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President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., to attend the casualty return for the six crew members of an Air Force refueling aircraft who died when their plane crashed in western Iraq while supporting operations against Iran. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikh…
Islamabad, Pakistan – The United States’s top intelligence official has placed Pakistan alongside Russia, China, North Korea and Iran as a country whose advancing missile capabilities could eventually put US territory within reach.
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China is clamping down on fertiliser exports to protect its domestic market, a number of industry sources said, putting an additional strain on global markets that were already grappling with shortages caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Fire damage and plumbing issues on the USS Gerald R. Ford suggest an overstretched military and ‘hollowed out’ industrial base, analysts say
Iranian lawmakers have proposed a plan to impose tolls and taxes on ships passing through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, local media reported on Thursday.
The US will ”massively blow up” Iran’s South Pars gas field if Tehran continues strikes on Qatari energy facilities, President Donald Trump has warned. South Pars – shared with Qatar, where it is known as the North Field – is the world’s largest natural gas field.
Now, the total is likely to have exceeded $18bn and counting. Where are America’s war dollars going, in a war that was never declared in the first place?
Iran's strikes are pushing Gulf states toward a breaking point, forcing a choice between restraint and retaliation.
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in the Belarus capital of Minsk, the latest step in the isolated leader’s effort to improve ties with the West.
Video released of federation president Mehdi Taj
LONDRES (AP) — La policía británica acusó a dos hombres de espiar a la comunidad judía del Reino Unido en nombre de Irán.
Month-ahead UK wholesale gas price hits highest level since August 2022 as Donald Trump threatens retaliation
LONDON (AP) — British police have charged two men with spying on the U.K.’s Jewish community on behalf of Iran.
The Iran war has underscored the need for robust air systems and Manila should look to build a layered defence architecture, experts say
South Korea and Japan are facing uncomfortable questions about their mutual defensive obligations as the United States seeks support from its allies in the war on Iran, now nearly three weeks in and escalating by the day.
El primer ministro de Holanda, Rob Jetten, llega a la cumbre de la UE en el edificio del Consejo Europeo en Bruselas, el jueves 19 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Coffins draped in Iranian flags were paraded through central Tehran streets on trucks, as mourners waved portraits and banners proclaiming vengeance. The ceremony, broadcast live by state television, marked one of the largest public gatherings in Iran since the conflict escalated in late February 2026. Among those c…
Gold and silver joined a broad sell-off on Thursday, with the metals shedding 2% and 5.5% as fears about the Iran war and inflation gripped global markets.
Hungarian PM, who is facing an upcoming election, appears in no mood to compromise as EU leaders meet in Brussels this morning
Iran intensified its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbors’ energy infrastructure Thursday, setting Qatari liquefied natural gas facilities and two Kuwaiti oil refineries ablaze as it hit back following an Israeli attack on its main natural gas field, a major escalation in the Middle East war that has sent global fuel …
Treasurer Jim Chalmers warned the Iran war is threatening to drive inflation towards 5 per cent and wipe billions of dollars from Australia, but said it was why he would deliver bold budget reforms.In a pre-budget speech this afternoon, Chalmers said new Treasury scenarios forecast inflation to reach from high 4 pe…
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Netherland’s Prime Minister Rob Jetten arrives for the EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
As the conflict threatens Asian economies, the best protected are those that can leverage import diversification and energy independence
The Kremlin confirms a halt in negotiations, as Izvestia claims the Middle East crisis could force Ukraine towards territorial compromise
The US will “massively blow up” the South Pars gas field – the world’s largest – if Iran continues to strike Qatari energy facilities, President Donald Trump has warned.
President Donald Trump’s administration is considering deploying thousands of troops to reinforce its operation in the Middle East, as the United States military prepares for possible next steps in its war against Iran, Reuters news agency has reported, quoting a US official and three people familiar with the matter.
Satellite images are beginning to be released giving a glimpse into the toll of the Iran war, with ships ablaze in an Iranian port and destroyed buildings at an American base.
Qatar expels Iranian attaches after LNG facility strike
The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has responded to a post on X by Emmanuel Macron, in which the French president called for a moratorium on attacks on civilian infrastructure.
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, reacted to the report that the Pentagon is seeking more than $200 billion to fund the war with Iran.
A residential building in Tel Aviv was damaged early on Thursday 19 March after a missile strike, as emergency services responded at the scene, according to footage filmed by the Associated Press. Police, firefighters and ambulances were deployed around the building, where shattered windows and debris were visible. …
Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt reopened on Thursday, Egyptian state-linked media reported, for the first time since Israel closed it on 28 February when it launched joint strikes on Iran with the United States.
LONDON (AP) — Until the U.S. and Israel started bombing Iran less than three weeks ago, it was viewed as a near certainty that the Bank of England would cut interest rates again on Thursday. Now it’s a near-certainty that it will leave its base rate unchanged at 3.75%.
US-Israeli goals on Iran war: Israeli objectives unchanged as US starts to shift
Israeli air raids targeted a house in the town of Burj Shemali in southern Lebanon as dozens were reported killed across the war-battered country over the past two days on this punishing front of the wider conflict launched by the United States and Israel against Iran, embroiling the Middle East.
Joseph Kent, director del Centro Nacional de Antiterrorismo, habla durante una sesión del comité de la Cámara de Representantes sobre Seguridad Nacional en el Capitolio, Washington, el 11 de diciembre de 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Archivo)
The Israel-Iran war is escalating across several fronts, with assassinations of senior Iranian officials, and Israeli and Iranian attacks on key energy infrastructure.
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LONDON — European stocks are expected to slump at the open on Thursday as the Iran war escalates following attacks on Iranian and Qatari energy infrastructure.
Who's excited about the US and Israeli war on Iran? As the Middle East is on fire, from Tehran to Manama, the Israeli weapons industry is licking its lips at the prospect of future sales to the Gulf states, many of which have recently taken direct hits from Iranian missiles and drones.
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Before the war on Iran began in late February, Europe's central banks enjoyed a more benign inflation outlook as interest rates looked set to remain stable or keep falling across the region.
War in the Middle East is causing global disruption – from oil to agriculture – as countries, including China, enter spring planting season
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European companies that import semiconductors from Asia are tapping into backup stores and paying more for deliveries as the Iran war causes disruption to air freight routes through the Middle East, industry insiders have told CNBC.
People struggle to cook and businesses bear brunt as closure of strait of Hormuz slows imports of liquefied petroleum gas