Trump’s ‘very good’ talks with Iran buy him time with oil and energy markets
Tehran denied negotiations that delayed US strikes and Trump was vague on the details, but talks signal renewed push for …
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Surprise US talks with Iran’s fractured leadership offer uncertain path out of conflict
Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf at first dismissed talks took place, insisting Trump’s claim was ‘fake news’ designed to soothe markets Middle …
Israel launches new strikes on Tehran as Trump pauses Iran energy attacks
Israeli military says it will continue operations in line with Israeli government directives until told otherwise Middle East crisis – …
Trump extends Iran deadline by five days and claims ‘productive’ talks
President delays threat against energy infrastructure after Iran’s threats of retaliation, while Tehran denies any talksMiddle East crisis – live …
Starmer calls emergency meeting on UK economy; IEA open to releasing more oil stocks
British PM to chair Monday meeting including chancellor and Bank of England head on fallout from Iran war; International Energy …
Iran war energy crisis equal to 70s twin oil shocks and fallout from Ukraine war, says IEA chief
Fatih Birol says effect on energy markets of Iran bombings and closure of Hormuz strait not initially understood by world …
Israeli settlers carry out series of West Bank attacks as security forces stand by
Witnesses describe coordinated raids in which homes and vehicles were set on fire and several Palestinians injured Middle East crisis …
It will ‘irreversibly destroy’ Middle East infrastructure if US attacks energy sites
Energy and oil sites across region would become ‘legitimate targets’, Tehran saysMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesIran has said …
‘Nobody else is responsible’: Trump to blame for Iran crisis, ex-CIA chief says
Leon Panetta calls president ‘naive’ over strait of Hormuz closure and says ‘the chickens are coming home to roost’Donald Trump …
Iran not believed to have capability or intent to bomb Britain, says UK minister
Steve Reed says ‘UK is not going to be dragged into this war’ after Israeli warnings that Iranian missiles could …
Middle East crisis live: Trump gives Iran 48-hour ultimatum to open strait of Hormuz; about 100 injured in Israel
Trump tells Iran to reopen strait to shipping or face destruction of its energy infrastructure, as Tehran launches its most …
Six fuel ships bound for Australia cancelled as Bowen concedes ‘flow of oil to Asian refineries has slowed’
Energy minister says war on Iran creating ‘uncertain environment’ but insists government doing ‘all the preparatory work’Follow our Australia news …
Strike on Sudan hospital kills at least 64 and wounds 89 more, WHO reports
Victims of army drone attack on East Darfur health facility included children and medical personnel A strike on a healthcare …
Almost 100 wounded in Iranian missile strikes on southern Israel
Israeli air defence systems fail to intercept at least two projectiles during attacks on cities of Arad and DimonaMiddle East …
Iran hits Israeli town housing nuclear facility in retaliation for Natanz strike
First responders report 33 injured at multiple sites in Dimona, including a 10-year-old boy in serious conditionMiddle East crisis live …
Middle East crisis live: Trump says US considering ‘winding down’ war; Iran fired missiles at UK-US base on Diego Garcia
President says US ‘getting very close to meeting our objectives’; missiles fired at joint US-UK military base in Indian Ocean …
MoD condemns Iran missile strikes towards UK-US base as Britain ‘dragged’ into war
Weapons fired after PM authorises US to carry out further attacks from UK bases, a move critics say must be …
5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds
Exclusive: War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combinedThe US-Israel war on …
UK ministers begin contingency planning amid economic fears over Iran war
Anger grows within cabinet over impact of war begun by Donald Trump, who branded Nato allies ‘cowards’• Middle East crisis …
French IS member convicted of genocide for atrocities against Yazidis
Sabri Essid also found guilty of crimes against humanity after harrowing evidence from women enslaved by jihadistA French member of …