAE's defence systems, stating that only debris hurt the infrastructure, not the missiles or drones fired by Iran.Recalling the COVID-19 pandemic, he not
Iran Herald |
Matched Keyword: air defense
US forces have rescued the second crew member of a downed F-15 fighter jet in Iran, US officials said on April 5, concluding a high-risk combat search-and-rescue mission deep inside hostile territory."We got him," US President Donald Trump posted onTruth Socialshortly after word of the rescue was made public.The F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down by Iranian air defenses on April 3, becoming the first US air
Iran Herald |
Matched Keyword: drone
Kuwait City [Kuwait], April 5 (ANI): Two power generation units in Kuwait have shut down after an Iranian drone attack on two power and water desalination plants, a spokesperson of Kuwait's Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy Ministry said.According to the statement issued by the ministry, no casualties were reported in the incident.Spokesperson Fatima Abbas Jawhar Hayat affirmed, 'Technical and emerg
Iran Herald |
Matched Keyword: drone
Kuwait City [Kuwait], April 5 (ANI): A drone attack has triggered a fire at the Shuwaikh Oil Sector Complex, Al Jazeera reported on Sunday, citing Kuwaiti state media.Emergency services were immediately deployed to the site following the strike. According to the state news agency KUNA, there were 'no injuries' reported as a direct result of the explosion or the subsequent blaze.In its coverage of the esca
Iran Herald |
Matched Keyword: escalation
WASHINGTON, D.C.: In a dramatic escalation of the war that began nearly five weeks ago, Iran brought down two U.S. military planes in separate attacks on April 3, with one service member rescued and at least one missing. This happened just two days after President Donald Trump said in a national address that the U.S. has "beaten and completely decimated Iran, and they were "go
Iran Herald |
Matched Keyword: drone
Sanaa [Yemen], April 5 (ANI): Yemen's Houthi rebels have asserted that they launched a strike directed at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, alongside other 'vital' military sites in southern Israel, according to Al Jazeera.In a formal communication released via the Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah media, the Yemeni faction detailed the nature of the operation, with Al Jazeera further reporting that the group claimed the
Iran Herald |
Matched Keyword: drone
Tehran [Iran], April 5 (ANI): The Iranian military has launched a fresh wave of drone attacks against United States military installations in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, as reported by the state broadcaster Press TV. These operations mark a further escalation as the conflict between the Islamic Republic and the US-Israeli alliance enters its sixth week.In an official statement released on Saturday, the
Iran Herald |
Matched Keyword: intelligence agent
BEIRUT, Lebanon: Iranian intelligence agents have detained leading Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh at her house in Tehran, her daughter Mehraveh Khandan says. Winner of the European Union's prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 2012, Sotoudeh, 64, is well known for taking up cases for activists, opposition politicians, and women prosecuted for removing their headscarves, including Nobe
Iran Herald |
Matched Keyword: blockade
Boise (Idaho) [US], April 4 (ANI): Former US F-15E combat pilot Ryan Bodenheimer has said that the US should not underestimate Iran's aerial and water combat technologies in the Strait of Hormuz, saying there is challenge of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) hitting the oil tankers.The Strait of Hormuz, a significant route for oil vessels from the Gulf region, has witnessed a maritime blockade from Iran amid t
Iran Herald |
Matched Keyword: cruise missile
ABU DHABI, 4th April, 2026 (WAM) -- The UAE air defences engaged 23 Ballistic missiles and 56 UAVs launched from Iran.Since the start of the blatant Iranian attacks, UAE air defences have engaged 498 ballistic missiles, 23 cruise missiles and 2,141 UAVs.The attacks resulted in the martyrdom of 2 members of the armed forces while performing their national duty, in addition to the martyrdom of a Moroccan ci
Iran Herald |
Matched Keyword: drone
MANAMA, 4th April, 2026 (WAM) -- The General Command of Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) announced that air defences have intercepted and destroyed 188 ballistic missiles and 453 drones targeting the country since the onset of Iranian hostilities.In a statement carried by Bahrain News Agency (BNA), the BDF's General Command emphasised that the use of ballistic missiles and drones to target civilian areas and private
Iran Herald |
Matched Keyword: foreign policy
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 4 (ANI): Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said the country is facing a gas shortage, with people stuck in long queues. He blamed the government's foreign policy for the crisis, noting that attention has not been paid to the issue.The shortage comes amid the West Asia conflict triggered by US-Israel strikes on Iran on February 28 and subsequent Iranian
Iran Herald |
Matched Keyword: drone
Washington DC [US], April 4 (ANI): A majority of Iranian ballistic missiles are 'combat-ineffective' and cannot accomplish the assigned mission, even if 50 per cent of the launchers remain 'intact,' US-based think tank Institute of the Study of War's report stated on Saturday.Iran has used drones and missiles to strike against Israeli infrastructure and US assets in West Asia amid the ongoing conflict in the reg
Iran Herald |
Matched Keyword: geopolitics
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 4 (ANI): DMK MP Kalanidhi Veeraswamy questioned TVK chief Vijay's understanding of geopolitics following his recent remarks on the reported LPG shortage in Tamil Nadu, highlighting that the state government has already engaged the Central government on the issue. Speaking to ANI on Friday, Veeraswamy said, 'The CM wrote to PM Modi bringing to his notice about the shortage of L