'We are not there yet,' he says

Foreign ministry urges restraint and calls for urgent steps to de-escalate Middle East tensions

Israel's military has threatened to target any successor to former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed over a week ago in a first wave of US and Israeli strikes on Iran.

White phosphorus, a substance that ignites on contact with oxygen, can be used to create smokescreens and to illuminate battlefields.

Verified footage indicates precision strike near IRGC base beside school, NY Times says

Here are the latest events in the Middle East war

Trump had previously demanded a say in the appointment and dismissed the younger Khamenei as an unacceptable "lightweight".

The attacks almost completely halted traffic through the strait, a crucial route for oil and other goods

AFP examines the volatile movements, including when crude surged to record highs close to $150 per barrel in 2008, before turning negative 12 years later during the Covid-19 pandemic.

"ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY!" he argued

Blames fear for higher gas prices; says temporary waiver for Russian oil to India eases market pressure

Oil bounds above $100 a barrel

The US embassy in Oslo was hit by a loud explosion early on Sunday

Mojtaba has never held a formal government role

Oil surges as no let-up in week-old US-Israel war with Iran

Residents in Tehran woke to thick black clouds and blackened rain yesterday after overnight Israeli strikes hit oil storage sites in the Iranian capital, while Iran struck vital infrastructure across the Gulf region, hitting fuel tanks at Kuwait’s international airport and damaging a desalination plant in Bahrain.

Iran’s military called on its neighbour Azerbaijan to “expel the Zionists” from its territory on Saturday in order to preserve its security, a day after Baku accused Tehran of plotting attacks on its territory.

Turkey’s foreign minister advised Saturday against efforts to cause a civil war inside Iran, while warning Tehran after Nato intercepted a Turkey-bound ballistic missile launched from Iran this week.

Nepal’s centrist RSP party of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah had secured a majority in the direct parliamentary elections, partial official results showed yesterday, and was heading for a landslide according to official trends.

The global positioning system (GPS) capabilities of cargo ships, oil tankers and other vessels stuck in the Middle East because of the widening war are likely worse than those in your cell phone.