
The Independent - 24 min 23 sec ago
Many airlines have cancelled flights due to rocketing jet fuel costs caused by conflict in the Middle East...

CNBC - 34 min 15 sec ago
U.S. Treasury yields dipped on Tuesday as investors continued to monitor events in the Middle East.

The Independent - 1 hour 54 min ago
The UK lender reported first-quarter pre-tax profits of 9.4 billion US dollars ( 6.96 billion), down from 9.5 billion ( 7 billion) a year earlier.

The Guardian - 2 hours 19 min ago
London-headquartered bank's shares slide as it sets aside an extra $300m to cover effects of Middle East conflict Business live latest updates HSBC has taken a $1.3bn ( 961m) hit to profits, fuelled by the fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran and fraud in the troubled private credit sector . The London-headquartered bank said profits fell 4% in the first three months of the year, dropping $100m to $9.4bn, compared with the same period in 2025. Revenue increased 6% to $18.6bn. Continue reading...

The Guardian - 2 hours 59 min ago
US says it has destroyed six small Iranian military boats which Tehran denies while Iran launched barrage of attacks on US-allied United Arab Emirates Donald Trump sends warships to break Iran's strait of Hormuz blockade India's ministry of external affairs said the attack on Fujairah in the UAE which injured three Indian nationals was "unacceptable" and called for an immediate end to the "targeting of civilian infrastructure and innocent civilians". It came after officials...

CNBC - 4 hours 4 min ago
An escalation in attacks in the Middle East puts the fragile ceasefire at risk, but market activity remains muted, with earnings keeping investors' attention.

The Guardian - 4 hours 41 min ago
Quintessentially almost quadrupled staff in Middle East and Asia less than year before wealthy began to flee Gulf The embattled luxury concierge service co-founded by Queen Camilla's nephew Ben Elliot embarked on what appeared to be an inopportune hiring spree in the Middle East and Asia before wealthy individuals began fleeing the region because of the US-Israel war on Iran. Quintessentially almost quadrupled staff in the regions from 22 to 84 during its financial year to 30 April 2025, according...

CNBC - 5 hours 3 min ago
Inflation had picked up materially in the second half of 2025, and the conflict in the Middle East had resulted in sharply higher fuel and commodity prices.

The Independent - 6 hours 41 min ago
The US president vowed to free commercial ships stranded in the waterway as part of so-called Project Freedom'...

Forbes - 7 hours 2 min ago
The USS Gerald R. Ford transited the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean and could be back home in the coming weeks, ending her record-length deployment...

CNBC - 8 hours 32 min ago
Tensions flared up again in the Middle East after Iran struck the United Arab Emirates.

The Guardian - 8 hours 41 min ago
US launched operation Monday to help hundreds of ships trapped with their crews in Gulf key US politics stories from Monday 4 May at a glance Donald Trump has threatened that Iran will be "blown off the face of the earth" if it attacks US vessels trying to reopen a route through the strait of Hormuz. The US launched an operation on Monday to help hundreds of ships trapped with their crews in the Gulf, dragging the region back to the brink of full-scale war. Continue reading...

CNBC - 9 hours 5 min ago
Oil prices declined on Tuesday, retreating from sharp gains in the previous session.

The Hill - 10 hours 13 min ago
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned the U.S. and United Arab Emirates (UAE) against military action as talks "progress" on ending hostilities in the Middle East. "Events in Hormuz make clear that there's no military solution to a political crisis," Araghchi said, referencing the U.S. military attempting to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz. ...

The Independent - 10 hours 41 min ago
EY has said events in the Middle East had adversely affected' Ireland's inflationary outlook.

PBS Newshour - 10 hours 51 min ago
The U.S. military remains poised to resume the war as tensions rose on Monday with President Trump threatening that if Iran fires on U.S. vessels, "they will be blown off the face of the earth." Ian Ralby, president of Auxilium Worldwide, and Ret. Admiral Andrew Loiselle, who has extensive experience in the Navy and operating ships and aircraft in the Middle East, join Nick Schifrin for perspective. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See...

The Independent - 13 hours 44 min ago
For 12 years, Sally Lane and John Letts have been fighting to bring their son Jack held in Isis prisons in Syria and Iraq back home to Oxford. They tell the story of how their lives fell apart to chief international correspondent Bel Trew...

The Independent - 13 hours 59 min ago
Fellow politicians criticised Ben-Gvir for having police officials attend his birthday party...

The Hill - 16 hours 8 min ago
Iran opened fire on U.S. warships in the Middle East on Monday and the U.S. military retaliated, destroying six Iranian small boats, according to U.S. Central Command's (Centcom) commander, Adm. Brad Cooper. The U.S. military intercepted Iranian cruise missiles and drones as the Trump administration launched an effort to get ships through the Strait of...

The Guardian - 16 hours 11 min ago
The announcement of the withdrawal of thousands of US troops from Germany underlines the urgency of a pan-European defence strategy As Donald Trump's second term has become overshadowed by plunging poll ratings and an illegal, ill-advised war in the Middle East, European governments have regularly been singled out to bear the brunt of the US president's growing frustration. Sir Keir Starmer's refusal to militarily back the attack on Iran led to unfavourable comparisons to both Winston...

NY Post - 16 hours 29 min ago
Oil groups said the state's decline in oil production led to California's overreliance on imported oil.

Newser - 18 hours 12 min ago
US stocks fell from their record heights Monday, while oil prices jumped following escalations in the Middle East that may be undermining the ceasefire in the war with Iran. The S&P 500 fell 29.37 points, or 0.4%, to 7,200.75, coming off its latest all-time high. The...

The Independent - 18 hours 20 min ago
US Central Command later said that two US-flagged merchant vessels had crossed the Strait of Hormuz under its guidance...

Daily Signal - 18 hours 39 min ago
President Donald Trump said the United States will come to the aid of ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz due to security concerns. “For the good of Iran, the Middle East, and the United States, we have told these Countries that we will guide their Ships safely out of these restricted Waterways, so that...