Iran-US struggle newest: Dubai shuts airport as Trump warns Nato faces ‘bad future’ if allies don’t assist open Strait of Hormuz | EUROtoday

Japan has no plan to dispatch naval vessels to escort ships within the Middle East, prime minister Sanae Takaichi mentioned, after Donald Trump known as on allies to guard tankers traversing the Strait of Hormuz.

“We have not made any decisions whatsoever about dispatching escort ships. We are continuing to examine what Japan can do independently and what can be done within the legal framework,” Ms Takaichi informed parliament this morning.

The US president’s name in a social media publish for US allies, together with Japan, to assist defend oil and fuel shipments by the strategic waterway places Tokyo in a troublesome place as a result of, whereas it depends closely on Middle East vitality, its war-renouncing structure limits the scope of abroad navy operations it will possibly conduct.

Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force has performed anti-piracy operations in waters close to the Middle East, however these missions had been policing operations quite than fight missions in opposition to state actors.

Japan can deploy its navy abroad to answer what it determines to be an existential menace to the nation, however that might be politically troublesome and a excessive authorized threshold for Takaichi’s authorities to justify.

“I would like to engage in solid discussions based on Japan’s views and position regarding the need for early de-escalation,” she informed lawmakers, forward of her Washington go to.

Australia is not going to ship ships to the Strait of Hormuz, federal infrastructure minister Catherine King mentioned this morning.

Ms King informed RN Australia: “It’s clear, obviously, the longer that the war continues, the greater the impacts will be felt, not just by us, but obviously the Asia-Pacific region overall. We’ll continue to monitor those events as they occur.”

“But at this stage, all of the ships that are planned to come into Australia are coming in. The fuel supply is holding,” she added.

However, she admitted that there have been native distribution points, however the nationwide gas stockpile would maintain Australia “in good stead”.

Dubai worldwide airport briefly suspended flight operations after a hearth broke out following a ‌drone assault this morning close to the airport.

The fireplace has been contained with no accidents, authorities mentioned.”A drone incident in the vicinity of ⁠Dubai International Airport (DXB) affected one of the ​fuel tanks”, the Dubai media workplace mentioned ​on X.

Emirates airline additionally introduced in a publish on X the short-term suspension of flights to and ​from Dubai.

Gulf Arab states have confronted extra ​than 2,000 missile and drone assaults for the reason that outbreak ‌of ⁠the US-Israeli struggle on Iran on 28 February, with targets together with US diplomatic missions and navy bases but in addition important Gulf ​oil infrastructure, ​ports, airports, ⁠accommodations and residential and workplace buildings.

Dubai, seen for many years as a secure and serene haven, now finds itself on the Foreign Office no-go – together with Abu Dhabi, simply down the street within the UAE, and Doha in Qatar. So what does this imply for the way forward for tourism within the Gulf?

The Independent’s journey correspondent Simon Calder finds out.

The Independent’s world affairs editor Sam Kiley has this report:

Millions of individuals lately watched a video posted by the White House displaying US strikes in opposition to Iranian targets. The clip didn’t simply resemble Call of Duty: it blended actual strike footage with footage from the sport itself, full with “killstreak” animations designed to reward efficiency and simulate achievement.

Governments are more and more speaking struggle utilizing the visible language of video video games and web memes.

Daniel Baldino has this report:

US vitality secretary Chris Wright mentioned on Sunday that he expects the struggle with Iran to finish inside “the next few weeks,” with oil provides rebounding and vitality prices declining afterwards.

“I think that this conflict will certainly come to the end in the next few weeks – could be sooner than that. But the conflict will come to the end in the next few weeks, and we’ll see a rebound in supplies and a pushing down in prices after that,” Wright informed ABC’s This Week program.