
Deadline Hollywood - 1 hour 9 min ago
EXCLUSIVE: The Cult of NatureBoy will hit international screens in July. The series launches today on Hulu in the U.S., before rolling out July 15 across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The series explores the rise of online spiritual leader Eligio Bishop, known as “NatureBoy,” who used social media platforms to recruit followers to […]...

The Guardian - 3 hours 46 sec ago
Climate group calls for urgent windfall tax on excess fossil fuel profits, as delegates tell Colombia conference their nations are suffering The Middle East oil and gas crunch will impose as much as a trillion dollars of additional costs on the global economy while petroleum companies rake in spectacular profits from elevated fuel prices, analysis has revealed. The uneven distribution of risk and reward comes amid rising concern that the US-Israeli attack on Iran is worsening inequality, poverty...

NPR - 3 hours 1 min ago
Two months after the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran started the war, peace talks are on hold, with control of the Strait of Hormuz and the future of Iran's nuclear program as the two main points of contention.

The Independent - 3 hours 18 min ago
Several fibre-optic cables snake across the seabed of the strait...

The Independent - 3 hours 57 min ago
Grocery prices are still 3.8% higher than last April, but this is down from last month's 4.3%, Worldpanel by Numerator said.

The Independent - 4 hours 16 min ago
Shares in the FTSE 250 firm slipped in early trading.

CNBC - 4 hours 28 min ago
Markets have performed in an orderly way, despite the economic turmoil wrought by Middle East war, said Citi UK CEO Tiina Lee.

The Guardian - 6 hours 20 min ago
Tehran's UN envoy says full respect' of Iran's rights also key for lasting regional stability US is being humiliated' by Iran's leadership, says Friedrich Merz The US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has said Iran's oil industry is starting to shut production down because of the American blockade of the strait of Hormuz, the critical shipping channel via which about 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas is usually transported through. "Pumping will soon...

The Guardian - 7 hours 24 min ago
Energy company hails exceptional' contribution of oil trading operations as profits hit $3.2bn in the first quarter Business live latest updates BP's quarterly profits have more than doubled amid a jump in oil and gas prices linked to the conflict in the Middle East. The energy company said on Tuesday that underlying profits for the first quarter were $3.2bn ( 2.4bn), up from $1.38bn in the equivalent period a year ago and outstripping City forecasts of $2.67bn. Continue reading...

The Independent - 8 hours 17 min ago
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump's bottom line demands remain the same...

The Independent - 9 hours 57 min ago
The Strait is considered the world's most important oil chokepoint but there are other options...

The Guardian - 10 hours 16 sec ago
The RSF leadership, accused of committing genocide, used UAE as a safe haven' for family members and their wealth, records show A network linked to the leadership of a militia accused of genocide has amassed a vast property portfolio in Dubai as part of a sprawling "paramilitary-industrial complex" across Africa and the Middle East, an investigation has revealed. Family members, sanctioned individuals, and entities linked to the leader of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed...

Attack of the Fanboy - 13 hours 15 min ago
Travelers gearing up for summer getaways are facing a period of uncertainty as events in the Middle East begin to impact the aviation industry. The...

The Independent - 14 hours 59 min ago
Consumers have been warned they are yet to see the full force of the Middle East conflict feeding into prices.

Forbes - 15 hours 5 min ago
Filling a theme park in the middle of a war is far from child's play. However, over the past two months one operator in the Middle East has done that repeatedly.

The Guardian - 16 hours 41 min ago
Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei says actions of the United States strike at the heart of international law' as blockade continues in strait of Hormuz Iran is proposing that shipping companies should pay charges for specific services when they cross the strait of Hormuz, in a move that would enable it to raise money from shipping traffic without presenting the payment as a toll . Iran's framing is designed to maximise political and legal support for the plan it is developing with Oman. Iran has...

Deadline Hollywood - 17 hours 45 min ago
Paramount has noted it will be 49.5%-owned by non-U.S. investors after completing a planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. The stat came to light in a request Monday by Paramount for approval of the foreign ownership stake by the Federal Communications Commission. The company said the arrangement, including a 24% holding shared by three Middle […]...

The Independent - 18 hours 5 min ago
Iran's foreign minister said on Monday that Trump only wanted to talk because he had failed all his objectives...

The Independent - 18 hours 5 min ago
Iran's foreign minister said on Monday that Trump only wanted to talk because he had failed all his objectives...

The Independent - 20 hours 55 sec ago
Sir Keir Starmer said the Government was working to mitigate the impacts of the Middle East crisis on the economy and the supply of goods.

New York Times - 20 hours 3 min ago
Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in St. Petersburg on Monday. Mr. Araghchi's visit to Russia follows a weekend of talks in Pakistan and Oman.

NY Post - 20 hours 37 min ago
Behind the scenes, insiders said tensions have lately spilled over inside the London Bureau over Middle East coverage.

Skift - 22 hours 11 min ago
The Middle East was the world's second-fastest growing tourism region in 2025 and then February 28 happened.

The Hill - 22 hours 41 min ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow on Monday, with the two countries reaffirming their deep ties and pledging to work together amid Tehran's war with the U.S. and Israel. Putin said Moscow "intends to maintain" its strategic relations with Iran, Russian state-owned media TASS reported, adding that Russia is...