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Iran admits war toll but vows to hold Hormuz

US embassies refill posts, Hormuz stays shut and Hezbollah vows no ‘surrender’

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US-Iran war at six months: 82 ships redirected under US blockade, Hezbollah rejects Israel-Lebanon deal

Trump to mark 9/11 at Pentagon, not New York

Trump attacks New York Times report as he plans 9/11 commemoration at Pentagon

President Donald Trump walks to a vehicle after stepping off Marine One after landing at the Ellipse near the White House on August 28, 2026 in Washington, DC.

US diplomats, families begin return to Middle East

State Department lifts restrictions as six-month departure limits near expiry

A Bahraini armored personnel vehicle and personnel reinforce US Embassy security just outside of a gate to the building, surrounded in barbed wire, in Manama, Bahrain.

6,000 seafarers, 400 ships stranded in Strait of Hormuz

Mine-cleared Hormuz tests Iran’s leverage as Gulf states and Washington recalibrate

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the Pacific Ocean while conducting a tailored ship’s training availability off the coast of Southern California on April 30, 2017. The Sailor assigned to the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the US Naval Hospital Guam April 9 died of COVID-related complications reported by the US Navy on April 13, 2020.

Trump announces new US 'Space Academy'

New academy to train civilian and military recruits for strategic space rivalry

US President Donald Trump holds up an executive order establishing a new US Space Academy after signing it at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on August 28, 2026.

US-Iran war: Key updates for UAE residents this evening

UAE flights mostly stable, but Strait of Hormuz disruption still clouds travel plans

Children play at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Wednesday, August 26, 2026.

Trump renames Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’

The US president signed an order as tensions with Washington’s northern neighbour escalate

A map labeling Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' is displayed as US President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter after signing an executive order during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on August 27, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Trump's Iran war drags on as goals shift, talks stall

The conflict has evolved, with reopening the Strait of Hormuz now a central US priority

US President Donald Trump

US-Iran war: What UAE residents need to know tonight

6 months into the US-Iran war, Hormuz tensions and flight disruptions remain key concerns

Vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran.

Three US Secret Service officials placed on leave

Officials being investigated for potential misconduct

Members of a US Secret Service sniper team (above) look on during the IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, DC, on August 23, 2026.

Iran is running out of money. Can Trump outlast Tehran

Washington combines a naval blockade with a sweeping financial offensive

US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Trump is tightening the economic squeeze as Tehran faces growing pressure to find a way out of the war.

US Secret Service aware of video targeting Trump’s son

CNN previously reported that the Secret Service had knowledge of the Barron Trump threat

FILE - Barron Trump watches as his father, President Donald Trump attends an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event at Capital One Arena, in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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