Oil shipments rise in Hormuz although questions grow over Iran’s transit terms
Oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz picked up on Friday after the United States and Iran signed a ceasefire deal, with Gulf producers preparing...
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South Korea ex-minister jailed on charges linked to martial law fiasco
A Seoul court sentenced a former defence minister on Friday to three years in prison on charges related to ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief but...
Cairo says FM to meet Pakistan, Saudi, Turkey counterparts in Egypt Sunday
AFPEgypt’s foreign minister will host his counterparts from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey in the Mediterranean city of Alamein on Sunday, Cairo’s foreign ministry said. Badr Abdelatty...
Lebanon says 21 killed in strikes, Israel reports deaths of 4 soldiers
Fighting flared in Lebanon on Friday, with authorities reporting 21 killed in Israeli airstrikes and Israel announcing the deaths of four of its soldiers. The...
New Zealand minister defends fishers after two orcas killed in net
A New Zealand minister has defended fishers involved in the deaths of two orcas in commercial fishing incidents and said “these things happen”, while conservationists...
Iran’s chief negotiator says US talks bound by Tehran’s ‘red lines’
Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Friday that talks with the United States would remain bound by Tehran’s “red lines”. “As we have...
No vaccine, conflict, mistrust: Ebola’s return to DR Congo
Ebola is spreading again in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where conflict, mistrust and the lack of a vaccine have made the outbreak hard to contain....
What message of Washington for Beijing and New Delhi
On June 16, the US Department of Defense announced that the US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) will officially revert to its previous name, the US Pacific Command (PACOM)....
Apple to raise prices as AI boom pushes up chip costs
BBC Apple plans to raise the prices of its products as the cost of the memory chips it uses has surged, the technology giant’s boss...
Moscow hit by largest Ukrainian attack since start of Russia’s full-scale war
Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones hitting targets around the Russian...
US, Iran sign initial deal to end war, ease sanctions and reopen Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed an initial agreement on Wednesday aimed at ending the war between the two countries, easing sanctions...
Russian warship’s warning shots ‘reckless’ not ‘sinister’ UK PM says
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday said a Russian warship’s warning shots fired near a yacht in the English Channel were “reckless” but not...