Oil surged after US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest response to his proposal to end the war in the Middle East, prolonging the effective closure of the crucial Strait of Hormuz. The International Energy Agency says the US-Iran conflict is causing the biggest supply shock in history. (Representational Photo/AFP) Brent crude futures advanced as…
More than two months into the Iran war, with ceasefire efforts repeatedly collapsing and tensions over the Strait of Hormuz continuing to dominate global concerns, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued clarification on a report that claimed he convinced the United States that a war with Iran would be easy and could trigger regime change…
By Nayera Abdallah, Elwely Elwelly and Idrees Ali DUBAI/WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s swift rejection of Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal sent oil prices surging higher on Monday amid concerns the 10-week-old conflict will drag on, keeping shipping through the Strait of Hormuz paralyzed. Days after the U.S. floated an…
As the United States and Iran grapple to reach a deal to end the war for good as it enters its 11th week, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu said that war is far from over as there is a lot left to be done. Netanyahu remarks came amid stalled peace talks between the United States and…
TAIPEI, May 11 (Reuters) – Taiwan is “confident” in the stable development of its ties with the U.S. and Washington has repeatedly said its policy towards the island will not change, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Monday of U.S. President Donald Trump’s upcoming China trip. Trump will be in Beijing from Wednesday to Friday…
An Iranian proposal delivered to the United States through mediator Pakistan called for demands for compensation for war-related damage and recognition of the Islamic Republic’s sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz,local media reported Iranian commuters walks past a large tiled image of Iran’s current leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, at the entrance to the metro in…
Bermudian Jahdia Spencer has been re-elected as a councillor for West Thamesmead in the Greenwich local election in the UK. Ms Spencer received 589 votes, securing one of the two available seats. A total of 10 candidates contested the election, with Ms Spencer and fellow Labour candidate Nathan Baffour-Awuah successful at the polls. Voter turnout was…
US President Donald Trump will press China’s Xi Jinping on Iran when they meet in Beijing in coming days, but their “highly symbolic” superpower summit will focus on easing trade tensions, officials said Sunday. US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport,…
Israel kept up strikes on south Lebanon on Sunday despite a ceasefire, Lebanese state media reported, with authorities saying two paramedics from the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee were killed. Israeli strikes in south Lebanon kill 2 paramedics affiliated with Hezbollah The state-run National News Agency reported Israeli airstrikes on more than 20 locations, including two…
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he had reviewed Iran’s response to Washington’s peace proposal aimed at ending the war and said that he “does not like it”. US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he had reviewed Iran’s response to Washington’s peace proposal (AP) Notably, Iran’s response called for an end…