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‘My favourite thing is to take the oil in Iran’: Trump indicates possibility of seizing Kharg Island

President Donald Trump said he wants to take control of oil in Iran and suggested the possibility of seizing Kharg Island, a key Iranian oil export hub, amid the ongoing US military buildup in the Middle East.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Trump said he preferred to take control of Iranian oil, comparing the strategy to the US plan in Venezuela, where it aims to control the oil industry indefinitely following the capture of Nicolás Maduro.

Related video: Trump addresses Strait of Hormuz: ‘We could close that up so fast’ (Daily Mail)

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Five drones shot down in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s Defence Ministry says it has shot down five drones in the past few hours.

Kuwait says 5 drones shot down

The Kuwait National Guard says it has downed five drones, Kuwait News Agency has reported.

Israeli military intercepts 5 rockets targeting Haifa

  • United States President Donald Trump says in an interview he wants to “take the oil in Iran” as Tehran accusesWashington plotting a ground attack despite publicly pushing for a negotiated deal.
  • Kuwait says an Indian worker has been killed in an Iranian attack on a power and desalination plant, as Gulf states report intercepting drones and missiles.

Saudi Prince MbS reveals that President Obama gave Iran $150 billion, and the IRGC didn’t even build a single street with that money. Instead, they made missiles and drones. And they used the funds Obama provided them to finance and arm terrorists like Hamas, Ansar Allah, and Hezbollah.

With these funds, Iran offers safe harbor to the leaders of Al Qaeda, including one of Osama Bin Laden’s sons who was indoctrinated into jihadism. Obama is by far the worst man to ever set foot in the Oval Office. The neoliberals like Hillary Clinton, Victoria Nuland, Samantha Power, etc. who ran his administration did so deliberately in order to keep the region destabilized and to use Iran as a buffer to prevent the Gulf states and Israel from amassing too much prosperity.

The Arab Spring in turn was their way of creating a refugee crisis that would plunge Europe into financial and social turmoil, the effects of which are plain to see today as they struggle with irreversible demographic change. Chaos is a ladder, and peace is bad for the Democrats. It was the their way of keeping the Middle East down so they could retain the unipolar world order under the neoliberal agenda. The neoliberals did the same with Ukraine, and they tried to do it with Kazakhstan, Belarus, Georgia, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. And they did so through USAID. Evil, evil stuff. Continue reading ‘My favourite thing is to take the oil in Iran’: Trump indicates possibility of seizing Kharg Island

Iran suffered ‘significant losses’ but still makes demands for reparations…

  • Internet access in Iran has dropped to about 1 percent of normal levels as a blackout enters day 30, according to NetBlocks.

Iran says US plotting ground invasion despite engaging in diplomatic effort

  • Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says the United States was plotting a ground attack despite publicly engaging in diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the war.
  • Foreign ministers from Pakistan, Turkiye, Egypt and Saudi Arabia meet in Islamabad, looking to de-escalate the US-Israel war on Iran.

U.S. Unleashes Uncrewed Sea-Drone Speedboats Against Iran — A New Era in Naval Warfare

Exclusive — Former Denmark Ambassador: NATO Must Step up and Help Trump Finish off Iran War

Escalation On All Fronts As Mediators Say Iran Hasn’t Requested Pause On US Energy Strikes

 

Israel announces it will “intensify and expand” strikes amid new wave of Iranian attacks on Gulf sites…

Yemen’s Houthis enter Iran conflict, launch attack against Israel

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have entered the Middle East conflict, launching their first attack against Israel since the start of the war. Join SkyNews.com.au for rolling news and political coverage.

Yemen’s Houthis Enter Iran Conflict with Missile Targeting Israel

Exclusive — Former Denmark Ambassador: Trump Has Been Talking About Iran’s Strategic Kharg Isla

Trump Has Been Talking About Iran’s Kharg Island Since 1988

Iran did not start the war but has suffered ‘significant losses’

Fatemeh Mohajerani, a spokesperson for the Iranian government, says Iran has not started the war in which the country has endured “significant losses”, both in terms of human casualties and civilian homes and infrastructure.

She said compensation is one of the demands that should be discussed in any negotiations, adding that control over the Strait of Hormuz and the lifting of sanctions are other key matters to be taken into consideration.

“We are willing to move towards a sustainable peace,” she said.

