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Sailors stressed and exhausted after months trapped by Strait of Hormuz blockade

The uncertainty has weighed heavily on the 20,000 seafarers trapped in the Iran war zone.

Iran government sells subsidised meat for Eid al-Adha under blockade

Iranians are seeing the price of meat, and other basics, escalate due to the US blockade and sanctions.

Israeli blockade traps would-be Hajj pilgrim in Gaza

For years, 64-year-old Najia Abu Lehia dreamed of performing Hajj with her husband.

Dozens of vehicles burnt as Mali jihadists enforce blockade

Mali is a landlocked country and depends heavily on fuel transported from neighbouring countries.

Israeli minister posts video of flotilla activists, threatens to jail them for โ€˜long timeโ€™

Detained activists from a flotilla of boats that tried to get past Israelโ€™s blockade of Gaza arrived in the port city of Ashdod aboard Israeli naval ships on Wednesday, as National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir told them that they should remain in prison for a โ€œlong, long time.โ€ Video released by Ben-Gvir showed the minister walking among some of the around 430 detained activists flanked by police and soldiers as he waved a large Israeli flag and told them: โ€œWelcome to Israel, we are the...

Israeli forces boarding Gaza-bound flotilla near Cyprus, activists say

Live broadcasts from the Global Sumud flotilla show commandos boarding several boats trying to breach the Gaza maritime blockade.