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Kuwait has strongly condemned Iranian attacks on Bahrain and Jordan, calling them a violation of the two countries’ sovereignty and international law.In a statement, Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry said the attacks constituted a “blatant breach” of the sovereignty of Bahrain and Jordan and violated the principles of international law, the UN Charter and UN Security Council Resolution 2817.The ministry called for an immediate end to “escalating actions” and urged all sides to pursue de-escalation and dialogue.It also called for respect for international law and the principles of good neighborly relations, saying this was necessary to protect regional security and stability and prevent further tension.Kuwait expressed its full solidarity with Bahrain and Jordan and said it supported measures taken by both countries to protect their sovereignty, security and stability.The statement comes amid heightened regional tensions, with Gulf and Arab states increasingly calling for restraint and diplomatic efforts to prevent further escalation. Related Story Source link
KSA’s National Shipping Company: 2 crew members dead after security incident in Strait of Hormuz
Saudi Arabia’s national shipping company Bahri announced on Wednesday the deaths of two of its Filipino crew members after its vessel, SIDR, was involved in a security incident while transiting the Strait of Hormuz two days ago.In a statement posted on X, Bahri confirmed that it remains in continuous contact with the vessel and is coordinating closely with the relevant authorities and stakeholders in the maritime sector, while closely monitoring developments. Source link
Bahrain said its air defence systems intercepted and destroyed a number of Iranian aerial attacks on Wednesday.The Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) said in a statement carried by Bahrain News Agency (BNA) that all its units and weapons systems remain at the highest level of readiness and are fully prepared to defend the country.It urged residents to exercise caution and avoid approaching any unfamiliar or suspicious objects that may have fallen as a result of the attacks, and to report them immediately.The BDF also said the deliberate use of missiles and drones to target civilians constitutes a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law. Source link
Kuwait’s Fire Force said Wednesday that firefighters had contained a blaze at a residential complex in the capital after the site was struck by an Iranian drone.Fire Force spokesman Brig. Gen. Mohammad Al Ghareeb said firefighting teams responded to the scene early Wednesday and brought the fire under control.No injuries were reported, Al Ghareeb said, adding that the incident caused only material damage. Source link
Residents gather as fire is extinguished following an Israeli airstrike that hit a vehicle in Gaza City. – Reuters Israeli airstrikes killed five people west of Gaza City yesterday, a Gaza hospital and rescuers said, while the Israeli army said it targeted Hamas “military operatives”.Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City said yesterday morning that it received two bodies “following an Israeli airstrike that targeted the entrance of a residential building near the municipal park in Gaza City”.Later in the day, the hospital said it received three additional bodies and several wounded “as a result of an Israeli drone strike that targeted a civilian car in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood, southwest of Gaza City”.The civil defence, which operates as a rescue service under Hamas authority, confirmed to AFP the toll in the two strikes.Images shared by the civil defence showed workers inspecting the car targeted in the second strike, completely destroyed and reduced to a blackened shell of warped metal, with a crowd of bystanders gathered around it.When contacted by AFP, the Israeli military said that in both strikes it “attacked operatives from Hamas’s military wing”, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam brigades, and said it would provide further details later on.Despite a US-backed ceasefire that took effect in October 2025, violence has not halted in the Gaza Strip, with Israel continuing to target Palestinians it says are militants. An Israeli army soldier aims a…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan September 1, 2026. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS…
An elderly woman walks past a destroyed vehicle following an Israeli strike in the Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Omar…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that Israeli forces captured the head of Hamas's internal security apparatus in Gaza, without giving his name.Israel's Shin Bet internal security agency and the military ‘in a daring operation today arrested the head of Hamas's internal security apparatus near his home in Gaza… He is one of the most senior Hamas leaders,’ Netanyahu said, according to a statement released by his office. Source link
An elderly woman walks past a destroyed vehicle following an Israeli strike in the Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Omar…
US air strikes on Iranian targets killed four people, including a child, and wounded more than 50 at a wedding in the south yesterday, officials said, in attacks that threatened to reignite the six-month-old conflict.The Iranian Red Crescent said shrapnel from a US missile hit a home in Kuhestak, in Sirik county of Hormozgan province, where a wedding was being held, killing four people, including a young child. Earlier, deputy governor Ahmad Nafisi had put the death toll at two. A video shared by an Iranian government account showed extensive debris and people screaming.Sirik county lies along the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively closed to shipping, driving global energy prices higher.US Central Command said US forces had begun striking Revolutionary Guards targets ‘following recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region.’Iranian media reported explosions in multiple cities along and east of Hormuz, on Qeshm Island and in Bandar Abbas, Jask and Chabahar, as well as an attack on a civilian airport in Jiroft in the far south.The strikes followed a weekend exchange of fire — the first since July — and came after two tankers were hit on Monday. Brent crude futures, already up 2%, jumped almost 2% more on the reports.US President Donald Trump vowed to hit Iran ‘hard,’ as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned of new sanctions, and said on social media that if Iran retaliated ‘they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level.’ The Fars news agency quoted an IRGC spokesperson as saying the US ‘will regret its new attacks.’Tehran remained defiant. ‘If the enemy wants us not to export oil from the Gulf, no-one will be able to export oil,’ parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf was quoted as saying. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Washington was ‘addicted to making excessive demands and has mistaken negotiations for dictating terms.’President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran would reciprocate immediately if Washington honoured commitments under a June memorandum of understanding intended to halt the conflict, after a 60-day negotiation period passed without agreement. Neither the threat of strikes nor the promise of new sanctions appeared to have shifted Tehran's stance, which has been under heavy economic sanctions for half a century.Iran has been at war with the US since February 28, when US and Israeli strikes killed supreme leader Ali Khamenei and senior military officials, triggering Iranian retaliation across the region. The initial 40-day bombardment was followed by sporadic attacks mainly around Hormuz that have dimmed prospects for a final peace agreement.The US Embassy in a Gulf state urged Americans in the Middle East to exercise ‘heightened vigilance’ and to be aware of potential flight cancellations, airspace closures and travel disruptions.’These tit-for-tat missile exchanges … if not a 'forever war', this conflict will run and run,’ said PVM analyst John Evans. Source link
