Category: 3. Middle East

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand, March 26 (Reuters) – A surge in diesel prices triggered by the U.S.-Israeli war onIran is pushing Thailand’s multibillion-dollar fishing industry towards a standstill, with fishermen warning that their boats could be idled…

Israel launched strikes across Iran on Thursday, hours after US President Donald Trump said Tehran wanted a deal to end the nearly four-week war despite its top diplomat rejecting any talks with Washington.

The conflict has mushroomed to draw in…

Brent crude tops $104 a barrel as hopes fade for deescalation in US-Israel war on Iran.

Oil prices have climbed higher amid fading hopes of deescalation in the Iran war following Tehran’s denial that talks with…

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said any talks with Iran must aim to end the war, not serve as a “tactical advantage” or temporary pause. He reaffirmed Iran’s right to defend its sovereignty while urging restraint to avoid…

YAOUNDE, March 26 (Reuters) – Trade ministers will meet in Cameroon on Thursday for crucial discussions on reforming the World Trade Organization, as some diplomats and trade officials warn that without an agreement, countries may set trade rules…

By Parisa Hafezi, Alexander Cornwell and Kanishka Singh

DUBAI/TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) – U.S. President ​Donald Trump said Iran was desperateto make a deal to end nearly fourweeks of fighting, contradicting the Iranian foreign…

Videos show scenes of rocket interceptions in the sky over central Israel after what Israeli media reported was a wave of rockets fired from Lebanon. Scenes captured by surveillance cameras showed the moment a large group of intercepting…

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to pause AI rollout amid growing backlash to technology.

Two progressive lawmakers in the United States are pushing for a moratorium on new AI data…

Russia’s foreign ministry has accused the US and Israel of deliberately trying to spark a nuclear disaster after a second strike near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant. It’s forced Moscow to evacuate more staff from the joint…

Home Affairs Department said decision to ban Iranian visitors amid the war on Iran was in Australia’s ‘national interest’.

Australia has temporarily banned visitors from Iran, claiming that the United States-Israeli war on the country has…