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"We will not initiate war, but we possess overwhelming power to confront any aggression,” Iranian military commander Hossein Salami declared a year ago, just months before he was killed in an Israeli air strike.
Initiating peace talks in the Iran war "is no easy task," but it would be "conducive to restoring normal navigation through the Strait of Hormuz," Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said during a call with his Pakistani counterpart on Friday.
Farmers around the world are facing fertilizer shortages and rising costs due to supply disruption caused by the war in Iran, which could make food more expensive later this year.
More than 1,900 people have been killed and at least 20,000 injured in Iran since the start of US and Israeli attacks, said Maria Martinez of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Friday, citing figures provided by the Iranian Red Crescent.
The deal would mean TSA staff, who screen airport passengers, baggage and cargo, would start being paid for the first time since mid-February
Sanaa, Yemen – Iran is facing the full might of the United States and Israel, and is fighting back, using the cards at its disposal.
Analysts fear Iran has played a weak hand well and America has blundered into a defining strategic failure
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Friday that it had turned back three ships trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz, adding the route was closed to vessels travelling to and from ports linked to its "enemies".
President Donald Trump this week announced he’d postpone US strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure to give time to negotiate a ceasefire.
Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee to replace Jerome Powell as Fed chair, has been making the rounds on Capitol Hill in recent days, securing support from Republican senators he needs for confirmation and maybe a Democrat or two.
The United States-Israeli war on Iran has hit critical liquified natural gas (LNG) supplies in the Gulf, triggering the most severe disruptions in recent years to the global energy market.
The Revolutionary Guards said that they had turned back three vessels seeking to cross the transit point
Mohaddeseh Fallahat remembers combing her children’s hair on the morning of February 28, then tying their shoes and lifting their backpacks onto their shoulders before kissing them goodbye.
“We will not initiate war, but we possess overwhelming power to confront any aggression,” Iranian military commander Hossein Salami declared a year ago, just months before he was killed in an Israeli air strike.
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Bahrain’s military says its air defences have intercepted a total of 154 missiles and 362 drones from Iran since the start of the war.
Fitch Ratings says helium prices have roughly doubled since conflict began
Thousands of No Kings events will be fueled by anger over ICE violence, the Epstein files released and a war in Iran. These protests have power
Yousef Pezeshkian’s daily social media posts reveal no state secrets, but expose questions dominating Iranian society
India has lowered fuel taxes in a bid to protect consumers from rising global energy prices – a result of the United States and Israel’s war on Iran.
While the lower prices may be a boon for visitors, businesses say ‘the stillness is unsettling’ as they brace themselves for hardship
In a video address to the UNHRC, Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi called the bombing a ‘calculated’ assault by the US.
The deadly bombing of an Iranian school on the first day of the Iran war was a "calculated" assault by the United States, Iran's foreign minister said Friday.
China’s maritime sector still relies on overseas legal and financial service providers, a potential strategic vulnerability in a turbulent world
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump (izquierda), escucha la intervención del primer ministro de Pakistán, Shehbaz Sharif, durante una cumbre para respaldar el final de la guerra entre Israel y Hamás en Gaza tras un acuerdo de alto el fuego, el 13 de octubre de 2025, en Sharm El Sheikh, Egipto. (AP Foto/Eva…
Iran’s Red Crescent is searching for survivors “trapped under the rubble” after US-Israeli strikes on the capital, Tehran, and a deadly assault on the city of Qom.
Israeli jets hit Tehran’s missile hubs while more US troops head to the Middle East
The Indian government's tax revenues have taken a "huge hit" after New Delhi slashed central excise duties on fuel for domestic consumption, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said Friday.The Indian government late Thursday cut central excise duties on petrol and diesel for domestic consumption by…
Kharg Island handles about 90 per cent of Iran’s crude oil exports.
The deadly bombing of an Iranian school on 28 February spurred "visceral horror", the UN rights chief said Friday, urging Washington to conclude its probe and demanding justice "for the terrible harm done".
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said to view US-Israeli war as ‘historic opportunity’ to remake Middle East
“A bit” is what United States President Donald Trump thinks about the scale of Russia’s military aid to Iran.
Iranian authorities have arrested at least 15 people in Isfahan for reportedly sharing sensitive information to outlets deemed as hostile.
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President Donald Trump, left, listens as Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, on Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Familiares lloran la muerte de un soldado iraquí en un ataque a una instalación militar en la provincia de Anbar, en el oeste de Irak, en el interior del santuario del imán Ali en Najaf, Irak, el 26 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Anmar Khalil)
South Korean stocks closed a tad lower Friday after paring most of their earlier losses amid the United States' mixed signals on its war against Iran and eased concerns over the chipmaking industry. The local currency lost ground against the greenback.
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European stocks are expected to open higher on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump extended the ongoing hiatus of attacks on Iran's energy infrastructure.
The quota cut for subsidised petrol reflects how the distant war is affecting Malaysia, with the food industry also sounding the alarm
The Israeli army said in a statement that it targeted Iranian military infrastructure overnight, including missile launchers and storage sites.
As the war enters day 28, United States President Donald Trump has delayed planned attacks on Iran’s energy infrastructure by 10 days until April 6, saying peace talks are going “very well” – even as Iranian officials describe a US proposal as “one-sided and unfair”.
Mothers in a displacement camp in southern Somalia struggle to keep their children alive as drought and aid disruptions deepen hunger, a crisis that now also has a link to the far-away Iran war. (AP Video: Mohamed Sheikh Nor)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday kicked off a surprise visit to Saudi Arabia, seeking support for Kyiv as the U.S. reportedly weighs shifting military resources to the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran.
Relatives grieve an Iraqi soldier killed in a strike Wednesday on a military clinic in western Iraq’s Anbar province, during a mass procession inside the shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
No, it’s not US President Trump’s countdown to power plant strikes in Iran and no, it’s unfortunately not the countdown to blastoff of SpaceX’s reported $100 billion IPO – a valuation likely to be in the trillions with a ‘T’.
Foreign investors are on track to pull a record $12 billion from Indian equities this March as the Iran war disrupts oil and gas supplies, squeezing the economy and stoking fears of a growth slowdown.
Since the pandemic, private equity funds focused on Asia have struggled to raise money, as the industry sat on massive unsold assets and idle dry powder.
