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Oil prices jumped on Thursday in Asia after a report that the US military is set to brief President Donald Trump on new plans for potential action in the Iran war.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth appears before a House Committee on Armed Services business meeting on the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2027 on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr.)
Oil rose to its highest price in four years, on Thursday, topping $120 a barrel as the US increased pressure on Iran.
The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, will be heading home following a record-setting deployment of more than 300 days that included participating in the war against Iran and capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, two U.S. officials said Wednesday.
Tugboats push a crude oil tanker into position at a pier handling oil imports in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong province, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (Chinatopix Via AP) CHINA OUT
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US President Donald Trump has said he could withdraw some American troops stationed in Germany amid a public spat with Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the war in Iran.
The US military is reportedly considering sending its long-range hypersonic missile to the Middle East — to possibly take out ballistic-missile launchers embedded in Iran.
SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- The United States has become the largest exporter of naphtha to South Korea following the outbreak of the Iran conflict, the industry ministry said Thursday.
Oil markets spooked as Donald Trump appears willing to maintain the US Navy blockade and Iran keeps strait of Hormuz all but shut
US Central Command has asked to send the Army’s long-delayed Dark Eagle hypersonic missile to the Middle East for possible use against Iran, seeking a longer-range system to hit ballistic-missile launchers deep inside the country Bloomberg reports.
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the US is considering reducing the number of its troops in Germany, amid a row with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the Iran war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with US counterpart Donald Trump, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Wednesday, adding the two leaders discussed the Middle East war and Ukraine.
Page Six has reported that Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson have seemed in a hurry to get hitched.
The majority of Iran’s highly enriched uranium is likely still at its Isfahan nuclear complex, which was bombarded by airstrikes last year and faced less intense attacks in this year's US-Israeli war, the UN nuclear agency's leader told The Associated Press.
Iran condemned Bahrain for revoking the citizenships of 69 people who were accused of expressing "sympathy" for Tehran during the US-Israeli war on the country.
China's factory activity topped analysts' expectations, albeit growth slowed from the prior month when it hit a year-high, as new orders saw a slowdown.
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El presidente Donald Trump se reúne con el canciller alemán Friedrich Merz en el Despacho Oval de la Casa Blanca, el 3 de marzo de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein, archivo)
Varias personas aparecen silueteadas contra una pantalla de vídeo durante el lanzamiento de la gira del trofeo de la Copa Mundial de la FIFA en Vancouver, el viernes 10 de abril de 2026. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press vía AP)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Making his first appearance before Congress since the Trump administration went to war against Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced withering questioning Wednesday from skeptical Democrats over a costly conflict being waged without congressional approval.
People are silhouetted against a video screen during the launch of the FIFA World Cup trophy tour in Vancouver, on Friday, April 10, 2026. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
Oil extended gains Thursday on signs of a prolonged U.S. blockade of Iranian exports and stalled nuclear negotiations, stoking fears that supplies will remain tight for longer.
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday the United States is weighing a possible reduction of American troops in Germany, with a decision to be made over "the next short period of time," after he decried European allies over a lack of support for the US-Israeli war against Iran.
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An Iranian football federation delegation, including a former member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said they turned back at Toronto's main airport this week, citing their treatment by Canadian immigration, and are set to miss a pre-FIFA World Cup gathering in Vancouver.
Asia-Pacific markets were poised to open lower Thursday, tracking overnight losses in key Wall Street benchmarks as oil prices extended gains amid a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, while the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady.
With less than three weeks to go the Trump-Xi summit in China, the scramble for leverage and superiority - whether in terms of the Iran war or the just as important supply chain of rare earths - is on. That explains why the Pentagon’s push to get its hands on the rarest of the rare-earth elements leads all the way t…
President Donald Trump meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House, March 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
US president’s threat comes after Germany’s Friedrich Merz suggests Trump team is being outplayed in its negotiations with Iran
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The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier leaves Naval Station Norfolk, June 23, 2025, in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/John Clark, File)
Interest rates are expected to be held at 3.75% by the Bank of England, with uncertainty dominating the UK and global economies.
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WASHINGTON, April 29 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday the United States is weighing a possible reduction of American troops in Germany, with a decision to be made over "the next short period of time," after he decried European allies over a lack of support for the U.S.-Israel war against Iran.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump held a phone call in which Putin put forward ideas to resolve the conflict over Iran’s nuclear programme.
Rafael Grossi, director general del Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA) y candidato a secretario general de la ONU, habla en entrevista en la sede de Naciones Unidas, el martes 28 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Yuki Iwamura)
WASHINGTON — President Trump is reviewing options, including renewed strikes on Iran, as negotiating progress stalls.
With things in the Persian Gulf and the Iran War 'stuck'... it's apparently time to pivot back to that other 'stuck' war, in Ukraine. President Trump on Wednesday spoke over the phone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, with the call reportedly lasting an impressive 1.5+ hours, and the talk centered on find…
Iran’s currency plummeted to a record low on Wednesday, dropping to 1.8 million against the dollar following the brutal US-Israeli war, coinciding with uncertainty over the fragile truce and rising energy prices worldwide.
Jules Hurst, acting comptroller of the Pentagon (left), Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of defense (centre) and John Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, faced congressional questions over the war. Source: Getty / Bloomberg
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected an Iranian peace proposal to lift competing blockades of the Strait of Hormuz and defer nuclear talks to a later date, as the US-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic shows no sign of ending.
Small businesses already navigating the costs and chaos of tariffs must now also contend with the effects of the war in Iran.
Iranian football federation officials will not attend the FIFA congress in Canada after what state media described as “inappropriate behaviour” by immigration officials at Toronto airport.
For fifty-five days and counting, the Islamic Republic of Iran has kept ninety-two million people offline.
US President Donald Trump said Iran must fully concede in order to secure an agreement with Washington.
Donald Trump has revived his “no more Mr Nice Guy” warning to Iran, as ceasefire talks remain stalled following the abrupt cancellation of the second round of negotiations in Islamabad last week.