
The Guardian - 23 min 36 sec ago
Meanwhile, as new 10-day truce in Lebanon enters its first full day, Trump claims Iran has agreed to suspend its nuclear programme Iran's foreign minister has said that the strait of Hormuz is now fully open to commercial vessels, reinforcing hopes for an eventual end to the war in the Middle East and sending oil prices tumbling despite analysts' warnings that there will be no immediate widespread resumption of passage through the vital waterway. In a barrage of social media posts, Donald...

The Independent - 2 hours 28 min ago
Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed more than 2,000 people and displaced a million since hostilities reopened at the start of March...

The Guardian - 2 hours 42 min ago
Lasting peace depends on resolving a border dispute dating back to 2000 and dealing with Hezbollah's weapons Middle East crisis live updates Israel's security cabinet first heard about the ceasefire with Lebanon from a social media post by Donald Trump. Hezbollah first heard about the ceasefire from the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon. Each side shot off as many bombs, drones and rockets as they could before the ceasefire imposed from above came into effect. Despite the US president claiming...

The Independent - 3 hours 38 min ago
Colombia's environment minister said global crises, including conflict in the Middle East, should accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels, even as geopolitical tensions complicate the energy transition...

Fortune - 4 hours 21 min ago
As Iran tensions threaten one of the world's most critical shipping lanes, the India Middle East Europe Corridor is being tested as a real alternative.

The Independent - 5 hours 1 min ago
A report by UN Women on deaths during the Gaza war was released on Friday...

The Independent - 5 hours 8 min ago
Cornwall Insight said its prediction for Ofgem's cap from July to September now stands at 1,837 for a typical dual fuel household.

NPR - 5 hours 41 min ago
Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group, acknowledged the ceasefire, but did not say whether it would abide by it and urged people displaced by war in Lebanon to refrain from heading home.

NY Post - 5 hours 44 min ago
Larry Fink's BlackRock posted blow-out earnings this week and you can thank the business it's doing in the war-torn Middle East, On The Money has learned.

The Independent - 5 hours 44 min ago
Satellite imagery shows three vessels actively loading new cargo at Iran's Kharg Island oil terminal on Thursday...

The Independent - 5 hours 50 min ago
Exclusive: Surviving a mass shooting 2011, during Norway's worst terror attack, left smund Aukrust with a firm belief in using politics to do good in the world. Now the country's development minister, he tells Nick Ferris why Norway has kept foreign aid at one per cent of national spending, even as other countries have slashed their aid budgets while wars rage in the Middle East and Ukraine...

The Independent - 6 hours 48 min ago
Tesco said that profits could dip over the current year as it flagged increased uncertainty linked to the conflict in the Middle East.

The Guardian - 7 hours 17 min ago
Bipartisan backing for special relationship is fraying as Middle East conflicts turn public opinion Israel's conflicts in the Middle East have driven a sea change in US public opinion, threatening a bipartisan consensus of support for military aid for Israel that has been the status quo for decades. In public opinion polling of Americans, among likely candidates for president, and even in pro-Israel lobbying circles, the special relationship enjoyed by Israel with the US is now under fire as...

The Independent - 7 hours 34 min ago
Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declined two requests on the same day one from the U.S. to land military aircraft and another from Iran...

The Independent - 7 hours 42 min ago
Jet fuel costs have rocketed amid a global shortage caused by conflict in the Middle East...

The Independent - 9 hours 1 min ago
At 4,523, the number of debt relief orders in March in England and Wales was a record high going back to their introduction in 2009.

The Independent - 9 hours 18 min ago
The conflict in the Middle East is still causing massive disruption to global air travel...

The Independent - 9 hours 36 min ago
As Donald Trump claims he has solved his 10th war, this time in Lebanon, chief international correspondent Bel Trew looks at the shaky nature of the ceasefire and explores whether it will last...

The Independent - 10 hours 17 min ago
Shares in the UK's second largest supermarket chain sit close to a 12-year high after increasing its share of the grocery market.

CNBC - 12 hours 19 min ago
A 10-day truce between Isreal and Lebanon takes negotiators another step closer to a broader Middle East peace agreement.

The Independent - 13 hours 27 min ago
Asian stocks are down, however, with investors watching for signs of a ceasefire extension between the US and Iran...

The Independent - 13 hours 37 min ago
The truce follows a heavy bombing campaign by Israel against targets it says are linked to Hezbollah...

The Guardian - 14 hours 59 min ago
This blog is now closed. Our live coverage continues here Iran has stopped all petrochemical exports to prioritise domestic supply and prevent shortages of raw materials, Reuters reported. The state-owned National Petrochemical Company ordered firms to suspend exports until further notice. Continue reading...

The Guardian - 15 hours 1 min ago
Ant nio Guterres welcomes truce and says through spokesperson he hopes halt in fighting will pave the way for negotiations' Hello and welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East. United Nations chief Ant nio Guterres has welcomed the ceasefire announced on Thursday between Israel and Lebanon , urging "all actors" to fully respect the truce. A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has come into effect, pausing fighting in a devastating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah...