
CNBC - 1 hour 45 min ago
Signaling diplomatic efforts for resolving the Middle East crisis were on track, Trump said the U.S. bid to guide ships out of Strait of Hormuz had been paused.

The Independent - 2 hours 57 min ago
The BRC warned that higher costs from the Middle East conflict would inevitably filter through to the till over the coming months.

The Raw Story - 5 hours 45 min ago
People were stunned on Tuesday after President Donald Trump started touting his unpopular Iran war and discussing it in front of a group of children in the Oval Office. The kids were at the White House to celebrate Trump's signing of a proclamation to restore the Presidential Fitness Test award, and in the press briefing, the president ranted about trans athletes in youth sports, then attempted to make his case for the Middle East conflict. Media experts were astounded by Trump's comments...

BBC - 6 hours 6 min ago
Trump lashed out at the pope for condemning the conflict in the Middle East, as his secretary of state heads to the Vatican.

The Independent - 7 hours 47 min ago
The US has insisted the ceasefire is not over' despite clashes in the Strait of Hormuz shipping route...

The Guardian - 7 hours 50 min ago
Rescheduling in May could be followed by summer cancellations as Middle East war continues to disrupt fuel supplies Two million airline seats have been cut from this month's schedules as airlines redraw their operations because of soaring jet fuel prices amid the Middle East conflict. About 13,000 fewer flights will operate in May around the world after recent cancellations, according to data from the aviation analytics company Cirium. Continue reading...

The Guardian - 12 hours 40 min ago
UK chancellor said to have told US treasury secretary she did not like his tone during meeting in Washington in April UK politics live latest updates Middle East crisis live updates Rachel Reeves had an angry exchange with her US counterpart, Scott Bessent, in Washington last month over the war in Iran, sources have said, in the latest sign of the deepening tensions between the two countries. The chancellor and the US treasury secretary argued in person during the spring meetings of the International...

The Independent - 13 hours 15 min ago
Trump's apocalyptic threats combined with his access to nuclear weapons see him vying with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un for role of global disruptor, warns world affairs editor Sam Kiley...

The Guardian - 13 hours 33 min ago
US president directs fresh criticism at pontiff days before secretary of state Marco Rubio's visit to Vatican Middle East crisis live updates Donald Trump has issued a fresh verbal attack against Pope Leo XIV, accusing the pontiff of "endangering a lot of Catholics" because "he thinks it's fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon". The remarks come two days before Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, meets Leo at the Vatican in an effort to ease the tensions sparked by Trump's...

The Independent - 14 hours 49 min ago
The President announced an audacious bid to use the might of the US Navy to escort ships through the waterway...

The Independent - 14 hours 59 min ago
EY has said events in the Middle East had adversely affected' Ireland's inflationary outlook.

NBC News - 15 hours 35 min ago
The ceasefire in the Middle East was in peril Tuesday after the United States and Iran traded fire and threats over President Donald Trump's new mission to force open the Strait of Hormuz.

The Independent - 16 hours 33 min ago
The Competition and Markets Authority said fuel margins have been broadly unchanged' since the start of the war in the Middle East.

The Independent - 16 hours 40 min ago
Many airlines have cancelled flights due to rocketing jet fuel costs caused by conflict in the Middle East...

CNBC - 16 hours 50 min ago
U.S. Treasury yields dipped on Tuesday as investors continued to monitor events in the Middle East.

The Independent - 18 hours 11 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 - 18 hours 35 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 - 19 hours 15 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 - 20 hours 20 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 - 20 hours 57 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 - 21 hours 19 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 - 22 hours 57 min ago
The US president vowed to free commercial ships stranded in the waterway as part of so-called Project Freedom'...

Forbes - 23 hours 18 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...