Category: 3. Middle East

SINGAPORE, March 9 (Reuters) – Governments scrambled to limit the impact on economies and consumers from the widening Iran war, which fuelled a record surge in oil prices on Monday after key producers cut output and Tehran signalled that…

Iran’s Assembly of Experts announced on Sunday that Mojtaba Khamenei has been appointed as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, succeeding his late father, Ali Khamenei.

The decision was taken by the 88…

Israeli forces on Sunday destroyed a main water pipeline in the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, cutting water supplies to dozens of homes.

Sebastia Mayor Mohammad Azem said in…

SINGAPORE, March 9 (Reuters) – Oil prices came off earlier highs on Monday but were still up more than 15% at levels not seen since mid-2022 as some major producers cut supplies and fears of prolonged shipping disruptions gripped the market due…

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Images verified by Human Rights Watch show Israel fired white phosphorus in populated areas of southern Lebanon.

March 9 (Reuters) – The Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers will discuss on Monday a joint release of oil from emergency reserves coordinated by the International Energy Agency, the Financial Times reported.

Three G7 countries, including the…

By Parisa Hafezi and Maayan Lubell

DUBAI/JERUSALEM, March 9 (Reuters) – Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, signalling that hardliners remain firmly in charge, as the week-old U.S.-Israeli…

March 9 (Reuters) – Iran had sought India’s permission for three of its ships to dock at its ports, which was granted on March 1, India’s foreign minister said on Monday, adding that the government believed that it was the “right thing to do”.

One…