
The Independent - 1 hour 14 min ago
The US and Iran continue tit-for-tat strikes over the vital shipping route while a fifth of the world's oil supply remains at a standstill. But Gulf countries have been looking towards alternatives for a more independent future, Maira Butt reports...

The Hill - 1 hour 43 min ago
President Trump is welcoming Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to the White House on Tuesday morning as tensions in the Middle East simmer over renewed strikes between the U.S. and Iran. Al-Zaidi, a political newcomer who took office earlier this year after receiving Trump's backing, has made anti-corruption efforts a centerpiece of his government while...

NBC News - 1 hour 52 min ago
Watch live coverage as President Trump holds a bilateral meeting with the Iraqi prime minister amid tensions rising in the Middle East.

The Independent - 2 hours 26 min ago
Trump's 20 per cent toll on shipping could more than double the cost of transporting oil from the Gulf to Europe, say analysts...

Daily Signal - 3 hours 18 min ago
WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) – U.S. consumer inflation slowed more than expected in June, but that will probably offer little comfort to households or rule out an interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve this year, with the conflict in the Middle East still unresolved. The Consumer Price Index increased by a still-high 3.5% in...

The Independent - 3 hours 40 min ago
Prolonged conflict in the Middle East will likely see markets impacted but investors are being cautious for now...

BBC - 4 hours 9 min ago
While US inflation rate fell in June, concerns remain over prices rising again due to the renewed conflict in the Middle East.

The Guardian - 4 hours 13 min ago
Oil prices hit four-week highs and European shares fall after fresh US-Iran attacks and blockade on Iranian shipping Crude oil prices have hit their highest levels in four weeks, as Washington and Tehran traded attacks and the US reimposed a naval blockade of Iran. Brent crude has jumped $3.79 a barrel to $87.08 a barrel, a 4.55% increase, the highest since 12 June, before the ceasefire. The US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding to end the conflict on 17 June and engaged in negotiations...

The Independent - 5 hours 1 min ago
Andrew Bailey's remarks come as the Labour MP is now guaranteed to be the successor of Sir Keir Starmer next week.

The Guardian - 5 hours 30 min ago
US hits targets in port cities of Bushehr and Bandar Abbas while Iran attacks two tankers in strait of Hormuz Middle East crisis live latest updates The US launched strikes on Iran for a third day and Iran retaliated with strikes on US allies and tankers, hours after Donald Trump said the US would take control of the strait of Hormuz and charge a toll to ships for safe passage. The US military said its five-hour operation early on Tuesday hit targets across Iran, including the port cities of Bushehr...

The Independent - 6 hours 44 min ago
Oil prices hit a four-week high as the US and Iran traded strikes...

The Guardian - 7 hours 24 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 - 8 hours 36 min ago
The UAE has been the hardest-hit by Iranian retaliatory strikes and seeks to protect itself from further hostilities...

The Independent - 8 hours 47 min ago
The oil giant will report second quarter figures on August 4.

ABC News - 11 hours 40 min ago
Oil prices are higher and Asian shares have fallen, dragged lower by losses for artificial-intelligence stocks...

ABC News - 11 hours 43 min ago
Oil prices are higher and Asian shares have fallen, dragged lower by losses for artificial-intelligence stocks...

The Independent - 12 hours 34 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 - 13 hours 6 min ago
President Donald Trump has been trying to force Iran to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz for months...

The Independent - 13 hours 6 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 - 13 hours 35 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 - 13 hours 41 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 - 18 hours 25 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 - 19 hours 23 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 - 22 hours 42 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...