Europe’s shameful appeasement of Iran

The truth behind the weak response of the leaders of Britain, France, Germany and other countries is far simpler: They refuse to accept that the only way to confront the ayatollahs is with force, plain and simple. The same mindset that produced the 2015 nuclear deal is ascendant now—namely, that military force is always wrong and counterproductive, and that what is needed is a return to soft power and diplomatic initiatives. Continue reading Iran suffered ‘significant losses’ but still makes demands for reparations…

“Strait of Trump”

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US-Israeli war on Iran widens with first attack from Yemen

  • Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have confirmed their first attack on Israel since the United States-Israeli war on Iran began. The ballistic missile attack that was intercepted by Israel targeted Israeli military sites located in the south of the occupied West Bank, the group says.
  • US President Donald Trump has said he is “very disappointed” with NATO’s response to the war on Iran. Speaking at a business conference, Trump said: “I’ve always said NATO is a paper tiger. And I always said we help NATO, but they’ll never help us.”

Yemen’s Houthis launch missile attack on Israel as war with Iran intensifies

Houthi forces march in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah

Rebels say they fired a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting ‘sensitive Israeli military sites’ in southern Israel.

Donald Trump speaking at an event hosted by the Film Institute, highlighting key topics and engaging with the audience.

Trump Calls the Strait of Hormuz the “Strait of Trump”, Trolls Dead Iranian Leaders During Summit with Business Leaders

Israel Warns Tehran Attacks Will ‘Escalate and Expand’ If Iran Strikes Continue

But don’t worry, Iran is winning:

Remarks carried by the semi-official Tasnim news agency:

“We had previously warned that the aggressive American army had fled and hidden outside its bases due to the powerful invasion of the armed forces and the destruction of its bases in the region.”

“Trump and the leaders of the American military must realise that the region will turn into a graveyard for American soldiers and they will have no choice but to surrender.”

Iran’s Terrorist IRGC Lowers Age to Join Repressive Forces to 12 amid War

Trump: “Cuba’s Next”

Trump also told reporters, “I think something will happen with Cuba pretty quickly.”

Donald Trump speaking at the FII Institute event, delivering remarks in front of an audience with the presidential seal visible.

Trump: “Cuba’s Next By the Way But Pretend I Didn’t Say That Please… Cuba’s Next.”

President Trump on Friday renewed his threats to invade Cuba while speaking at the Future Investment Initiative Priority Summit in Miami Beach, Florida.

While speaking about the US’s invasion of Venezuela, where Nicolas Maduro was captured, Trump told the crowd, “Cuba’s next by the way,” before joking that the media should disregard his comments. Then, he doubled down, stating, “Cuba’s next.”

This comes as the Department of Justice is preparing to charge Communist Cuban leaders in cases related to drugs or violence.

Trump has also cut off the flow of oil by threatening tariffs on any country that provides oil to Cuba through an Executive Order last month.

Cuba’s Puppet President Says Raúl Castro Involved in Talks with U.S.

Continue reading Trump: “Cuba’s Next”

Trump: Iran desperately wants a deal to end this war

Iran: “Diplomacy has not stopped”

Pentagon Weighs Sending Another 10,000 Ground Troops To Middle East, Suggests Seizing Iran-Controlled Islands

Report: Pentagon Preps Massive ‘Final Blow’ vs Iran — Seizing Strategic Islands as U.S. W

 

The Pentagon is looking at sending up to 10,000 additional ground troops to the Middle East to “give the US President more military options”, the WSJ reported

Iran “Laying Traps” & “Building Up Defenses” On Kharg Island

Iranian forces are said to be “laying traps” and “building up defenses” on Kharg Island, in preparation for a possible US ground attack and takeover. Iran has recently bolstered its defenses around Kharg Island, anticipating a possible US move to seize the key oil export hub, CNN reported this week. The island is vital to Iran’s economy, handling roughly 90% of its crude shipments, and has become a focal point in escalating tensions.

There is also growing skepticism among US allies and policymakers about whether capturing the island would achieve its broader objective. Even some Republicans are starting to publicly push back against any possible plans involving ground forces.

Update:

Protecting the Strait of Hormuz: Iran’s Primary Sea Mines Facility Hit by Israeli Air Strike

IRGC Threatens to Bomb All Ships Sailing ‘To and From’ Any ‘Enemy’ Locations

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced Friday that ships traveling to or departing from ports belonging to countries it described as allies and supporters of the United States and Israel would not be allowed to cross the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel Warns Tehran Attacks Will ‘Escalate and Expand’ If Iran Strikes Continue

Lt. Col. Allen West: U.K., France ‘Being Held Hostage to Islamic Jihadism’

West said, “Domestically, they are beholden. They’re being held hostage to Islamic jihadism. Especially in the United Kingdom and especially in France.”

