Hong Kong police have stepped up security around the consulates and officials of countries involved in the Middle East conflict, the South China Morning Post has learned. A source said officers had increased patrols at the consulates as a precaution since the outbreak of the conflict. The United States and Israel launched a massive attack…
Travellers are paying double the usual airfare on Cathay Pacific Airways flights from more than 50 cities to Hong Kong as the Iran war drives up demand for routes that avoid the conflict zone, with London, Madrid and Chennai seeing the steepest surges, the South China Morning Post has found. The US-Israeli attacks on Iran…
Nearly a week into the United States-Israel war on Iran and the BRICS bloc, a multi-country alliance that includes Tehran, has not reacted in any form to the conflict. To analysts and political observers, that seems out of character. When the 12-day war between Israel and Iran broke out in June last year, the bloc,…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tehran’s strike campaign threatens to disrupt shadow shipping networks and sanctions-evasion routes, raising energy costs for Moscow and Beijing and potentially squeezing Russia’s war funding and China’s industrial and military supply chains. As of Monday, the Iranian regime declared the crucial Strait of Hormuz — between Hormuz…
WASHINGTON—President Trump spent an enormous amount of political capital pushing for Senate confirmation of Pete Hegseth, who was pilloried over his personal problems and lack of experience running a major organization. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Now, Trump is leaning on his unconventional, made-for-TV defense secretary to sell his war…
An elementary school in Minab, Iran, was hit amid US and Israel‘s actions against Ayatollah Khamenei‘s regime. The strike on February 28 at Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school left dozens dead, including children, and became the deadliest known instance of civilian casualties since the conflict involving the nations began. However, no side has claimed responsibility for…
new video loaded: Iran War Pulls New Countries Into Conflict transcript Back transcript Iran War Pulls New Countries Into Conflict The conflict between Iran, Israel and the United States expanded on Thursday after multiple Iranian attacks pushed leaders in Britain and Italy to accelerate their deployment of military assets to the region. “I can announce…
Russia and China, Tehran’s two most powerful diplomatic partners, have labelled the US-Israeli war on Iran that has killed more than 1,000 people a clear violation of international law. President Vladimir Putin called the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday a “cynical violation of all norms of human morals”. Recommended Stories list…
Hong Kong should speed up the construction of the Northern Metropolis megaproject near the border with the mainland and the development of a commodity trading ecosystem, according to the draft outline of China’s 15th five-year plan. Other priorities included stronger integration with national development on the economic, technological and social fronts, especially deepening cross-border connections…
Hong Kong tycoons have expressed confidence in the Middle East’s economic outlook amid continued strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory attacks, stressing that the city’s economy is unlikely to be affected. Speaking to the media in Beijing on the sidelines of the “two sessions” – the nation’s annual parliamentary…