The U.S. strikes on Kharg Island and Trump's threat to hit Iran's oil infrastructure mark a major escalation in the war, according to JPMorgan.

Iran's foreign minister said the U.S

The United States has launched a major strike on Iran's key oil export hub, Kharg Island, raising fears of a wider regional confrontation as Tehran warned it could target American business facilities if its energy infrastructure comes under attack.

The tiny island is home to one of the most critical pieces of Iran's energy infrastructure.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said U.S

Iran: US army targeted Abu Musa and Kharg islands with its missiles

Iran war: Morning update Good morning, Middle East Eye readers, Here are some of the latest key updates from the Iran war: The US bombed military installations on Irans Kharg Island, close to the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump announced

Tehran threatens to reduce US-linked oil facilities to 'pile of ashes' if oil structures on the island are attacked.

Donald Trump shared footage of US air strikes on Iran's Kharg Island.

The Love Island host explains why she is keen to move into acting after joining the cast of The Gentlemen.

Iran warns of retaliation against US-linked oil sites if energy sector attacked Iran warned that any attack on its oil and energy infrastructure would trigger retaliatory strikes on facilities in the region owned by companies with American shares or those cooperating with the United States, state media reported, citing Tehrans Khatam al-Anbiya military command headquarters. The statement came after US President Donald Trump said American forces had struck military targets on Irans Kharg Island, which handles most of the countrys crude exports

Fars: Kharg Island defence systems reactivated hour after US attack US President Donald Trumps claim that American strikes destroyed air defences on Kharg Island was incorrect, Irans Fars News Agency quoted an informed source as saying

BBC Security Brief's Mikey Kay breaks down why Kharg Island is so strategically important for Tehran.

President Trump said in a Truth Social post that he directed U.S. Central Command to execute a bombing raid that "obliterated" military targets on Kharg Island.

Intense strikes target central Tehran as US president says 'powerful' bombing raid hit Iranian forces on Kharg Island.

US bombs Irans Kharg Island The US has bombed military installations on Irans Kharg Island, close to the Strait of Hormuz, US President Donald Trump has announced

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday Said on Friday that the United States carried out strikes against "every military target" on Iran's Kharg Island export hub

It comes at a time when the Caribbean island is grappling with a worsening economic crisis.

Exclusive: Sole Muslim woman on Trump religious committee resigning in protest Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Thu, 03/12/2026 - 19:31 Sameerah Munshi's decision follows White House's firing of Carrie Prejean-Boller, who insisted Catholicism and Zionism are not compatible Sameerah Munshi speaks at the Baccalaureate Ceremony at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island on 31 May 2023 (supplied) Off The only Muslim woman on US President Donald Trump's religious freedom committee is resigning, Middle East Eye can reveal

On Iran's 'Forbidden Island' of Kharg, ancient ruins sit beside the nerve centre of the nation's oil empire.

The US president repeats claims that Cuba is ready to negotiate as it faces a spiralling energy and economic crisis.

During a White House event with the Inter Miami CF soccer team, the US president said the island was ready to fall.

The body of Piper James was found in January surrounded by dingoes on the island of K'Gari.

Mosiuoa Lekota was imprisoned with former South African President Nelson Mandela on Robben Island.

The cabinet member "voluntarily" agreed to be interviewed, weeks after acknowledging that he visited Epstein's island.

Britain, France and Greece said they were sending air-defense forces to Cyprus after Iranian-made drones struck the British Royal Air Force Akrotiri base on the island.

The remote Yonaguni island lies on the frontlines of self-governing Taiwan's growing tensions with China.

A U.S

TAIPEI, Feb 24 (Reuters) - A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck just off the coast of Taiwan's northeastern county of Yilan on Tuesday, the island's weather administration said, with no reports of damage

Feb 23 (Reuters) - Canada said on Monday it plans to provide assistance to Cuba while the island grapples with fuel shortages after Washington moved to choke off Cuba's oil supplies

Denmarks defense minister on Sunday rejected a plan by President Trump to send a great hospital boat to Greenland, the Arctic island and semiautonomous territory of Denmark that Mr

One hundred and fifty eight captive-bred juvenile tortoises were released on the Galpagos island of Floreana

The native species was driven to extinction by sailors in the 1800s

His comments come as the Caribbean island nation grapples with a worsening economic crisis.

WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Billionaire Leslie Wexner said on Wednesday he once visited the island of late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein but denied having knowledge of his criminal activity

COPENHAGEN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Nordic government ministers will meet in Denmark on Wednesday to discuss elevating Greenland and two other autonomous territories to equal status in a regional forum, boosting cooperation after U.S

Robert Dorgan - who also went by the name Roberta Esposito - was found dead inside the Pawtucket arena.

Investigators had spoken to nearly 100 witnesses as of Monday evening as they attempt to piece together what happened inside the Dennis M

Two people were killed and three others were injured at a shooting at a high school hockey game in Pawtucket

HAVANA, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Garbage has begun to pile up on street corners in the Cuban capital of Havana, attracting hordes of flies and reeking of rotten food, in one of the most visible impacts of the U.S

The postponement comes as the island nation's communist-run government endures its biggest test since the collapse of the Soviet Union

HM Coastguard Southend says the van driver had been trying to get to Foulness Island.

TEHRAN Tensions over Greenland were already high in the weeks before the 2026 Munich Security Conference

Cubas government appears to be on the brink of economic collapse amid a worsening energy crisis.