Saudi Arabia said it was facing a new barrage of incoming fire on Monday and that Riyadh airport would remain shut for now, days after Saturday's deadly
October 12, 2026Defense tech firm Anduril unveiled on Monday its Steelfin family of configurable and scalable surface-to-air interceptor missiles designed to tackle diverse aerial threats, as the
October 12, 2026Finance officials from around the world will gather in Bangkok this week under the shadow of a widening war in the Middle East, the biggest-ever energy
October 11, 2026Saudi Arabia says an attack on the Riyadh airport has killed 12 people and wounded over 300 others
October 10, 2026World stocks rose on Friday, with government bond yields and oil prices only incrementally higher, ahead of key economic
October 09, 2026US consumer sentiment slumped further in early October as the rising cost of living because of the Middle East conflict soured households' views of the
October 09, 2026A historian traces how Oil City brokers, then John D. Rockefeller, then futures exchanges decided what the world pays for crude – and why no one entity does today.
October 09, 2026If the Strait of Hormuz is open, why are gas and diesel so expensive?
October 09, 2026President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the US will not launch an attack on Iran before November's US midterm congressional elections, asserting that the two
October 08, 2026Tankers are facing a higher risk of attacks and intimidation as they try to get critical shipments through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran
October 08, 2026Dodging the broken glass carpeting her home in southern Lebanon, Mariam al-Yaghi exited onto her upper balcony
October 08, 2026The Bank of Japan said price increases driven by higher raw material costs were spreading to consumer goods with some firms hiking prices more often,
October 08, 2026Syria is carefully considering providing military assistance to key ally Saudi Arabia amid an escalating war against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, a US
October 08, 2026US Vice President JD Vance said in an exclusive interview with Reuters that Iran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its nuclear enrichment
October 07, 2026US Vice President JD Vance gave an exclusive interview to Reuters on Monday while campaigning in Alaska, a state that has emerged as a key
October 07, 2026Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces have staged a counteroffensive to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb shipping route and other strategic territory seized last
January 02, 2026The World Bank has raised Africa's 2026 economic growth forecast to 4.3%, citing stronger performance across the region, and urged governments to embrace
October 06, 2026ConocoPhillips Chairman Ryan Lance said on Monday he expects the oil price floor to rise to around $70 per barrel and sees a mid-cycle price of $65 to $70 per barrel for the
October 05, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump says he's turned down Iran's latest ceasefire proposal because it's not good enough
October 01, 2026The US State Department said on Thursday it has waived human rights conditions for more than $
October 01, 2026US stocks recovered from early losses to close slightly higher on Thursday, with the S&P 500 bouncing from a two-week low as a
October 01, 2026Representatives of the Syrian government and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have held face-to-face talks in Turkey to try to calm
October 01, 2026Iran is preparing a broader and more forceful response if the United States resumes large-scale military attacks, sources said, while continuing a diplomatic
October 01, 2026US President Donald Trump will not win this year's Nobel Peace Prize as he wages war with Iran, but his influence will still be felt by the awarding body that picks the
October 01, 2026Factory growth in the euro zone continued its upward march in September, hitting its fastest rate in more than four years, as resilient demand drove new
October 01, 2026Iranian officials say they have received an official U.S. response to Tehran's own proposal to end the seven-month war, which U.S. President Donald Trump rejected days earlier
September 30, 2026Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered Iran's foreign minister and his delegation to the U.N. General Assembly to leave New York earlier than they had planned
October 01, 2026Iranian officials indicate they have received an official U.S. response to Tehran’s proposal to end the seven-month war
September 30, 2026Iraqis celebrated the departure of US forces after more than two decades of war on Wednesday, though many feared that any
September 30, 2026Australian inflation accelerated in August as fuel costs surged anew and price pressures remained broadly based, showing no signs of easing
September 30, 2026President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he does not know if Iran is going to "give up yet" but cast the country as doing "very poorly
September 30, 2026Sugarcane processors in Brazil, the world's largest producer of sugar and second largest of ethanol, will pay more attention to the weather than to
September 29, 2026Qatar said on Tuesday it hopes that shuttle diplomacy between Iran and the US can lead to a breakthrough despite US President
September 29, 2026Britain’s PM is on a ‘Burnham bounce.’ When will he fall to earth?
September 29, 2026Trump open to Iran sanctions relief for ‘concrete progress’ on nuclear issues, US official says
September 28, 2026Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived in Washington on Monday for talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Saudi state news agency said, amid
September 28, 2026The Labour Party has opened its annual conference, the first with Prime Minister Andy Burnham in charge
September 27, 2026US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the
September 26, 2026US President Donald Trump has rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and halt regional fighting
September 25, 2026A good week for Iran at the UN – but latest offer to the US appears a non-starter
September 25, 2026Wall Street's main stock indexes were steady at open on Friday as AI optimism offset worries regarding high oil prices and rising Treasury yields, while investors monitored chances
September 25, 2026Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart met on Thursday and Moscow said both agreed that only a diplomatic settlement could end tension in the Middle
September 25, 2026Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said it was up to the United States to choose when the Iran war will end, when asked if the conflict could end by
September 25, 2026We aren’t trying to kill Trump, Iran’s president insists to reporters at New York hotel
September 25, 2026The S&P 500 ended marginally down on Thursday, with Microsoft dipping and Meta Platforms rising, as uncertainty about the Middle East lifted
September 24, 2026Saudi Arabia intercepted six ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis on Thursday that the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said
September 24, 2026Iranian airlines were barred from neighbouring countries including the UAE and Oman on Thursday in response
September 24, 2026Diesel prices are hitting record highs as the Middle East conflict intensifies, affecting American farmers and rural residents
September 24, 2026Iran and the United States remain far apart on how to end their war but diplomacy must continue, a senior
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