Kuwait said on Wednesday its air defences were intercepting a wave of Iranian drones launched since 8 a.m. (0500 GMT), according to the army.
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Oil Refinery In Iran Struck Despite Ceasefire, Tehran Strikes Kuwait, UAE
The National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company reported the incident, according to Shana, the news outlet of the Iranian Oil Ministry.
The company said the facility was struck around 10:00 local time. No casualties were reported.
Footage from Iran‘s Lavan Oil Refinery after what Iran claims was an attack by the UAE
Iran has already retaliated in the last few minutes with drones and missiles
Lavan a small but strategic facility on a 78 km² island.
It processes ~35,000 bpd of crude + 20,000 bpd condensate into naphtha, gasoline, kerosene, gas oil & fuel oil.
Source: Rerum Novarum
Explosions reported at Iran‘s Lavan refinery and Sirri Island hours after ceasefire
Multiple explosions were reported Wednesday morning at Iran‘s Lavan refinery and Sirri Island, hours after the U.S.-Iran ceasefire was announced, with the source of the blasts unknown, Iran‘s Mehr news agency reported.
Mysterious blasts hit Iran’s Lavan refinery after US-Iran ceasefire
The explosions came shortly after Trump announced that Tehran had submitted a “workable” 10‑point negotiation framework, leading to a temporary halt in the joint US‑Israeli military campaign that began on February 28.
How did Jeffrey Epstein make all of his money?
(December 16, 2025)
In an emailed statement to CBS MoneyWatch in June of 2023, JPMorgan called Epstein‘s behavior „monstrous,“ and said it regretted any association with the disgraced financier.
Epstein also had financial dealings with Deutsche Bank, which in May 2023 agreed to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the German bank „knowingly benefited“ from his sex trafficking and profited from doing business with him.
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In October, Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland, pointed to $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions that had been flagged by the banks and were tied to Epstein‘s alleged sex trafficking crimes. The same month, Bank of America was sued by one of Epstein‘s victims, who alleged the bank facilitated and also benefited from his alleged crimes.
Solomon Islands PM Sogavare skips Biden-led summit
Sogavare‘s no-show at the two-day summit, which will run through Tuesday, represents a significant blow to the Biden administration‘s efforts to rebuild influence in the Pacific region.
US Opens Diplomatic Ties With Cook Islands in Bid to Woo Pacific
“The United States is committed to ensuring an Indo-Pacific region that is free, open, prosperous and secure. We’re committed to working with all the nations around this table to achieve that goal,” Biden said Monday at the Pacific Islands Forum Summit at the White House.
Russian PM visits disputed island amid Japan‘s opposition
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin visited the disputed island of Iturup, known as Etorofu in Japanese, on Monday, triggering a new round of criticism and protests between Moscow and Tokyo.
Mishustin inspected a hospital and talked with representatives from a fish processing plant on Iturup, one of the four Pacific islands claimed by both countries, called the Southern Kurils in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan.
Chagos Islanders Sue the Queen £1 Billion for Lost Fishing Rights
British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago) is best known for the top secret US naval base on Diego Garcia Island and the forced deportation of the original Afro-Creole inhabitants from the Chagos Archipelago (1967-1973) and subsequent apartheid laws barring them from returning home.
Huge quake edges New Zealand islands closer together
„The whole area is going down maybe 10 to 20 millimetres. It‘s not a huge amount but it is observable at our sites,“ she said. GNS principal scientist, Kevin Berryman, said all earthquakes of 7.5 and above are very complex but it was „certainly unusual“ for 25 faults to rupture simultaneously.
The Korean unification flag is nearly everywhere ahead of the North-South summit — and Japan is fuming
The Korean unification flag features a set of disputed islands between Japan and South Korea that have been a source of tension for over a millennia.
Japan to bolster patrols near disputed isles
The move comes after Japan spotted a Chinese nuclear-powered submarine in disputed waters early this year.
The uninhabited islets are at the centre of a festering row between Tokyo and Beijing, which is also involved in a widening dispute with several Southeast Asian countries over islands in the South China Sea.