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Skip next section Saudi refinery targeted as drones intercepted March 2, 2026 Saudi refinery targeted as drones intercepted An oil refinery on Saudi Arabia's Gulf coast has been targeted in an attack as Iran launched a new wave of strikes across the region. A fire broke out at the Ras Tanura refinery, but the blaze was

The US-Israel attack on Iran and Iran's aggressive response have unnerved oil markets, with many analysts predicting a massive rise in oil prices. While Iran is responsible for just 3-4% of global oil output, its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz, considered the most critical oil chokepoint in the world, is prompting oil analysts to

Pakistani jets near Kabul were targeted by Afghan Taliban on Sunday, with blasts and gunfire rocking the city, officials said. The explosions in Afghanistan's capital come as the most recent clashes between the two countries entered a fourth day. The current escalation marks the heaviest cross-border fighting in years,  raising fears of a protracted conflict. On

Three US service members were killed and several others injured as part of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the US Central Command said in a statement on Sunday. Several others sustained "minor shrapnel injuries and concussions — and are in the process of being returned to duty," the statement reads. The US military officials did not

Three people were killed early Sunday during a shooting at a bar in the US city of Austin, Texas, which the FBI said may have been an "act of terrorism." Fourteen others were wounded, including three who were in a critical condition. The gunman, who has not been identified, was among the dead. Speaking at a press

Iranian state television and the state-run IRNA news agency confirmed on Sunday the death of the 86-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in an Israeli air force attack on Saturday. The announcement came after US President Donald Trump said in a social media message that Khamenei, "one of the most evil people in history," had been killed.

A luxury hotel, ports, inner city neighborhoods, industrial areas, airports and oil infrastructure: All have been targeted by Iranian missiles in the neighboring Gulf states over the past two days, after a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran started the current war. In a letter sent to the United Nations Security Council, Iran's foreign minister said Iran

Around 12 hours after Ali Khamenei's compound had been largely destroyed by dozens of bombs, Iranian state television confirmed the death of the cleric and supreme leader. The complex, known as "Beit-e Rahbari" ("House of Leadership") and located in the center of the capital Tehran, was one of the first targets of the US and

At least nine people have reportedly been killed in clashes outside the US consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, as angry crowds smashed windows, and law enforcement used batons and tear gas to disperse them, officials said. Some 25 individuals are said to have been injured, several of them critically. The clashes came in response to the announcement that Iran's

Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken announced that his country's navy boarded and diverted a vessel believed to be part of Russia's illicit shadow fleet of oil tankers on Sunday. Francken said the ship was being taken to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, where it would be officially seized by Belgian authorities. What do we know