
The Guardian - 3 hours 36 min ago
FTSE 100 and other markets climb after president downplays prospect of further strikes in Middle East Business live latest updates Oil prices have fallen to the lowest level since late August while stock markets climbed higher, as markets reacted with relief to Donald Trump saying that the war on Iran is "effectively over" . Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, fell nearly 3% to $89.66, the lowest since 31 August, on Tuesday morning, after the US president downplayed the need for military...

Twitchy - 4 hours 44 min ago
Army officer accuses Maryland Gov. Wes Moore of lying about his Afghanistan combat service.

Skift - 7 hours 14 min ago
The Middle East is a small slice of most hotel chains' revenue but a bigger part of their pipelines. So far, they're holding to their development plans, even as a second weak peak season looms.

The Guardian - 7 hours 29 min ago
Exclusive: Iran war has fuelled energy price rise and clouded outlook, driving up unemployment, says Clare Lombardelli Young people in Britain are bearing the brunt of a "low-gear economy" as employers hold back from hiring amid the fallout from the war in the Middle East, a deputy governor of the Bank of England has warned. Clare Lombardelli, the Bank's deputy governor for monetary policy, said the unfolding conflict, which has triggered a surge in energy prices and clouded the outlook...

The Hill - 10 hours 30 min ago
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Monday described talks about Iran with the U.S. as "positive." "It was great meeting with President @realDonaldTrump and Vice President @VP in Washington," the prime minister said in a post to the social platform X Monday evening. "We discussed the situation in the region and...

BBC - 10 hours 51 min ago
The president says the US is keeping "status quo" with Iran but remains "locked and loaded" should the situation in the Middle East change.

The Hill - 14 hours 58 min ago
President Trump downplayed the possibility of renewed military action against Iran but said the U.S. was maintaining its wartime posture in the Middle East to protect allied Arab and Gulf partners, speaking from the White House on Monday. Trump's comments came following a meeting with the primary interlocutor with Iran, Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed...

Extra - 17 hours 18 min ago
Fresh from the Morocco set of "The Gentlemen" Season 3, Theo James hit the carpet at an FYC event in Los Angeles. "Extra" spoke with Theo, who teased where the story is going, sharing, "Season 3 is expanding into the Middle East. We're taking the story in a wider direction, and my character is going to go down a deeper and darker descent into hell, in many ways." When asked if he would be able to survive the world of "The Gentlemen" in real life, James answered...

Variety - 20 hours 40 min ago
Jerusalem-based director Muayad Alayan’s drama “Conversation With the Sea,” about an elderly Palestinian man who is suddenly ordered by an Israeli court to pay a large social security debt pertaining to a long deceased son, will soon get its Middle East launch at the Doha Film Festival. After playing positively in Venice and Toronto, “Conversation […]...