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Iran ships some LPG, jet fuel despite US blockade, data shows

Iran has managed to export some liquefied petroleum gas and jet fuel since July, despite a US naval blockade, shipping intelligence showed, and people involved in security said. Tehran has in recent weeks been concealing such cargoes among ​a growing volume of ship-to-ship transfers by other Gulf producers off Oman, four people in maritime security who track Gulf oil movements told Reuters. The Iranian exports and methodology are ‌reported for the first time here. While a fraction of its former energy exports, the cargoes are rare evidence of petroleum products getting through a blockade that has halted Iran's crude exports. Analysis by US advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), which monitors Iran-related tanker traffic using ship and satellite tracking, shows at least eight gas tankers carrying Iranian LPG have left the Gulf of Oman since mid-July. Another tanker carrying Iranian jet fuel reached Myanmar in September, additional satellite imagery and analy...
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Scottish police charge man after apparent anti-Muslim attacks

Scottish police said on Sunday they had charged a 36-year-old man after a series of attacks in Edinburgh on Friday, which Prime Minister Keir Starmer said ​appeared to have an anti-Muslim motive. Five men sustained injuries in the attacks ‌and three required hospital treatment for non-life-threatening injuries, police had previously said. Videos on social media showed a half-naked, tattooed, white man who appeared to be carrying a large weapon chasing an Asian man and ​then attempting to break his way into a restaurant, before later being handcuffed ​on the ground by police. The BBC reported that the attacks appeared ⁠to have begun near a mosque in the west of the Scottish capital before ​continuing at other locations in the city. 🚨 BREAKING: A 36-year-old white Scottish man is being investigated by Counter Terrorism Police after five people were stabbed in Edinburgh He said after his arrest: "I'm protecting the country from these fucking Muslim bastards raping our young daughters" pic.twitter.com/ssrecw0hgi — Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) June 20, 2026 In a brief written statement on Sunday morning, Scotland Police said a 36-year-old man had been charged and a report submitted to prosecutors, and that the man would appear in court in due course. In a post on social media on Saturday, Starmer ​said the attacker "appears to be motivated by anti-Muslim hatred". Absolutely appalling. No one should face violence on our streets. The suspect appears to be motivated by anti-Muslim hatred. I will not tolerate this - he will face the full force of the law. My thoughts are with those who are injured and I thank the police and the emergency… — Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) June 20, 2026 That view was shared by the ​Muslim Council of Britain, which said the incident was "a direct consequence of political rhetoric that demonises entire ‌communities". Read More: Scotland probes anti-Muslim 'attacks' The ⁠Scottish Association of Mosques also blamed "language that portrays migrants, refugees and Muslims as threats to be feared rather than people to be understood". Northern Ireland suffered two days of anti-immigrant rioting earlier this month, which the British government described as "racist thuggery", following a knife attack ​for which a Sudanese ​man was charged with ⁠attempted murder. Nigel Farage, leader of the populist Reform UK party that tops British opinion polls, regularly criticises the government for failing to ​stop small boats that brought 41,000 immigrants across the Channel last ​year. Rupert Lowe, ⁠who broke with Reform to set up the smaller Restore Britain party, focuses heavily on organised child sexual abuse which he says is largely carried out by Muslim men of ⁠Pakistani heritage. Last ​year, the government told police to record the ethnicity ​of gangs involved in this type of abuse after a report detailed state failures to tackle the issue and ​a reluctance to recognise an "over-representation" of Asian men.

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