Tag: Middle East
Benchmark oil futures tumbled and Wall Street equity futures surged on Wednesday morning, after US President Donald Trump said he agreed to suspend bombing on Iran for a period of…
President Donald Trump issued increasingly aggressive threats to destroy Iran’s power plants starting Tuesday and bring “Hell” to the country following the rescue of a US airman more than a…
The rescue had unfolded with near‑perfect precision. Under cover of darkness, US commandos slipped deep into Iran, undetected, scaled a 7,000‑foot ridge and pulled a stranded American weapons specialist to…
Australia’s fuel imports are now guaranteed into May after newly secured shipping deliveries, according to Energy Minister Chris Bowen. Mr Bowen said that because companies had locked in new ship…
US President Donald Trump’s threat to send Iran “back to the Stone Ages” has rattled equity markets. If he follows through, Australia is at risk of entering a recession. In…
Iran’s president says his nation will not bow to the US “criminals” after Donald Trump claimed they had requested a ceasefire to the conflict in the Middle East. In an…
A female US journalist has been kidnapped in Baghdad, and authorities are searching the city for her, two police officials say. The Iraqi interior ministry confirmed the abduction of a…
Israel’s parliament passed a law on Monday that would allow the hanging of Palestinians convicted of deadly militant attacks, but experts say it almost certainly cannot be applied to Jewish…