Asia-Pacific markets set to open higher as investors assess U.S.-Iran peace deal diplomacy
Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher Friday as investors assess U.S.-Iran diplomatic efforts at reaching a peace deal in the Middle East.
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Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher Friday as investors assess U.S.-Iran diplomatic efforts at reaching a peace deal in the Middle East.
Un letrero en el que se culpa a las políticas del estado por el elevado costo de la gasolina, en una gasolinera Chevron, el jueves 21 de mayo de 2026, en Alameda, California. (AP Foto/Terry Chea)
Israel conserved its air defense interceptors during the war on Iran, while the US expended significant portions of its own high-tech stockpiles, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing anonymous US officials.
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The United States has denied that the cancellation of sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur for the Palestinian territory, constitutes a change in the government’s policy.
China's biggest airline stocks have suffered more than others since the war in Iran began, as a combination of factors weighs them down.
Two South Korean activists from Gaza-bound flotillas returned to Incheon Airport on Friday morning, a day after Cheong Wa Dae announced that they had been released from Israel.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for 16 separate attacks targeting Israeli forces occupying southern Lebanon on Thursday.
Shortly after we learned that Turkey had sold virtually all of its Treasuries in March to defend the lira after the Iran war broke out, the country was thrown into fresh political turmoil on Thursday when a Turkish court removed the leader of the country’s main opposition party in a landmark ruling that triggered a …
“There’s an orgy of antisemitism, an absolute, shameless orgy of antisemitism, overtaking the West,” Hungarian Jewish director Laszlo Nemes told Jonathan Freedland of The Guardian in a piece published earlier this week.
The Intern, which premiered on Tuesday and will run on Thursdays on Hot 3, Hot VOD, and Next TV, is a polished medical suspense drama starring Niv Sultan, best known for Tehran.
The US reportedly used double the number of interceptors against Israel-bound Iranian missiles than those deployed by the IDF, according to a Thursday report by The Washington Post.
Hundreds of activists from countries around the world were placed in detention in Israel after they were intercepted at sea on Monday
Hundreds of activists from countries around the world were placed in detention in Israel after they were intercepted at sea on Monday
The UN has warned that Gaza’s healthcare system remains under severe strain as Israel’s siege continues to block essential supplies needed to operate hospitals and critical medical equipment.
France is introducing new support measures to ease the impact of rising fuel prices linked to the US-Israeli war on Iran.
En esta foto del 19 de enero de 2023, Cristiano Ronaldo del club saudí Al Nassr celebra tras anotar un gol en el Estadio Universitario Rey Saud. (AP Foto/Hussein Malla)
With the war in Iran choking global oil supplies, China is tapping its 390 billion tonnes of coal reserves to build its own energy source
With the war in Iran choking global oil supplies, China is tapping its 390 billion tonnes of coal reserves to build its own energy source
Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace envoy for Gaza, on Thursday urged the Security Council to press Hamas into accepting a proposal for the postwar transition and called on Israel to honour its ceasefire commitments.
SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean activists returned home Friday after being released by Israeli forces that had captured them aboard aid vessels bound for the Gaza Strip.
The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on nine people from Lebanon accused of “obstructing the peace process in Lebanon and impeding the disarmament of Hezbollah”.
Eleven Australians were among pro-Palestine activists detained by Israel from the Global Sumud flotilla. Follow today’s news live
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Al Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring at the King Saud University Stadium, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, file)
Uncertainty about the situation in the Middle East saw copper prices fall in late March, but they have since rebounded. © Reuters
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Field Marshal Asim Munir’s Tehran meeting could help advance stalled negotiations
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Field Marshal Asim Munir’s Tehran meeting could help advance stalled negotiations
Israeli artillery struck the Lebanese town of Shawkin near an orphanage, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.
The US on Thursday announced sanctions on nine people in Lebanon accused of blocking the peace process and impeding the disarming of Hezbollah.
The US military used more of its advanced missile defence interceptors to defend Israel from Iranian attacks than its ally spent defending its own homeland, according to a report by The Washington Post published on Thursday.
The US military used more of its advanced missile defence interceptors to defend Israel from Iranian attacks than its ally spent defending its own homeland, according to a report by The Washington Post published on Thursday.
The high representative overseeing the United States-founded Board of Peace for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov, has warned that the deteriorating status quo in the devastated Palestinian enclave risks becoming “permanent”.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Al Nassr clinched the Saudi Pro League title with a 4-1 win over Damac on Thursday, ending his long wait for domestic silverware.
A group of some of the world's leading aid organisations on Thursday said US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" for Gaza is "failing", precisely because Israel is still obstructing the vast majority of aid into the enclave.
Hezbollah said it carried out multiple drone attacks on Israeli military positions in southern Lebanon on Friday evening.
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Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health has condemned an Israeli attack on Tebnine Governmental Hospital that wounded at least nine people, including seven hospital staff members.
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The United States has imposed sanctions on nine people it accuses of enabling Hezbollah to “undermine Lebanon’s sovereignty”, the latest US effort to destroy the group’s financial networks around the world.
Cristiano Ronaldo has claimed a major trophy for the first time since moving to Saudi Arabia after Al Nassr clinched the Saudi Pro League title.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession speech for the 2024 Presidential election, Nov. 6, 2024, on the campus of Howard University in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Mexico’s central bank has lowered its benchmark interest rate following a split vote, as uncertainty surrounding the US-Israeli war on Iran continues to unsettle global markets.
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Nickolay Mladenov, coordinador especial de Naciones Unidas para el Proceso de Paz en Oriente Medio (UNSCO, por sus siglas en inglés), asiste a una conferencia de prensa en las oficinas de la UNSCO en Ciudad de Gaza, el lunes 25 de septiembre de 2017. (Foto AP/Adel Hana, archivo)
Opposition to the US-Israeli war on Iran is increasing in the US, adding pressure on President Donald Trump amid worsening economic concerns.