Missiles & layering mines: How Iran is preparing to foil potential US bid to capture Kharg Island

Iran is reportedly setting up traps and deploying additional military personnel and air defences on Kharg Island in anticipation of a potential US operation to seize the island, according to several sources familiar with US intelligence.Click here for live updates on Middle East warTehran’s defences include both anti-armour and anti-personnel mines, positioned around the island…

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Microsoft EVP Charles Lamanna confirms ‘AI perk’ during hiring that Nvidia CEO proposed giving engineers

Job candidates are negotiating AI token budgets alongside salaries now. And at least one of them made it a condition of joining.Speaking at GeekWire’s Agents of Transformation event in Seattle on Tuesday, Microsoft EVP Charles Lamanna said a prospective hire told their would-be employer they’d only come aboard if the team was guaranteed a certain…

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Strait of Hormuz disruptions: India buys first LPG cargo from Iran in years; tanker was initially bound for China

India has faced significant disruption to energy supplies routed through the Strait of Hormuz. (AI image) For the first time in several years, India has reportedly purchased liquified petroleum gas (LPG) from Iran after the Donald Trump administration granted a 30-day sanctions waiver to keep oil and gas prices in check. India had stopped energy…

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‘Will ⁠attack ⁠infrastructure’: Iran on reports that ‘enemies’ preparing to occupy island with help from ‘regional’ country | World News

Amid soaring tensions in Middle East, Iran’s senior official MB Ghalibaf has warned of a possible move by “enemy countries” to seize one of Iran’s islands with the support of an “unnamed country”, citing intelligence inputs and vowing a fierce response. He said Tehran is closely tracking all developments, cautioning that any such attempt would…

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Iran claims it shot down ‘F-18’ fighter jet over Chabahar; US fact-check tells a different story

The United States Central Command on Wednesday fact-checked the reports claiming that Iran had shot down an American F-16 fighter jet over Chabahar amid the intense ongoing military action in the Middle East, involving Iran and the US-Israel military partnership.Dismissing the Iranian claims as “false,” the US military command responsible for the Middle East, Central…

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