President Donald Trump has dismissed Iran’s response to US proposals to end the war as “totally unacceptable”. No details have been released of Iran’s response, sent via Pakistan which has served as mediator in the conflict. A ceasefire meant to facilitate talks to end the war launched by the US and Israel in February has […]
Throughout US President Donald Trump’s second term in office, traders have been betting millions of dollars just before he makes major announcements. The BBC has examined trade volume data on several financial markets and matched them to some of the president’s most significant market-moving statements. It found a consistent pattern of spikes just hours, or […]
Global oil prices have fluctuated ahead of a deadline set by US President Donald Trump for Iran to open the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route. The cost of benchmark Brent crude rose above $111 (£84) a barrel in early trade. It then fell back below $108 a barrel before climbing back to about $110. On […]
All Norma Tactacon can do is pray as the sirens blare. The 49-year-old, who works in the Middle East as a domestic worker, is thousands of miles away from her home in the Philippines, where her husband and three children live. Stuck in Qatar, which is caught in the crossfire of the US and Israel’s […]
The death of an 11-year-old Iranian boy reportedly in an air strike while manning a security checkpoint alongside his father in Tehran has thrown focus on a new initiative to recruit children into the security services. Alireza Jafari’s mother Sadaf Monfared told the municipality-run newspaper Hamshahri that the pair had been helping Basij volunteer militia […]
The Houthis held their fire for the first four weeks of the war, despite their affiliation with and backing from Iran. Now, the movement that still holds the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and the north and other areas of the country, has made its first move, firing missiles towards Israel. The Houthis say they were targeting […]
Oil prices were little changed on Monday as investors weighed U.S. and Iranian threats to target energy facilities that could escalate the war against the release of millions of barrels of Iranian oil at sea to global markets after Washington lifted sanctions.
Iran is taking steps to prevent anti-establishment protests, with checkpoints appearing across the streets of the capital, internet access restricted, and mass text warnings sent to residents.
EU energy chief says the executive can do more to abate prices while calling on member states to cut taxes on electricity immediately. Oil and gas prices have soared as a result of the war in Iran and its retaliation on the Gulf countries, halting the flow of energy along the Strait of Hormuz.
Azerbaijan has said it is pulling its diplomatic staff out of Iran after it accused Iran of launching four drones across the border into the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan.
