[ad_1] Israel conducted a strike on Iran early on Friday (April 19) morning, incidentally the 85th birthday of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic. This was in retaliation to Iran’s drone and missile barrage of April 13, which was itself a response to the Israeli attack on an Iranian diplomatic building…
[ad_1] The United States carried out strikes in Iraq against three facilities linked to Iran-backed militia on Tuesday, the Pentagon said, after a weekend attack on an Iraqi air base that wounded U.S. forces. On Saturday, four US personnel suffered traumatic brain injuries after Iraq’s Ain al-Asad air base was hit by multiple ballistic missiles…
[ad_1] The US military said on Wednesday that its forces conducted strikes on 14 missiles that were loaded and ready to be fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) defeating a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Red Sea.(AFP / File) US Central Command…
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Oil prices rose more than 2% on Friday as the United States and Britain carried out strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen in retaliation for attacks by the Iran-backed group on shipping in the Red Sea starting from late last year. Brent crude futures were up $1.81, or 2.3%, at $79.22 a…