
The Independent - 2 hours 54 min ago
Ezz Al Din Abu Eisha reports from Gaza where the Education Everywhere' initiative has seen the seashore transformed into a makeshift examination hall...

CNBC - 4 hours 21 min ago
The moves target 11 entities and three individuals based in Iran, China, Belarus and the United Arab Emirates.

The Independent - 7 hours 51 min ago
US officials did not disclose any Iranian response to their offers as of late Friday, while ongoing hostilities inside the Strait of Hormuz threatened to upend the shaky ceasefire...

The Guardian - 8 hours 31 min ago
Norway's energy minister says country has a responsibility' to address shortfalls caused by wars in Ukraine and Middle East In case of any doubt about Norway's commitment to maintain and expand its production of gas and oil offshore, the energy minister, Terje Aasland, has a pithy response: "We will develop, not dismantle, activity on our continental shelf." This week, to the alarm of environmental campaigners, he announced that three gasfields off the country's southern...

The Guardian - 8 hours 31 min ago
As fuel prices soar, millions of people could reduce their electricity costs by installing home storage Consumers across the UK are bracing for the war in the Middle East to deliver a sharp rise in home energy bills from this summer. The looming energy cost crisis has prompted a record number of households to investigate green home upgrades to try to keep bills down, including heat pumps, solar panels and electric vehicles. Continue reading...

The Guardian - 9 hours 31 min ago
With the war on Iran, Ukraine, AI and climate breakdown increasing the likelihood of a nuclear war, the clock stands closer to midnight than ever before. So who decides how many seconds we have left and can we buy ourselves more time? The Earth is getting hotter. Conflicts are raging, in the Middle East and Ukraine, each increasing the chance of nuclear war. AI is infiltrating almost every aspect of our lives, despite its unpredictability and tendency to hallucinate. Scientists, tinkering in labs...

The Guardian - 9 hours 31 min ago
Fears over a natural disaster or cyber attack are pushing households into contingency planning, Link survey shows Millions of Britons are "prepping" for a potential "major disruptive event" by keeping a stash of cash at home, stockpiling tinned goods or ensuring they have a battery-powered torch close to hand, new data suggests. With war raging in the Middle East and Ukraine , extreme weather becoming more frequent, and warnings that the UK's critical infrastructure is at risk...

The Guardian - 11 hours 39 min ago
This blog is now closed Ceasefire under threat after strikes exchanged in strait The ship monitor Tanker Trackers has posted the following on X about the Ocean Koi oil tanker: Her new name is actually JIN LI (9255933), and has been so since 2025-11-30. Examining our data, we can see that she's transported various Iranian hydrocarbons on at least 16 occasions since 2021; and with full knowledge of Iran because half of her loadings were conducted directly at port in Iran while the other half were...

The Independent - 11 hours 44 min ago
US officials did not disclose any Iranian response to their offers as of late Friday, while ongoing hostilities inside the Strait of Hormuz threatened to upend the shaky ceasefire...

The Guardian - 12 hours 27 min ago
This live blog is now closed. Virginia supreme court strikes down new congressional maps in win for Republicans Sign up for the Breaking News US email A reminder that my colleagues are covering the latest on the conflict in the Middle East. Including secretary of state Marco Rubio's visit to Rome, to mend strained relations with Italian leaders and the Vatican after Donald Trump chided Pope Leo XIV for his stance on the war in Iran. Rubio told reporters in Rome that the US should get a response...

The Independent - 17 hours 47 min ago
The Trump administration has insisted prices will drop whenever Middle East conflict ends...

The Guardian - 20 hours 29 min ago
The US secretary of state met the Italian prime minister in Rome on Friday at a moment of unusual strain between Trump and Italy, driven largely by the war with Iran. Rubio called the meeting with Pope Leo 'cordial and important' and said he had explained the US position on Iran, in a fence-mending visit to Rome after sharp disagreements over the US-Israel war in Iran and Trump's criticisms of the pontiff Middle East crisis live Continue reading...

The Guardian - 21 hours 53 min ago
Diplomatic efforts continuing despite fighting in and around contested strait of Hormuz in recent days Middle East crisis live updates The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has said that Washington is expecting a response from Iran on Friday to its proposals for an interim deal to end the conflict in the Middle East, as Iran accused the US of breaching the increasingly fragile ceasefire announced last month. In recent days there have been the biggest flare-ups in fighting in and around the contested...

The Independent - 22 hours 23 min ago
The FTSE 100 closed down 43.88 points, 0.4%, at 10,233.07.

Skift - 22 hours 39 min ago
Meli says instability hurt first-quarter results in some markets while strengthening the summer outlook in others.

NY Post - 22 hours 50 min ago
The Pentagon's release of UFO files showed for the first time unexplained visual phenomena from the Apollo missions to the moon and in footage above the Middle East, but an administration official told The Post that "even cooler information" is coming in future tranches.

Skift - 23 hours 18 min ago
The Iran conflict forced a system-wide stress test on Gulf aviation. Airlines that use this disruption to redesign how they operate will emerge with a structural advantage. Those that simply wait for stability to return will find the window has closed.

The Independent - 23 hours 27 min ago
A number of industries have profited from the chaos wrought by the US-Israeli war in Iran...