Crude futures finished down after European leaders agreed to US President Donald Trump's request to release diesel reserves to lower prices and reduce fuel
October 02, 2026Secretary of State Marco Rubio has waived a restriction on $320 million in military aid to Egypt that had been previously withheld over human rights concerns
October 02, 2026The U.S. military is moving roughly 9,000 troops aboard a group of ships to the Middle East
October 02, 2026The co-pilot of a passenger jet who stabbed the captain in an apparent attempt to crash the plane as it flew to Israel had
October 01, 2026A passenger who helped save a flight carrying more than 170 people to Tel Aviv from crashing says he knew how to stabilise a nose-diving
October 01, 2026US troops complete Iraq exit, as Iran and its allies celebrate
September 30, 2026Iran’s currency has fallen to a new record low, with traders exchanging more than 2.5 million rials to the U.S. dollar
September 29, 2026US forces are set to pull out from their last bases in Iraq by Wednesday, a departure celebrated as a victory by Iran and its allies who now have deep
September 29, 2026Toyota Motor said on Tuesday its global vehicle sales and production fell for a second straight month in August, as declines in China, the US and the Middle East persisted
September 29, 2026Oil prices rose on Monday, but eased off session highs on expectations that Qatari mediators would hold talks with the US and Iran to try to find a
September 28, 2026US President Donald Trump's administration was set to grant a limited waiver to its Iran sanctions program on Monday to allow for flights
September 28, 2026Seven months into the US conflict with Iran, with no clear end in sight, the global oil market has now largely exhausted the safety measures that exist to keep a lid on petroleum prices.
September 28, 2026Crude oil exports from key Middle East producers rebounded in September to 16.328 million barrels per day (bpd), the highest since the US-Israeli war on
September 28, 2026Iran says it is awaiting ‘definitive’ US response despite Trump rejecting latest proposal
September 26, 2026China’s vice president has unfurled the nation’s familiar list of global talking points at the U.N. He emphasized development, issued mild statements about the U.S. war with Iran, artificial intelligence and protectionism and made no direct mention of self-ruled Taiwan
September 26, 2026Oil prices fell about 2% on Friday on mounting hopes for a truce between the US and Iran and talk about a possible US ban on diesel exports, even as
September 25, 2026A defence pact between Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan could turn into a broader pact "for the Muslim world" that includes Iran, Turkey's parliament speaker said on
September 25, 2026The United Nations children's agency reported on Friday a rise in acute malnutrition among children in Yemen, including in the most severe cases, as
September 25, 2026Geopolitics initially took center stage this week, as the United Nations General Assembly kicked off and Chinese President Xi Jinping headed to Washington, but
September 25, 2026The United States has proposed that the United Arab Emirates host a trilateral meeting with Ukraine and Russia to discuss efforts to end their four-and-a-half-year war,
September 25, 2026European shares snapped a three-week losing streak on Friday as oil prices retreated for most of the week, although investors remained
September 25, 2026US and Iranian negotiators in New York are exploring a phased path out of war that would involve Tehran reopening the Strait of
September 24, 2026Iran’s president said Wednesday that his people have been ‘victims of terrorism’ by the United States
September 23, 2026US shares fell and benchmark 10-year Treasury yields climbed to their highest level since 2007 on Wednesday, after data showed US business activity
September 23, 2026Global wheat buyers holding out to replenish dwindling stocks face painfully higher costs when they return to the market in
September 23, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
September 23, 2026President Donald Trump says U.S. and Iranian officials met for about three hours Tuesday, shortly after he threatened in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t reached soon to end the nearly seven-month war
September 22, 2026France's President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday dismissed US President Donald Trump's claims of having secured peace in Gaza, saying not a single
September 23, 2026Canada is giving C$100 million in international assistance for Palestine, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday.
September 23, 2026President Donald Trump used his address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to defend the US-Israeli campaign against Iran while laying out his foreign policy
September 22, 2026Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi met with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in a meeting during which Iran's
September 23, 2026Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday the U.N had become unable to fulfill its duty of preserving peace and called for reform
September 22, 2026The Nasdaq notched a record high close on Tuesday, lifted by Micron Technology and other AI-related stocks, while the S&P 500 hovered just
September 22, 2026US President Donald Trump used his UN General Assembly speech on Tuesday to make the case for his war on Iran, arguing he has
September 22, 2026U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is pleading for “a world built on interdependence” as he makes his final address to the General Assembly gathering of world leaders
September 21, 2026Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he would use his speech at the United Nations this week to defend Israel's military actions against the
September 22, 2026China's Xi Jinping is expected to press US President Donald Trump to halt Taiwan arms sales under a 1982 joint
September 22, 2026US prosecutors are investigating Binance in connection to US sanctions on Iran and trading activity on its platform, a source with knowledge of the matter said.
September 22, 2026G7 foreign ministers on Monday called on Iran to end its arming and support of Houthis in Yemen, which they said constituted a dangerous pattern of escalation that
September 22, 2026A spokesperson for the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard warned that Iran would change its weapons, military tactics and targets if the conflict with the United States escalates
September 21, 2026Saudi startup Ceer made public its first two fully electric vehicle models on Monday and said it will launch five more models by
September 22, 2026A total of 17 commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on the weekend, down from 37 a week earlier, shipping data showed on Monday, as tension in
September 21, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
September 21, 2026France will summon Iran's ambassador and take appropriate measures in response after Iranian authorities sealed a French language centre affiliated
September 21, 2026A delivery company founded by Arabs takes on its competition in Israel
September 20, 2026Saudi Arabia has confirmed that Yemen’s Houthi rebels tried to attack its capital with a ballistic missile
September 19, 2026Iran's most prominent human rights activist says Iranians are suffering seven months into the war and paying the price for the conflict
September 19, 2026US defence tech firm Anduril's founder Palmer Luckey said on Saturday that President Donald Trump's delay in approving arms sales to Taiwan is affecting
September 19, 2026Tourists on the Greek island of Crete got an unexpected, front-row view of Medusa 15, a major military exercise led by Greece and Egypt
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