Explosions are reported on two more foreign tankers in the Persian Gulf killing at least one person, port authorities say.

Meanwhile the US says its Navy has successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, a shipping route crucial to global energy supplies.

The oil price rise comes despite 32 countries agreeing yesterday to release 400 million barrels of oil reserves. On Wednesday ...

Late that night, it was announced the then Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had been killed, and "all the neighbours were celebrating from their balconies or windows", she says, before ...