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The war between the United States of America (US) and Israel on the one hand and Iran on the other has made its impact on Sri Lanka as well as the rest of the world, compelling the Government to enforce a series of measures to ensure relative normalcy and sustain the economy of the country.
Iran targeted Tel Aviv with missiles carrying cluster warheads in what it said was retaliation for Israel’s assassination of Security Chief Ali Larijani, Iranian State television reported.
The world is a complex one today. Countries pursue their national interests through the use of hard and soft power or smart power – a mix of both. It is a self-centred exercise because they place their national interests over global concerns. The current US-Israel strike on Iran is a classic example of this theory w…
The Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard, told lawmakers on Wednesday that it was not her job to determine what constitutes an "imminent threat" to the US, as the country's war on Iran heads into its fourth week.
Oil prices have risen more than 5 percent following an Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gasfield as the United States-Israeli war on the country continues to escalate.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday NATO and most other allies have rejected his calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, grousing that he has been unable to rally support behind his war of choice in Iran that he insists he’s conducting for the good of the world, even if it doesn’t appreciate his effort.
Security in the Strait of Hormuz is expected to take centre stage at a summit between Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday amid Iran tensions.
The war that the US and Israel have unleashed against Iran demonstrates that Washington has not learned the right lessons from the results of its past regime change policies in the Middle East, largely conducted in an attempt to ensure Israel’s long-term security.
The Qatari Foreign Ministry has condemned Israel’s attack on Iran’s South Pars gas field, which is jointly operated by Iran and Qatar. The ministry said that strikes on Pars constitute “a threat to global energy security.” Gas processing facilities on the Iranian side of the field were damaged in strikes on Wednesda…
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Iran's huge Pars gas field has been targeted in the latest escalation of strikes. Source: AP / Vahid Salemi
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Iran is allowing a small but growing number of commercial ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, according to ship tracking data.
The ongoing US-Israel war on Iran poses serious risks to Bangladesh’s economy, potentially driving up inflation and raising the import bill, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
Strike was first time a fossil fuel energy production facility has been hit. But why is it significant and who does it affect?
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel killed another top Iranian official — the intelligence minister — in its campaign against the Islamic Republic’s leadership, and an Iranian offshore natural gas field was struck Wednesday amid the war's escalating pressure on the region’s economic lifeblood: energy.
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Consumers have been warned not to expect petrol prices to drop quickly when the Iran war ends. (ABC News: Chris Taylor)
Washington, DC – Tulsi Gabbard, the director of US National Intelligence, said that the United States intelligence community had assessed that Iran was not rebuilding its nuclear enrichment capabilities following US and Israeli attacks last year.
Qatar’s Ministry of Interior says civil defence teams are responding to a fire at the country’s main gas facility after an Iranian attack.
O novo guia supremo iraniano, Mojtaba Khamenei, homenageou por escrito Ali Larijani, chefe da segurança morto num ataque atribuído a Israel. Em mensagem, Khamenei afirmou que os "assassinos” terão de "pagar o preço”, sublinhando que o crime revela a importância de Larijani e o ódio dos inimigos do Islão.
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Foreign minister Anita Anand says she has drafted principles to reduce risk of regional spillover and wider shocks
If Saudi Arabia joins the US-Israeli war on Iran, it will activate its mutual defence pact with Pakistan and potentially lean on the South Asian country’s nuclear arsenal, a Saudi Arabian analyst told Canada’s CBC News.
Iran war has split some Maga conservatives from Trump and alienated young voters. What will it mean in the midterms?
Attempt to ‘decapitate’ state may harden resistance instead of destabilising regime
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US stocks are sinking after another climb for oil prices raised worries about inflation, which may have been primed to worsen even before the war with Iran began.
Iranian authorities have identified five oil and gas facilities in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, and it said it would target them in the coming hours.
President Donald Trump has encouraged the people of Iran to rise up and “take over” their government amid the US-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic.
Jerome Powell resists Trump pressure as policymakers weigh energy shock against a weakening US jobs market
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday voted 11-1 to hold interest rates in the current range as the war in Iran and conflicting economic signals throw snags in the path to rate cuts this year.
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday voted to hold its key interest rate steady as policymakers navigate their way through higher-than-expected inflation readings, mixed signs on the labor market – and a war.
Topic:Government and Politics
FRÁNCFORT, Alemania (AP) — Los medios estatales de Irán informaron que Israel atacó el miércoles su yacimiento de gas Pars del Sur —el más grande del mundo y que comparte con Qatar.
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has vowed that those behind the killing of security chief Ali Larijani will “pay”.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Iran’s state media said Wednesday that Israel attacked its South Pars gas field — the largest in the world and one that is shared with Qatar to the south across the Persian Gulf.
US wholesale prices came in hotter than expected in February.
The UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Israel’s strike on Iran’s South Pars gasfield.
In an attempt to ease soaring gasoline prices amid the war in Iran, President Trump on Wednesday announced a 60-day waiver on the Jones Act – a US shipping law that traces back more than a century and has been criticized for keeping energy prices sky-high.
WASHINGTON — US intelligence concluded Wednesday that Iran was not rebuilding nuclear enrichment capacities destroyed last year by the United States and Israel, contradicting a key justification by President Donald Trump for his ongoing war.
Pars is the Iranian sector of the world’s largest natural gas deposit, and the attack is seen as a major escalation
Vice President JD Vance warned there’s a “rough road ahead” as global energy prices soar due to the Iran war.
As United States President Donald Trump faces mounting global criticism for starting the war on Iran with Israel, he is also facing a battle at home with opposition lawmakers who have challenged his authority to conduct the conflict.