
Crude Falls as U.S. & Israel Signal Upper Hand Over Iran
Remarks from Washington and Jerusalem calmed markets after days of strikes on Gulf energy infrastructure raised fears of a wider supply shock.

Remarks from Washington and Jerusalem calmed markets after days of strikes on Gulf energy infrastructure raised fears of a wider supply shock.

Protesters accuse Anthony Albanese of backing Israel as tensions over Gaza spill into a Sydney religious gathering.

A European Parliament committee signalled that the path to a trade deal with Washington is open despite legal uncertainties in the U.S.

Religiously illiterate priests who want their flocks to start observing Islamic dietary restrictions, not Lent, are starved of common sense more than anything else.

The last thing Berlin needs is a day against Islamophobia—what it does need is better politicians.

On Thursday, Minister Gergely Gulyás announced retaliatory measures after Ukrainian public figures issued threats against Viktor Orbán.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said “persistent Iranian claims” about targeting U.S. interests “cannot be accepted.”

A criminal migrant being allowed to stay in the UK because of his son’s “limited diet” proves that “the European asylum system is at its end.”

A first-ever parliamentary Ramadan event in Berlin draws scrutiny over gender-segregated prayers

Orbán made it clear that EU funds for Ukraine depend on the reopening of the Druzhba pipeline and will not be disbursed while oil flows remain halted.
As Havana quietly opens talks with Washington amid deepening shortages and unrest, Brussels sticks to a long-failed policy of dialogue.
The social democrat prime minister is hinging her re-election bid on a tax that can take more from ‘the rich’ than they earn.
The Health Secretary is concerned by “an unprecedented outbreak”—and scrambling to impose preventative measures.
A major study across 115 cities points to changing patterns among younger users, with synthetic drugs gaining ground and regional divides in consumption becoming more pronounced.
Finnish officials claim undertrained crews and aging ships pose a greater risk to undersea cables than Moscow.
Charges were reduced to weapons and damage offences, allowing the suspect to be freed despite earlier suspicions of attempted manslaughter.
The Middle East is facing a significant escalation in hostilities as Iran prepares state funerals for two of its most powerful military and security leaders killed in recent Israeli strikes.
Chilean measures on emissions, national park creation, and protecting endangered amphibians have been frozen in pursuit of economic growth.
Remove cash from the system, and every economic interaction becomes visible to some authority somewhere, whether in one’s own country or somewhere else.
Four youths held over explosions targeting Jewish sites in the Netherlands may have been recruited by Iran.
Following the U.S. exit from the World Health Organization, Buenos Aires has now formally quit, citing criticism of its Covid-19 response.
According to the U.S. president, his operations have been so effective that NATO support is now unnecessary.