Bahrain Says Iran Hinders Efforts to Boost Navigation Security in Gulf

Bahrain Says Iran Hinders Efforts to Boost Navigation Security in Gulf
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Bahrain Says Iran Hinders Efforts to Boost Navigation Security in Gulf

Bahrain Says Iran Hinders Efforts to Boost Navigation Security in Gulf

Bahrain called Thursday on Iran to stop issuing “irresponsible statements” and “hollow threats” and carrying out practices that could provoke tension in the region.

The Kingdom’s foreign ministry stressed in a statement that calm should prevail in order to respect all countries’ interests, sovereignty, and independence and maintain regional and international peace and security.

The Ministry’s statement was issued in response to Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi’s remarks in which he described an international security conference hosted by Bahrain as “anti-Iranian” and “suspicious.”

The Iranian official said that such meetings “are held to undermine regional stability and pave the way for foreign intervention.”

“The security of regional countries is inseparable and it is not possible for some to be secure at the cost of others’ insecurity. It is expected that regional countries prevent foreigners’ escalatory interventions by exercising prudence and foresight,” he added.

Mousavi’s statement reflects Iran's approach, which is in complete contradiction with all the welfare of the regional countries and their peoples.

Commenting on Iranian officials’ statements, the foreign ministry said they “reflect Iran’s clear determination to block all efforts and initiatives aimed at enhancing security, stability, and freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf and the entire region.”

Last month, Bahrain said it would co-host a conference on “maritime and air navigation security, scheduled for October, adding that 65 countries will participate in it.

It didn’t specify the participating countries, yet “The Guardian” Newspaper said on Tuesday that Britain, France, the United State, and European countries will attend.

Late July, Manama also hosted a major international meeting during which military representatives for the US, Britain, Bahrain and other countries discussed the possibility of forming a military coalition to protect navigation in the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz.

This decision followed attacks targeting oil tankers and the seizure of a British oil tanker amid aggravated tensions between Tehran and the US.



Ukraine Drone Attacks Target Moscow, Kill One in Russia's Southwest, Russia Says

An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over the city during a Russian drone and missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 10, 2025. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over the city during a Russian drone and missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 10, 2025. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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Ukraine Drone Attacks Target Moscow, Kill One in Russia's Southwest, Russia Says

An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over the city during a Russian drone and missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 10, 2025. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over the city during a Russian drone and missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 10, 2025. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Ukraine's overnight drone attacks targeted Moscow and scores of other Russian regions, killing one person and damaging an agricultural enterprise in the country's southwest, Russian authorities said on Friday.

Russian air defenses downed 155 Ukrainian drones between 11 p.m. on Thursday (2000 GMT) and 7 a.m. on Friday, including 11 bound for Moscow, Russia's defense ministry said on the Telegram messaging app.

Three of the four airports serving the Russian capital, Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky, suspended operations temporarily but later resumed, Russia's aviation authority Rosaviatsia said late on Thursday. A drone crashed onto the territory of an agricultural enterprise in the Lipetsk region, sparking a short-lived fire and killing one person and injuring another, regional governor Igor Artamonov said on Telegram.

The Russian defense ministry said that its air defense systems destroyed four drones over the Lipetsk region that lies in Russia's southwest. The ministry only reports the number of drones that its units destroy, not how many Ukraine launched, said Reuters.

Most of the drones overnight were destroyed over Russian regions bordering Ukraine: Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk, the ministry added.

Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.

Kyiv says its attacks on the territory of Russia are aimed at destroying infrastructure key to Moscow's war efforts and are in response to Russia's continued strikes on Ukraine throughout the war.