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12.06.2026 16:41 Three Indian seafarers were killed in an attack on an oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, as renewed hostilities in one of the world's most critical shipping corridors once again heightened concern over food security, fuel prices and broken global supply chains.

12.06.2026 16:41 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the current ceasefire in the Gulf region remains extremely fragile and could escalate into a full-scale war, according to TASS.

12.06.2026 16:41 In response to a reporter who mentioned that numerous US military bases across Gulf states have been used to launch strikes against Iran and who asked whether China believes these military bases infringe upon the sovereignty of regional countries, whether the complete withdrawal of all US military bases should serve as a prerequisite for putting China's four-point proposal into practice, and what tangible steps China will take to prevent regional countries from becoming a springboard for the US to contain Iran, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian stated on Thursday that China expresses grave concern over the current situation.

12.06.2026 16:41 Russia is concerned about a new round of escalation around Iran and calls on the parties to exercise restraint, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

12.06.2026 16:41 Three Indian sailors who were reported missing have been killed after the US military struck a tanker in the Sea of Oman earlier this week.

12.06.2026 16:41 The Indian government on Wednesday condemned an attack on the commercial vessel Settebello off the coast of Oman that had 24 Indian crew onboard. According to India's foreign ministry, 21 of them have been rescued, while three others are reportedly missing.

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12.06.2026 16:41 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's strongest condemnation of the repeated Iranian attacks targeting the brotherly Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the brotherly Kingdom of Bahrain, and the brotherly State of Kuwait, and of the continued violations of the sovereignty of these brotherly states, which further escalate tensions in the region

12.06.2026 16:41 U.S. forces disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman at 11:20 p.m. ET on June 10 after the vessel violated the blockade against Iran by attempting to transport Iranian oil, marking the third commercial ship disabled by American forces this week.

12.06.2026 16:41 An Iranian cargo vessel sank in the Gulf of Oman after being attacked by the United States on the morning of June 11, Iranian media reported, citing the governor of Sirik County, a coastal district in Iran's southern Hormozgan Province near the Strait of Hormuz.

12.06.2026 16:41 Explosions were heard in numerous locations across Iran in the early hours of June 11, according to scattered reports in the Iranian media, although no official information has yet been released

12.06.2026 16:41 US President Donald Trump says he has canceled strikes on Iran, hours after he had threatened to hit the Islamic republic "very hard tonight."

12.06.2026 16:41 US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he canceled strikes against Iran that were scheduled for this evening.

12.06.2026 16:41 US President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed that the United States could take over Iran entirely, but added that he does not want to deploy ground troops.

12.06.2026 16:41 America's allies are getting an uncomfortable message from Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon contractor that manufactures one of the West's most important air-defense missiles: don't expect any timeline delivery guarantees.