President Donald Trump on Wednesday said, "I love the inflation" after being asked if he was concerned about new consumer price index data that showed the annual inflation rate at 4.2%, a three-year high.
HAVING provided its explanation of why electricity bills have skyrocketed in the wake of the Iran war, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), in its June 8 anniversary commentary, moved on to explaining what it is doing about that problem, and what it thinks should happen next. That part of the discussion was much …
In the Gulf, the talk is about what comes next after the recent US strikes on Iran. This is because the US-Iran clashes have often resulted in Iran carrying out attacks on the Gulf states.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. would hit Iran "very hard" again, escalating his public threats as he pressed Tehran to sign a deal.
After insisting for weeks that a peace deal between the United States and Iran is close, President Donald Trump has escalated his rhetoric against Tehran, suggesting that time has run out to reach a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
Iran would be "unwise" to challenge the US further after it carried out strikes overnight in retaliation for the downing of a US Apache helicopter, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday.
Iran's ambassador in Vienna on Wednesday called a new resolution passed by the UN nuclear watchdog demanding access to Tehran's nuclear sites "counter-productive" and an obstacle to talks with Washington.
Iran threatened to halt its matches at the World Cup if unauthorized flags are displayed or slogans targeting the national team are chanted at stadiums, Iranian media reported, citing Sports Minister Ahmad Donyamali, following criticism of the team’s presence at the tournament.
Israeli settlers and far-right ministers have been slapped with new Western sanctions. But human rights groups and Palestinian campaigners say the measures fail to address systemic state complicity in the occupation of Palestinian territories.
VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog board on Wednesday demanded Iran fully cooperate with the agency, provide “complete information” about its stockpile of near weapons-grade nuclear material and grant its inspectors access to Iranian nuclear sites.
Twenty two countries across North America, Europe, and Australia condemned and demanded an ended to Iranian regime attacks against Jewish, Israeli, and Iranian dissident sites and individuals within their territories in a joint statement on Wednesday, in the wake of a series of attacks by alleged Iranian front group…
Ramat David Airbase in northern Israel was hit by a missile fragment overnight between Sunday and Monday during the escalation between Israel and Iran, the IDF confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.
Oil prices are higher this morning on renewed fighting between the US and Iran (and Trump rhetoric), while API reported a major crude inventory draw (for an eighth week in a row).
President Isaac Herzog called for Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to free the nation from the influence of Hezbollah and Iran in a video message on Wednesday.
The United States and Iran engaged in some of the most intense fighting overnight since all-out hostilities in the ongoing US‑Israeli war on Iran were halted with a Pakistan‑mediated temporary ceasefire on April 8.
US President Donald Trump said the United States may begin striking Iran's power plants and bridges due to the Islamic regime “tapping the United States along” in talks, according to an interview with Fox News's Trey Yingst on Wednesday.
With the regime still standing, Iran's missile capabilities operational and its proxies strong enough to fire back, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says that the war, more than 100 days in, is “back at square one”.
Markets continue to trade with a risk-off bias this morning, with equity futures and macro credit weaker, rates selling across the curve, as the USD and oil sensitive currencies outperform. It’s set to be another ugly day for US tech stocks as US equity futures slide ahead of today's CPI print which will see headlin…
Iraq’s government has set the end of September as the deadline for the disarmament of Iran-backed armed groups when the US-led International Coalition to fight ISIS ends its mission in the country, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump said he may order new strikes on Iran's power plants and bridges because Tehran is taking too long to make a deal, Fox News reported on Wednesday citing a phone interview.
Fighting between the United States and Iran has escalated once again, spreading beyond the Strait of Hormuz and drawing Gulf states into the confrontation, after a US Army helicopter crashed near one of the world’s most strategically important waterways on Tuesday.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that Iran has taken too long to negotiate a deal over the conflict in the Middle East and will now "have to pay the price."
As part of what the United States is calling its latest 'defensive strikes' after Iran shot down an Apache helicopter in the Hormuz region, American forces overnight into the early Wednesday hours targeted "air defense, ground control stations, and surveillance radar sites" - the Pentagon said. Iran confirmed that t…
The Zionist NGO Regavim will be taking legal action against Canada and the EU following the imposition of sanctions, Naomi Kahn, director of the International Division at Regavim, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump treats negotiations with Iran “like a bazaar,” former head of the Mossad’s counterterrorism division Oded Eilam said during an interview with 103FM on Monday morning.
Welcome back. In the news today: The U.S. and Iran launch strikes after President Donald Trump blamed Tehran for a U.S. Army helicopter crash; takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries; and House Republicans pass a $70B bill that will fund immigration enforcement agencies for 3 years. Also, trying to live a healthier life?…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek re-election this year, his Likud party said on Wednesday, amid tension with the US over the Iran war.
Following the US’s allegation that Tehran is responsible for the downing of a US army helicopter, Iranian official Ebrahim Rezaei contrasted that quick response with the Minab school attack, which killed more than 165 children and teachers.
From left: Yasuto Watanabe, director and CEO of the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO); Jay Y. Yuvallos, chairman of the East Asia Business Council; Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour, governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia; and Chea Serey, governor of the National Bank of Cambodia. (Photo by Sae Kamae)
Iran seized the financial assets and several properties from Iranian soccer star Ali Karimi over his alleged ties to Israel, according to a Monday X/Twitter post by Tasnim News Agency, an IRGC-affiliated news outlet.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has published footage of missile launches it said were aimed at American military facilities in several Arab countries, describing the operation as retaliation for recent US attacks.
What is there left to sanction in Russia? Apparently the European Union still sees plenty of opportunity to punish Russia over the Ukraine war, and is set to go after even religious leaders, now in year five of the conflict and many sanctions packages later.
Iran has launched a wave of attacks on US military bases across the Middle East on Wednesday, targeting facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan in retaliation for American strikes near the Strait of Hormuz.