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The governments policy regulates the prices of nine key commodities cooking oil, eggs, dairy products, rice, sugar, poultry, legumes, bread, and wheat which cannot be increased without prior approval
The war, now in its 11th day, has triggered global market volatility, with Brent crude briefly touching USD 120 per barrel.
Located in Brownsville, Texas, the $300 billion refinery is expected to boost American energy production, strengthen national security, and create thousands of jobs.
The Saudi Defence Ministry said it has destroyed drones over the kingdom's oil-rich eastern region, while in Kuwait, the National Guard said it shot some down in the country's northern and southern areas
China's exports have been a bright spot for its economy despite tensions with the US. Chinese exports climbed 5.5% for 2025 as its trade surplus surged to a record of nearly $1.2 trillion
China's security calculus is affected by Chairman Xi Jinping losing political friends in Venezuela and Iran in recent months, and the free flow of oil into China's refineries has also been affected
The strike on the diplomatic mission occurred early Tuesday, just hours after the Gulf nation voiced its frustration over being targeted unfairly in the ongoing West Asia conflict
These points backed up the IMFs view that nations need to sort out their domestic policies to ensure they have bandwidth to deal with shocks
Hundreds of ships remain anchored on both sides of the strategic waterway
Putin said that Moscow was ready to work even with European customers again if they wanted to return to long-term, non-politicised cooperation
Trump's comments came after global financial markets seesawed on Monday on concerns that Iran's security establishment was rallying behind new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and was not prepared to back down any time soon
The India waiver left Europeans anxious that the US may be loosening its restrictions on Russia just as Moscows economy shows signs of significant strain
Trump said the US may waive some oil sanctions and deploy Navy escorts for tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, a key route carrying about a fifth of global oil
About 25,000 troops from 14 nations join Exercise Cold Response across Norway and Finland
Investigative group Bellingcat says new video suggests that the munition seen in footage resembles a US Tomahawk missile which only the US is known to possess in this war
An Indian national injured in the incident on Sunday is undergoing treatment at a government hospital.
Oil prices have surged while share markets have dropped due to concerns that the escalating conflict in West Asia will disrupt energy supplies and affect global industries
Three G7 countries, including the US, have expressed support for the idea, according to the FT
Non-critical American government staff and their families stationed at diplomatic posts in the area had been given the option to depart voluntarily, but now are ordered to do so
Its a 30-day pause to allow, which is just kind of common sense, to allow the millions and millions of barrels of oil that are sitting out on ships to go to Indian refineries, Mike Waltz
The infrastructure that keeps Gulf cities supplied with drinking water is vulnerable
Trump voters support airstrikes, oppose ground troops in Iran
Choosing a new leader is meant to be the responsibility of the Assembly of Experts, a body of around 90 senior clerics who are elected every eight years, many of them very elderly
Popularly known as Balen, the 35-year-old defeated four-time former PM KP Sharma Oli by a huge margin of about 50,000 votes in the Jhapa-5 constituency
The warning comes as the clerical body is set to meet to choose Iran's next supreme leader
The military response follows a wave of aerial threats targeting the Gulf nation
President also waved off a question about how Russia assisting Iran in such a way might affect his view of the US-Russia relationship
He apologized for Irans attacks on regional countries, claiming they would stop and attributing the actions to miscommunication
Legal questions are swirling about the underpinnings for the entire US-Israeli military operation against Iran, and the aftermath of the torpedo attack on the IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean
According to the Election Commissions data available from 161 of the total 165 constituencies, the RSP has won 27 seats with a clean sweep in all 10 constituencies of Kathmandu district
Israeli warplanes pounded Beirut and Tehran on Friday as Iran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries that host US forces
A draft of the guidelines reviewed by the FT says AI groups seeking business with the government must grant the US an irrevocable license to use their systems for all legal purposes

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