Trump delays attacks on Iran; voices displeasure with Australia’s cowardly PM

Trump delays attacks on Iranian energy sector by 10 days

President Trump Pauses Iranian Energy Plant Destruction, Announces New Deadline

  • US President Donald Trump says he will further delay attacks on Iran’s energy infrastructure by 10 days – until April 6 – as he continues to claim talks with Iran on a peace deal are going “very well”.
  • An unnamed senior Iranian leader told the Reuters news agency that officials in Tehran had received a US peace proposal, which the official described as “one-sided and unfair”.

White House Warns: Trump Will ‘Unleash Hell’ if Iran ‘Fails to Understand That They Have Been Defeated’

President Trump Confirms the CIA Told Him Iran’s New Supreme Leader Is Gay

President Donald J. Trump signs an Executive Order creating an anti-fraud task force to be

President Donald Trump is “prepared to unleash hell” if Iran refuses to “come to a deal,” the White House warned Wednesday, cautioning that the regime “should not miscalculate again” after suffering devastating battlefield losses, as U.S. forces — including Marines and elements of the 82nd Airborne Division — deploy to the Middle East to support combat operations against Iran.

Virgins!

Iranian military official in uniform with insignia, seated against a backdrop of the Iranian flag, conveying authority and leadership.

Iranian Navy Chief Responsible for Closing Strait of Hormuz Killed in Strike Along with Head of the IRGC Navy Intelligence Directorate

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting at the White House, flanked by two officials, with flags in the background and a call-to-action for updates.

Trump Slams “Paper Tiger” NATO for Refusing to Help Secure the Strait of Hormuz, Says “We Don’t Need Them” and He’ll “Never Forget”

Pentagon boss claims Iran now has ‘no navy, no navy leader’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said that Iran war is ‘stuff for the history books’.

Israel sends more troops into southern Lebanon as ground invasion expands

Lebanon’s PM warns Israeli actions and statements threaten Lebanese sovereignty and violate international law.

Australia

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is under fire after Donald Trump singled out Australia over its lack of involvement in the protection of the Strait of Hormuz.
Liberal Senator Sarah Henderson said the Prime Minister must stand up and explain how Australia had been criticised by the president twice in a month.
“The US is our strongest defence ally, and so this is pretty grim news overnight from the United States,” Ms Henderson told Sky News Australia.
 
“This is just a pretty dire situation, and the Prime Minister, frankly, has got a lot of explaining to do.”
‘Pretty grim’: Albanese under fire after Trump singles out Australia
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‘Pretty grim’: Albanese under fire after Trump singles out Australia

UN Adopts Slavery Resolution

UN a$$clowns say “pay the slaves” to those who abolished slavery. They didn’t ask the Arabs or the Africans, who still practice slavery to this very day.

UN calls for reparations to remedy ‘historical wrongs’ of  trafficking enslaved Africans

The vote in the 193-member world body was 123-3, with 52 abstentions. Argentina, Israel and the United States were the three members voting against the resolution. The United Kingdom and all 27 members of the European Union were among those that abstained.

UN Adopts Slavery Resolution Calling For Reparations Despite US, European Objections

 

Ignores actual modern slavery

The U.N. General Assembly on March 25 adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations.

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump (R) and Kwesi Essel-Blankson, museum educator, tour the Cape Coast Castle, a former slave trading fort, in Cape Coast, Ghana, on Oct. 3, 2018. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

The vote at U.N. headquarters in New York City saw 123 countries voting in favor of the resolution, with only the United States, Israel, and Argentina voting against it. Continue reading UN Adopts Slavery Resolution

Iran sez no talks with US as Trump vows to ‘hit harder’

The people don’t matter, the regime clings to power at any cost….

  • Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the US is sending messages through different mediators, which “does not mean negotiations”, while a diplomatic source saidTehran sees a 15-point US plan as “extremely maximalist and unreasonable”.
  • The White House has delivered a sharp message to Iran, saying President Donald Trump prefers a peaceful path, but is prepared to “hit harder than they have ever been hit before” if necessary.

3,000 Troops from Army’s Elite 82nd Airborne Set for Rapid Mideast Deployment

NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS - 2025/09/20: American soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division are ta

The Pentagon is expected to order roughly 3,000 troops from the Army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East “in the coming hours,” according to a Wall Street Journal report.

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Iranian media is reporting loud explosions in central and western Tehran as well as in Isfahan.

