MIDDLE EAST: Not ‘a litre of oil’ to pass Strait of Hormuz, expect $200 price tag: Iran

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it will not allow “a litre of oil” through the Strait of Hormuz as the closure of the key Gulf waterway continues to…

USA:Woman charged with attempted murder after shooting at Rihanna’s home

aA 35-year-old woman from Orlando, Florida has been charged with attempted murder following a shooting at the home of pop superstar Rihanna, prosecutors said. Ivanna Lisette Ortiz is accused of…

MIDDLE EAST: Oil prices swing wildly amid mixed messages over Iran war

Oil prices are seeing dramatic swings as traders struggle to make sense of mixed messages about the impact of the United States and Israel’s war on Iran. Brent crude, the international benchmark,…

SWITZERLAND: At least six dead in bus fire

At least six people have been killed and others injured after a bus caught fire in a town in western Switzerland, according to police. The incident took place at around…

USA: A 600kg Nasa spacecraft to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere

A  more than 600kg Van Allen Probe spacecraft is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere almost 14 years after its launch, Nasa says. The spacecraft is projected to re-enter around 19:45…

PALESTINE: Israel denies women in Gaza ‘conditions to live’: Amnesty

Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip have been “denied the conditions needed to live and to give life safely” by Israel amid its genocidal war on the enclave, according to Amnesty International,…

LIVE UPDATES: US,ISRAEL-IRAN WAR

Over 40,000 Americans have fled the Middle East More than 43,000 American citizens have returned to the US from the Middle East since the conflict with Iran began on 28…

NORTH KOREA: Kim Yo Jong denounces ‘muscle-flexing’ US-South Korean military exercises

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has accused the United States and South Korea of “destroying the stability” of East Asia, as the two countries start…

USA: Some sanctions to be lifted on oil producers amid Iran war-Trump

United States President Donald Trump has said his administration will lift some sanctions on oil-producing countries to keep energy prices down amid the US and Israel’s war on Iran. Trump…

MIDDLE EAST: Israel launches new wave of attacks on southern and eastern Lebanon

aIsraeli forces have launched attacks across southern and eastern Lebanon, as Israel targets the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah amid the joint Israeli-United States war on Iran. Two Israeli air attacks…