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There’s an unusual connection between India’s Balakot mission and Sri Lanka’s first ever satellite — the epic Hindu Mythology, Ramayana
Hindu gods and goddesses are often a significant part of comic books, graphic stories in South A…
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33 years after getting demolished by the US, Iran's navy is flexing its new muscles
Iran has spent the 33 years since Operation Praying Mantis modernizing its navy with the goal of co…
Benjamin Brimelow
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A deadly fight 33 years ago shows just how destructive a war between the US and Iran could get
Operation Praying Mantis, the largest US naval action since World War II, offers a glimpse of what …
Benjamin Brimelow
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Jailed al Qaeda operative makes explosive claims about Saudi royals funding pre-9/11 terror
In the wake of Moussaou's testimony, the Saudi Embassy released a statement calling Moussaou a "der…
Natasha Bertrand
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An Iranian frigate was seen capsizing at port while next to merchant ships, another black mark for the country's record of naval mishaps
The Iranian frigate Sahand was photographed floating on its side as merchant vessels were docked ne…
Matthew Loh
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Why the Iranian Navy keeps losing warships in accidents, after its Sahand frigate capsized and sank
The frigate Sahand's sinking marks the third warship the Iranian Navy's lost since 2018 in incident…
Paul Iddon
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Suspected Iranian spy ship sails for home, leaving troubled waters as Tehran braces for Israeli retaliation
The Iranian cargo ship is suspected of having provided targeting information and intelligence to th…
Jake Epstein
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US Navy video shows a dozen Iranian fast-attack boats swarming an oil tanker in its latest maritime seizure
Wednesday's incident is the second time in less than a week than Iranian forces have seized an oil …
Jake Epstein
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An influential Saudi banker moved to the US to pitch his country and crown prince to DC. Here's how his mission suddenly derailed.
Ali Shihabi shuttered his Washington, DC-based Arabia Foundation with no warning. Here's the untold…
Bill Bostock
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Iran was able to capture a British oil tanker because it only gave the Royal Navy 1 hour's notice to escort it, rather than 24, former UK Defence Secretary says
Writing in The Spectator magazine, Mordaunt described being briefed on the incident by a senior Roy…
Alexandra Ma
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The US hit Iran with a secret cyberattack to disrupt oil tanker attacks the same day Trump almost authorized military strikes
An Iranian Revolutionary Guard gives directions to speedboats on the water during a ceremony to com…
John Haltiwanger
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Iran says it will send warships into the Atlantic Ocean, challenging the US by pushing closer to American waters
"By their continuous presence in international waters, Iranian naval forces aim to implement the or…
Ryan Pickrell
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Iran is reportedly jamming ship GPS navigation systems to get them to wander into Iranian waters
"Due to the heightened regional tensions, the potential for miscalculation or misidentification cou…
Ryan Pickrell
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A bold British tanker ignored the government's warnings and traveled through the Strait of Hormuz, just days after another UK ship was captured by Iran
The Department for Transport raised the security threat level in the region to its highest level ov…
Alexandra Ma
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The Saudi hit squad linked to the Khashoggi murder reportedly asked for a performance-related bonus for torturing and kidnapping so many people
But by June 2018 the team had been so busy that its leader asked the crown prince whether he would …
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Plane Full Of Americans Makes Unplanned Landing In Southern Iran
Iran has jealously guarded its airspace from potential U.S. incursions in the past: in 2013, there …
Armin Rosen,Brett LoGiurato
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Britain rejects swapping seized oil tankers with Iran, 4 days after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's father said it would be 'easy peasy'
Johnson visited Iran once in 2017 as Britain's foreign secretary. During that visit, he wrongly sai…