Oil prices rose by more than $1 per barrel on Thursday, recovering from the previous session's losses as concerns over prolonged Middle East conflict continued to threaten global supply.
Brent crude increased 1.61 per cent to $103.87 per barrel, (...)
Gold prices fell on Thursday, with spot gold down 1 per cent to $4,476.51 per ounce by 0555 GMT and US futures for April delivery losing 2.1 per cent to $4,457, as investors awaited clearer signals on Middle East de-escalation efforts.
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Israel launched fresh strikes on Tehran on Wednesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington was making progress in efforts to end the war, with the United States and regional mediators awaiting Iran's response to a de-escalation (...)
Military operations intensified between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other, with renewed strikes on key facilities and continued missile exchanges, despite a U.S. announcement of a temporary pause targeting Iran's energy (...)
Egypt has launched an intensive diplomatic offensive to prevent the Middle East from descending into "total chaos," promoting a potential dialogue between the United States and Iran as the "only way" to ensure regional stability.
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Iran has begun charging some commercial vessels up to $2m per trip to transit the Strait of Hormuz, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter, effectively imposing an informal toll on the world's most critical energy chokepoint.
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Three weeks into a war he launched against Iran, Donald Trump stood before cameras this week and declared the campaign was, in effect, already over. The United States and Israel had been so successful, he said, that the conflict was "largely done in (...)
Egypt has called for urgent de-escalation in the Middle East as military escalation between Iran, Israel and the United States intensifies, while U.S. President Donald Trump signalled the possibility of a diplomatic breakthrough with Tehran.
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وجه وزير الخارجية الإيراني، عباس عراقجي، انتقادات حادة إلى الرئيس الفرنسي إيمانويل ماكرون، على خلفية ما وصفه بصمته وتقاعسه عن إدانة الهجمات الإسرائيلية الأمريكية المشتركة ضد إيران.
وقال عراقجي، عبر حسابه على منصة إكس، إن ماكرون "لم ينبس ببنت شفة" (...)
Global energy markets were jolted on Wednesday after Iran carried out an attack on a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Qatar, triggering sharp increases in both oil and European natural gas prices and intensifying fears of prolonged (...)
The pace of military escalation in the Middle East is accelerating as the confrontation between Iran and Israel enters its third week, with intensified missile and drone exchanges and rising tensions spilling across the Gulf, amid faltering (...)
Gold prices have retreated below the $5,000 per ounce threshold as the conflict in the Middle East enters its third week, with investors weighing the impact of high oil prices on global inflation and the subsequent pressure on monetary (...)
Global oil prices rose on Monday as investor focus returned to risks facing Middle East energy facilities despite US President Donald Trump's call for countries to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for global oil shipments.
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The military confrontation involving the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other entered its 17th day, with missile strikes and air raids intensifying across the region and raising international concern over the potential impact (...)
Military tensions across the Middle East intensified on Sunday as Iran and Israel exchanged missile and drone attacks while several regional countries reported intercepting aerial threats, raising fears of a wider regional conflict and potential (...)
Iran is considering allowing a limited number of oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on the condition that their cargo is priced in Chinese yuan, a senior US official told CNN.
The potential move comes as Tehran develops a new plan to (...)
The confrontation between Iran, the United States, and Israel intensified on Saturday as each side reported new military strikes, while the ripple effects of the conflict spread across the Gulf region, raising fears of a broader regional (...)
New Supreme Leader of Iran Mujtaba Khamenei vowed on Thursday to continue strikes against US military bases in the region and maintain the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, in his first message since assuming office.
Khamenei warned of "opening new (...)
Oil prices climbed on Wednesday as markets questioned whether a planned record release of emergency oil reserves could offset supply disruptions caused by the escalating US–Israeli conflict with Iran.
Brent crude increased 59 cents, or 0.7 per cent, (...)
Military and political tensions across the Middle East intensified on Wednesday as Iran issued new warnings over shipping in the Strait of Hormuz while missile and drone attacks spread across several countries in the region.
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The conflict between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other intensified on Tuesday, as air strikes and missile attacks continued across the region, raising concerns that the war could expand further and threaten shipping (...)
Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56-year-old cleric who spent decades as the most powerful "gatekeeper" in the Islamic Republic, was named Iran's third Supreme Leader on Sunday, formalising a transition from the shadows to the pinnacle of state (...)
Military confrontations in the Middle East entered their tenth day as Iran continued exchanging strikes with the United States and Israel, while Tehran simultaneously witnessed a major political shift with the appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as the (...)
شهدت الساعات الأخيرة تصعيدًا عسكريًا جديدًا في منطقة الشرق الأوسط، بعدما أفادت وسائل إعلام إسرائيلية بتنفيذ غارات جوية واسعة النطاق استهدفت سبع مدن إيرانية إلى جانب مواقع تابعة للحرس الثوري الإيراني وأجهزة الاستخبارات.
وذكرت التقارير، التي نقلتها (...)
أفادت وسائل إعلام إيرانية بوقوع انفجارات ضخمة في محيط مدينة يزد الواقعة وسط البلاد، وذلك في تطور جديد ضمن التصعيد العسكري المتواصل في المنطقة خلال الفترة الأخيرة.
ونقلت قناة القاهرة الإخبارية في خبر عاجل عن مصادر إعلامية إيرانية أن دوي الانفجارات (...)