Loud explosions were reported by Iranian state-affiliated media and eyewitnesses across Tehran and Isfahan on March 24–25, 2026, as part of continued strikes targeting military, intelligence, and industrial sites. Blasts struck central and western Tehran, including near the Supreme Leader’s office and Parchin, while Isfahan and other cities experienced multiple, severe explosions.

Trump Says Iran Counterpart Allegedly “Agrees” to No Nukes After Initiating Talks — Says U.S. Will Seize Enriched Uranium: “We’ll Go Down and Take It Ourselves”

Donald Trump speaks at Palm Beach International Airport about progress on Iran, with security personnel and media present.

Iran’s ‘death to America’ threat rises as Trump is briefed on sleeper cells inside the U.S.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Iranian jihad group in UK takes responsibility for torching four ambulances of Jewish volunteer EMT service

The spokesturd of Iran’s top military command says country’s armed forces will fight “until complete victory”.

The comments by Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi of the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, carried by state television, said: “Iran’s powerful armed forces are proud, victorious and steadfast in defending Iran’s integrity, and this path will continue until complete victory”.

The general did not say what “complete victory” would look like, but it appeared likely Iran’s military was trying to warn against offering concessions in any possible negotiations with the US.

New York Times: ‘American Muslims are not attempting to impose Shariah principles on others’

The New York Times’ warning about “Islamophobia” relies on its readers’ ignorance of facts that it likely didn’t report about, or report about fully and accurately. The Times is all about constructing a narrative to support leftist political causes, not reporting the news. So it downplays and misrepresents jihad attacks, ignores Muslim declarations of imminent takeover, remains willfully ignorant about the Sharia imperative to conquer and subjugate non-Muslims, and then presents concern about Islam and Sharia as irrational racism, bigotry and “Islamophobia.” Well, sure, that’s what it is, once you’ve eliminated all the facts. Continue reading Iran sez no talks with US as Trump vows to ‘hit harder’

Bleeding Heart Communist Sympathisers Keep Supporting Cuba

“Cuba has an economy that doesn’t work and a political and governmental system that can’t fix it. So they have to change dramatically,” Rubio said on March 17. “They’ve got some big decisions to make over there.”  

If a deal can’t be reached, Trump has nodded at military action. He’s said, it “may be a friendly takeover, it may not be a friendly takeover.” Trump’s administration is also said to be weighing indictments for Cuban officials.

Members of the Nuestra America Convoy wave as they arrive at the port in Havana, Cuba, 24 March 2026

Aid flotilla vessel arrives in Cuba amid US-driven energy crisis

Activists say that aid delivery is small ‘gesture of solidarity’ meant to draw attention to US energy blockade.

The first boat in a humanitarian aid flotilla has arrived in Cuba to support the island amid a worsening US energy blockade that is deepening its economic and energy crises.

A boat carrying about 30 people, including food, medicine, solar panels, and bicycles, arrived in Havana, the capital city, on Tuesday, part of the “Nuestra America” or “Our America” convoy that set out from Mexico last week.

A blast from the past: Continue reading Bleeding Heart Communist Sympathisers Keep Supporting Cuba

Strait of Hormuz: Chinese Containership Is First To Pay Iran For “Safe Passage”

Trump can declare victory in Iran – and he should

The US president has proven that hitting hard and fast rather than engaging in endless negotiations guarantees victory.

Iran appoints new security chief

  • Iran has named Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr as the new secretary of the Supreme National Security Council.
  • Iranian missiles have created impacts in several areas of Tel Aviv, causing major building damage and at least four casualties.

Chinese Containership Is First To Pay Iran For “Safe Passage” Through Strait As Iraqi Tanker Crosses With Signal Off

The blockaded Strait of Hormuz is getting progressively less “blockaded” by the day.

Over the weekend we reported that “Iran was Ready To Let Japanese Ships Use Hormuz As Chinese, Indian Tankers Already Allowed Passage.” We can now add Iraq to the growing list of nations whose vessels are transiting the infamous Strait.

An oil supertanker hauling two-million barrels of Iraq’s crude got through the Strait of Hormuz, the first vessel observed moving Baghdad’s barrels through the the vital waterway – according to Bloomberg – since it all but closed to commercial shipping because of the Iran war.

The Omega Trader tanker Source: MarineTraffic
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The Omega Trader, managed by Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd, signaled over the past few days that it reached Mumbai. Its prior signal before reaching the Indian port city had been from inside the Persian Gulf more than ten days ago, suggesting the tanker had shut off its tracking beacon while making the transit. Continue reading Strait of Hormuz: Chinese Containership Is First To Pay Iran For “Safe Passage”