
The Independent - 56 min 51 sec ago
The Middle East conflict is a key factor in the negative forecast...

The Independent - 56 min 51 sec ago
The Confederation of British Industry warned that around 200,000 more Britons were on track to become unemployed.

The Hill - 1 hour 5 min ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's open defiance in striking Iran against President Trump's demands for a ceasefire adds to growing divisions between the U.S. and Israel over the way forward on the war in the Middle East. Trump and Netanyahu have moved in lockstep in major military operations against Iran, and the president has delivered...

PBS Newshour - 1 hour 6 min ago
For analysis on how the latest escalation in the Middle East will affect a host of issues in the region, Amna Nawaz speaks with Miad Maleki at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and David Makovsky at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

New York Times - 2 hours 8 min ago
President Trump insists that he has not violated his campaign pledge to avoid "endless wars," even though a conflict he called "a little excursion" in March has entered its fourth month.

Attack of the Fanboy - 3 hours 27 min ago
Who is calling the shots now?...

The Guardian - 5 hours 34 min ago
Recent exchange of missiles between Iran and Israel highlights diverging views between US president and Israeli PM The latest eruption of hostilities between Iran and Israel appears to have been contained for now after Donald Trump insisted he called "all the shots" in the Middle East, but in a dangerously fragile region Benjamin Netanyahu has again shown he is ready to take shots of his own. The exchange of missiles on Sunday and Monday was ample demonstration of the inherent instability...

The Guardian - 5 hours 52 min ago
Netanyahu acknowledges pause in fighting in TV speech but vows forceful response to future attacks Middle East crisis live updates Fears of a return to a full-scale regional war in the Middle East eased on Monday when Israel and Iran said they had halted attacks on each other after an appeal from Donald Trump to "immediately stop shooting". Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, acknowledged the halt in fighting with Iran in a televised speech, but vowed to respond "with force"...

The Hill - 6 hours 12 min ago
The U.S. military disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Monday that it said was in violation of the U.S. Navy blockade, according to the U.S. Central Command (Centcom), which oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East. An F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS Abraham Lincoln, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, fired a precision...

The Independent - 7 hours 10 min ago
The shaky ceasefire between Iran and Israel was just about holding after Donald Trump intervened in the latest tit-for-tat strikes, but both sides pledged to resume hostilities if there was any further breach of the deal...

The Independent - 7 hours 38 min ago
The FTSE 100 closed up 5.15 points at 10,373.20.

The Guardian - 9 hours 3 min ago
The arch-enemies' exchange had the potential to derail the push for an end to the broader Middle East conflict Middle East crisis live updates Israel and Iran have returned to active war for the first time since a ceasefire was agreed two months ago in an exchange of rocket fire that threatened efforts to end the conflict. Donald Trump, who started the war in February alongside Israel but has since attempted to present himself as a mediator, told the two sides to stop shooting and said "final...

The Guardian - 9 hours 7 min ago
With roots in Armenia, Syria and Saudi Arabia, the singer-songwriter now lives in the US. But despite her Carole King-style sound, her homelands are never far from her mind The title song to Azniv Korkejian's fourth album as Bedouine, Neon Summer Skin, recreates a perfect day from childhood. "Being taken to the pool, where my only worry is being dragged away when the sun's setting," she says, calling from Los Angeles. "Later on, mom and dad wash me in the tub and put me to bed...

The Guardian - 9 hours 53 min ago
Chokehold on shipping route draws Houthis in Yemen back into conflict as commenters see no turning back' Middle East crisis live updates Iran's reversion to large-scale military exchanges with Israel broadened the conflict that began in February not only by making the Israeli attacks on Hezbollah a direct casus belli for Iran for the first time, but also by drawing the Houthis in Yemen back into the conflict with as yet incalculable consequences. Some in Tehran, buoyed up by past perceived...

Skift - 10 hours 32 min ago
The Gulf hub model was built for scale and transfer traffic. The Iran war has disabled both.

The Guardian - 11 hours 26 min ago
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as South Korea's KOSPI index slumps by 8% UK companies opting to hire temporary workers over permanent staff, recruitment firms say SpaceX IPO: how can I buy shares, and what are the risks? Shares in European companies at the heart of the AI boom are falling sharply at the start of trading. Chip firms such as Besi BE Semiconductor Industries (-4.5%) and ASML (-3.2%) which makes chipmaking machines are among the big fallers on the pan-European...

The Hill - 11 hours 32 min ago
Israel and Iran traded attacks on Monday for the first time since a fragile ceasefire agreement was struck in April, sparking concerns of a resumed conflict in the Middle East. Israel said it struck petrochemical facilities in Mahshahr that produce "unique materials that serve as critical components for the development of ballistic missiles." Israeli forces...

The Independent - 11 hours 40 min ago
The Line, a 170-kilometre long and 2-kilometre wide megacity envisaged in the Saudi Arabian desert at the heart of the Neom project, was criticised by many as unrealistic and unaffordable...

BBC - 12 hours 24 min ago
The BBC's international editor, Jeremy Bowen, said the public are "right to be worried" as the consequences of the war will be felt for generations.

Mother Jones - 12 hours 27 min ago
The pitch deck from a new investment fund called Affinity Partners was one of the most laughable presentations the potential investors had ever seen. Consisting of 20 black-and-white slides, the PowerPoint resembled something an undergraduate would have put together. It verged on satire drenched in corporate pabulum, it touted "accelerating transformation through connectivity" and "aligned economic […]...

NPR - 12 hours 30 min ago
Israel and Iran's recent exchange of fire is threatening the truce in the Middle East. And, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading at an unprecedented rate, officials say.

NBC News - 12 hours 36 min ago
Iran and Israel exchanged strikes for the first time since the April ceasefire as tensions rise once again in the Middle East. After Iran's attack, President Donald Trump said he would ask Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "not to retaliate" and that he will have to accept any deal the U.S. negotiates with Iran, saying, "He won't have any choice I call all the shots." NBC's Richard Engel reports for TODAY.

The Independent - 15 hours 13 min ago
Investors' reaction to the resumption of hostilities was helping fuel a downturn in the world's financial markets.

BBC - 15 hours 21 min ago
Markets in South Korea and Japan are hit by a tech sell-off, and oil rises as Iran and Israel launch attacks at each other...