G7 nations have said they are ready to take “necessary measures” to support the global supply of energy after the US-Israel war with Iran sent oil prices surging. However, a…
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USA: FBI launches terrorism investigation after explosives lit outside NYC mayor’s home
New York officials and the FBI have launched an investigation into “an act of ISIS-inspired terrorism”, following the attempted use of two homemade explosives near the official residence of New…
MIDDLE EAST: G7 nations to hold emergency meeting on oil as stock markets sink
G7 nations will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss surging oil prices as crudejumped above $100 a barrel and stock markets slumped over the escalating US-Israeli war with…
BANGLADESH: Authorities shut universities, limits fuel sale as Iran war causes shortage
Bangladesh has closed universities and launched fuel rationing amid a worsening energy crisis linked to the conflict in the Middle East. Authorities shut all public and private universities across the country…
MIDDLE EAST: Trump vows control over Iran leader as death toll of US soldiers rises
United States President Donald Trump has again asserted that he would exert influence over Iran’s next supreme leader, saying that whoever is picked for the role without Washington’s approval is…
IRAN: Tehran names Khamenei’s son as new supreme leader after father’s killing
Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader, just over a week after the assassination of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in joint United States-Israeli strikes that have plunged the entire…
MIDDLE EAST: Oil soars past $100 a barrel, stocks plunge as US-Israel war on Iran rages
Oil prices have surged past $100 a barrel amid the fallout of the United States and Israel’s war on Iran. Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose more than 20 percent…
USA: Rihanna’s Beverly Hills home hit by gunfire- police
The Beverly Hills home of pop superstar Rihanna has been hit by gunfire, police say. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department responded to reports of gunfire at 13:15 local…
Starmer and Trump speak for first time since president’s Iran criticism
Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have spoken for the first time since the US president angrily criticised the UK’s Iran response. No 10 released limited details of the call,…
MIDDLE EAST: Trump administration denies reports that Iran captured US soldiers
Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s National Security Council, claimed that his country has captured United States soldiers since the outbreak of war last week. The comments came in a…