Iran War

Global oil prices continued to climb in early trade in Asia on Tuesday. The price of US-traded oil jumped by 3% to nearly $106 (£80.52) a barrel. US oil prices closed Monday’s trading session above $100 a barrel for the first time since…

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told US TV company Newsmax that he doesn’t want to “put a schedule” on when the war with Iran is likely to end. Netanyahu says the war is “definitely beyond the halfway point” and Iran’s…

A parliamentary committee in Iran has approved plans to impose tolls on traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-affiliated Fars news agency. It reports that a member of the national…

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Mar 24) the US was making progress in its efforts to negotiate an end to war with Iran, including winning an important concession from Tehran, while a source confirmed that Washington had sent Iran…

The war in Iran has changed strategic equations to the detriment of China China stands to lose heavily, both materially and geopolitically, from the devastating attack which the US and Israel have launched on Iran. Located at the…

Bahrain has put forward a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would authorise countries to use “all necessary means” - diplomatic language for force - to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz, according to a…

The Pentagon has asked the White house to approve more than $200bn (£151bn) in order to fund the war in Iran, a senior administration official has told the Washington Post. The paper says that this amount would far surpass the cost of…

The Bahrain interior ministry says alarms in the country have been activated. In a post on X it says: ‘‘We urge citizens and residents to remain calm, head to the nearest safe place, and follow the news through official channels.’‘ It…

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today announced the stance of the Government of Sri Lanka pertaining to the ongoing Middle East conflict. Addressing a special media briefing at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo (05), the…