Middle East Crisis

Donald Trump accused Iran of a “foolish violation” of the ceasefire agreement on Friday, claiming Tehran fired at least four kamikaze drones at ships in the Strait of Hormuz.The US president said in a post on Truth Social that one drone damaged a cargo ship, but the other three were “knocked down”. He did not name the ship, but it came hours

（东京26日讯）国际原子能机构（IAEA）总干事格罗西周五指出，中东冲突结束后，必须在伊朗建立“非常严格”的核查机制，以确保伊朗不会发展核武器。法新社报导，格罗西发表上述言论之际，正值美国与伊朗正就更广泛的终战协议进行谈判，德黑兰的核计划仍是主要症结点之一。格罗西在日本告诉记者：“我认为（美伊近期达成）协议的目标，在于确保伊朗不会发展核武。伊朗政府已清楚表明，这并非他们的意图。”他强调：“不过当然，光有意图是不够的。我们必须尽快建立一套非常严格的核查机制…在可行情况下愈快愈好。”格罗西也提到，美...

Hong Kong’s two major electricity suppliers will provide rebates to eligible households between August and October to reduce their bills and ease financial pressure after the US-Israel war on Iran pushed up energy prices. HK Electric said on Friday that it would provide a special subsidy of 8 HK cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for three consecut

Since Israel and the US attacked Hezbollah’s ally Iran on February 28, Hezbollah has begun to employ a new type of weapon: first-person view drones, or FPVs. The Israeli army told FRANCE 24 it had registered 645 Hezbollah FPV drone attacks on military and civilian targets in northern Israel and southern Lebanon since a partial ceasefire went

A new poll has revealed that over two thirds of the Israeli public believe Donald Trump’s policies are bad for Israel as a rift between the US and one of its closest allies deepens.Data shared with The Independent and collated by research institute Agam Labs in partnership with the Hebrew University, comes amid ongoing US-Iran negotiations wi

（台北26日讯）台湾航运公司长荣海运周五表示，旗下一艘货柜船在霍尔木兹海峡被“不明物体”撞击，但船员、船舶和货物均安。法新社报导，英国海上贸易行动办公室（UKMTO）此前表示，周四有一艘船只在霍尔木兹海峡遭到炮弹袭击，美国媒体指伊朗向一艘货柜船开火。伊朗的波斯湾海峡管理局在事发后发出警告，联合国也暂停了疏散霍尔木兹海峡滞留海员的行动。新加坡海事与港务管理局周五确认，该船为在新加坡注册的“长丽轮”（Ever Lovely）。“已知悉新加坡注册的货柜船‘长丽轮’于6月25日离开霍尔木兹海峡时，船桥区...

（维也纳26日讯）随著成员国相继出走或威胁退出，石油输出国组织（OPEC）正面临数十年来最严峻的瓦解风险，油价跌破每桶50美元的前景已不再是危言耸听。据外媒报道，阿联酋于5月1日正式退出OPEC；伊拉克昨日（25日）因增产配额问题，威胁退出OPEC（今日重申不会退出OPEC）。与此同时，美国接管委内瑞拉石油资产、美以对伊朗发动军事行动等一系列地缘冲击，已令OPEC的市场调控能力大幅削弱。国际原油价格在今年3月一度突破每桶115美元，此后已回落至75美元附近，接近战前水平。市场担忧的核心逻辑在于：...

Shiite Muslims marked one of the most important days on their calendar Friday with large gatherings in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and other parts of the world to remember the seventh-century killing of Hussein, the grand son of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.The annual commemoration, known as Ashoura, is marked on the 10th day of the month of Muharram in