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A crude tanker is set to arrive in India on Saturday with Saudi oil after passing through the Strait around March 1

According to Hegseth, the new so-called not-so-supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured. He issued a weak written statement yesterday, but there was no voice or video

Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi told ANI that world leaders should put pressure on US President Donald President Donald Trump to stop the war against Iran

Retail sales for the first two months of the year likely rose 2.1% compared with the same period of 2025, according to the median forecast of economists

A Bloomberg spokesperson confirmed that staff in the Gulf, including Dubai, have been given the choice to work temporarily from outside the region

Treasury move follows DOE announcement of 172 million barrel SPR release as part of IEAs 400 million barrel global effort to tame surging crude prices

While hinting at continued airstrikes, he suggested regime change would ultimately depend on the Iranian people

The initiative, led by the U.S., aims to strengthen defences against emerging threats such as hypersonic glide vehicles being developed by Russia and China

China suspended a 24% top-up tariff on U.S. goods for one year but retained a base 10% imposed in November. Tariffs on US energy goods, including 15% on LNG, also remain, leading Chinese importers to divert U.S.-sourced cargoes elsewhere

Nearly 20 million barrels per day (bpd) of supply roughly a fifth of global output have been trapped inside the Gulf since the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz shortly after the launch of the joint Israel-U.S. war against Iran on February 28

Irans IRGC said it carried out the 40th wave of its retaliatory Operation True Promise 4, launching missiles including Qadr, Emad, Kheibar Shekan and Fattah against regional targets

The probe aims to rebuild tariff leverage after the US Supreme Court struck down Trumps global tariff program last month.

The release is part of a broader 400-million-barrel global release agreed to earlier by the 32-nation International Energy Agency

Right now well reduce it a little bit, and that brings the prices down, Trump said, without specifying the number of barrels to be released.

Speaking to supporters, Trump stated that the U.S. had achieved decisive results within the first hour of military action, including the destruction of 58 Iranian naval ships

Saudi oil giant Aramco, the worlds top oil exporter, warned on Tuesday about catastrophic consequences for the global oil market if the Strait of Hormuz doesnt open

Iran's joint military command announced it would start targeting banks and financial institutions in West Asia

Decision follows asylum claims amid rising safety concerns for players in Iran; team members now en route home after brief stay in Malaysia.

The attack resulted in minor injuries to two Ghanaian nationals and one Bangladeshi national, as well as moderate injuries to one Indian national

Fire breaks out onboard as crew evacuates and requests assistance, UK maritime authorities say

Governments slash working hours and curb energy use as Middle East supply disruptions ripple across the region

According to Irans Foreign Ministry, the two leaders exchanged views on the evolving regional situation and its potential impact on international security.

US Energy Secretary Chris Wrights social media flub and Trumps frenetic mine posts illustrate the scattered messaging that has frustrated observers in Washington and on Wall Street

The Pentagon earlier in the day reinforced that message, saying the US and Israel are conducting their most intense day of attacks yet against Iran and wont give up until the Islamic Republic is beaten

Both sides sharpened their rhetoric as the war entered its 11th day. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth promised the most intense strikes yet while the Pentagon detailed the broader toll of injuries sustained by US troops

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