
The Independent - 1 hour 2 min ago
Oil prices hit a four-week high as the US and Iran traded strikes...

The Guardian - 1 hour 42 min ago
Plane bringing Houthi delegation home from Tehran had to divert after Yemeni government bombed Sana'a airport Middle East crisis live latest updates Iranian flights to and from Yemen are an unacceptable violation of the country's sovereignty, the vice-president in Yemen's Saudi-backed, UN-recognised government has said. Abdullah al-Alimi said in an interview that the planes contained equipment for the Houthi movement, which he said had transformed from merely a domestic threat into a...

The Independent - 2 hours 53 min ago
The UAE has been the hardest-hit by Iranian retaliatory strikes and seeks to protect itself from further hostilities...

The Independent - 3 hours 4 min ago
The oil giant will report second quarter figures on August 4.

ABC News - 5 hours 57 min ago
Oil prices are higher and Asian shares have fallen, dragged lower by losses for artificial-intelligence stocks...

ABC News - 6 hours 1 min ago
Oil prices are higher and Asian shares have fallen, dragged lower by losses for artificial-intelligence stocks...

The Independent - 6 hours 52 min ago
The U.S. has launched more strikes on Iran after President Donald Trump said Washington is "reinstating" a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz...

The Independent - 7 hours 24 min ago
President Donald Trump has been trying to force Iran to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz for months...

The Independent - 7 hours 24 min ago
Donald Trump has said the US will be guardians of Strait of Hormuz and impose a 20 percent toll on ships using it...

The Guardian - 7 hours 52 min ago
Just before the latest strikes Trump said Iran would be hit very hard'; UAE says Iranian cruise missiles hit two oil tankers in strait, killing a crew member and wounding eight US launches third night of strikes on Iran as Trump announces Hormuz blockade US Central Command said a little over an hour ago that it had finished the military's latest wave of strikes against Iran. It said in a statement posted on X : During the five-hour mission, U.S. forces successfully struck military targets...

The Guardian - 7 hours 59 min ago
This blog is closed our live coverage continues here Bahrain's military has accused Iran of targeting civilians with its latest attacks on the country, after Tehran said it had struck US military facilities and infrastructure there earlier. "Iran continues its systematic hostile approach through its heinous attacks with missiles and drones that target civilians in the Kingdom of Bahrain," the general command of Bahrain's military said, adding that air defences "intercepted and...

The Guardian - 12 hours 43 min ago
American president says ships will be charged for safe passage through strait in apparent policy reversal Middle East crisis live latest updates The US has launched its third consecutive night of strikes on Iran hours after president Donald Trump said Washington would reinstate a maritime blockade on the country and, in an apparently policy reversal, charge ships for safe passage. "These strikes will continue imposing a heavy cost on Iranian forces and degrade their ability to attack innocent...

The Independent - 13 hours 40 min ago
Sir Keir made his remarks after the American president claimed charging a fee on cargo for use of the Gulf channel was a "matter of fairness" to cover the cost of providing security...

The Guardian - 16 hours 59 min ago
US president declares waterway open and demands tariff as both sides engage in heavy drone and missile exchanges Middle East crisis live latest updates Donald Trump has once again threatened to take control of the strait of Hormuz, as he announced the reimposition of a naval blockade on Iran and demanded a 20% tariff on all cargoes shipped through the key maritime passage. Declaring the strait "open", Trump suggested in a post on his Truth Social platform that the US should be known henceforth...

The Guardian - 17 hours 18 min ago
Vote will allow Israelis to pass judgment on Benjamin Netanyahu and his handling of conflicts in Gaza and Iran Middle East crisis live latest updates Israel will hold national elections in late October, giving its citizens their first chance to pass judgment on the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his coalition since the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023. The Knesset, Israel's parliament, will be dissolved on Friday. With just a few days left in session, the most far-right government...

Newser - 17 hours 46 min ago
A fragile lull in a long-running war in the Middle East just snapped. Yemen's Houthi movement on Monday said it fired missiles at Saudi Arabia, claiming it struck the international airport in Abha in the kingdom's south after accusing Riyadh of bombing Sanaa's airport, Reuters reports. Saudi officials said their...

The Guardian - 17 hours 49 min ago
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reportedly wooed by Mossad agents after distancing himself from Khamenei Middle East crisis live latest updates Israel tried to recruit Iran's intensely anti-Zionist former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to lead a new post-Islamic regime in Tehran, even going as far as sending its top spy to Budapest to meet him, according to media reports. The remarkable quest to turn a leader who had denied the Holocaust and called for Israel's erasure began in 2022, according to reporting...

The Independent - 18 hours 11 min ago
It comes as a cross-party group of MPs called on the government to implement a total ban during a backbench debate in parliament...

The Independent - 19 hours 5 sec ago
The FTSE 100 closed up 1.00 point at 10,498.29.

Newser - 19 hours 21 min ago
Oil prices jumped on Monday following a weekend of attacks in the Middle East, while slumping AI stocks weighed on stock markets. Micron Technology and Nvidia helped lead the way lower after SK Hynix shares in Seoul fell to their largest loss ever. The S&P 500 fell 60.05 points,...

The Independent - 19 hours 27 min ago
The US military's Central Command says it controls the Strait of Hormuz but Iran's Revolutionary Guard rejects the claim...

Huffington Post - 19 hours 50 min ago
Oil prices are climbing following a weekend of attacks in the Middle East.

The Independent - 20 hours 5 min ago
As the war in Iran spreads again to Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait and Donald Trump announces a 20 per cent toll on all ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, it's time the Gulf states realised the US president is a dangerous ally, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley...

The Guardian - 23 hours 40 min ago
Brent crude remains below $80 a barrel; European shares push cautiously higher while Asian shares tumble with South Korea's Kospi down nearly 10% Drinkers across the UK were shocked when a pint in some London bars hit 10, and now a cup of coffee is facing a similar inflationary rate. Some baristas are now charging 6.50 for a flat white. Higher energy bills, inflated by the war in the Middle East , as well as government policies which have increased tax and wages, are filtering through into coffee...