TotalEnergies chief Patrick Pouyanne said on Monday that he expected “very high” prices of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by the summer if the Strait of Hormuz — closed by Iran due to the war — was not reopened. “If the...
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said he spoke with Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, and promised Islamabad’s help in bringing peace to the region. The pair have spoken several times in the last month, notably...
President Donald Trump announced “very good” talks on Monday with an unidentified Iranian official after abruptly shelving plans to attack the Islamic republic’s power plants. The stunning about-turn came ahead of a Monday night...
A malfunction in the David’s Sling aerial interceptor system allowed two Iranian ballistic missiles to strike southern Israel, wounding dozens of people over the weekend, the military confirmed Monday. The towns of Dimona and Arad were hit on...
Britain is sending short-range air defence systems to the Gulf to help counter Iranian missile attacks, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday. “We’re deploying short range air defence systems to Bahrain at speed,” Starmer told a...
A former Swedish model has been questioned in France by investigators analysing evidence that could implicate French nationals in the crimes of the convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, sources said on Monday. In February, the Paris...
Oil prices tumbled and stock markets rebounded Monday as US President Donald Trump suddenly ordered a halt to strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure after claiming “very good” talks with Tehran. Crude futures plunged more than 14...
Colombia’s defense minister said a large transport plane crashed on takeoff Monday, with many feared dead. Minister Pedro Sanchez said with “deep sorrow” that an Air Force Hercules had crashed on takeoff from Puerto Leguizamo, near...
Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday that it had received messages through “friendly countries” about a request from the United States for talks, but denied any such negotiations had taken place since the start of the war...
North Korea’s rubber-stamp legislature has re-elected Kim Jong Un as president of state affairs, state media reported Monday. Kim’s reappointment as head of the authoritarian nation’s highest policy-making and governing body, the...
Elon Musk announced Saturday a plan to make chips for artificial intelligence, robotics and data centers in space, in the latest bold project by the world’s richest person. The “Terafab”, a manufacturing facility based near Austin...
A power outage struck the entire island of Cuba on Saturday, the energy ministry said, in the second nationwide blackout in less than a week as its grid struggles under a US oil blockade. A “total disconnection” of the national...
The Trump administration on Friday unveiled a sweeping legislative blueprint for regulating artificial intelligence, pressing Congress to establish a uniform federal standard and override a potential patchwork of state-level laws. The four-page...
Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit said in an interview broadcast Friday that she was “manipulated” by convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, whom she accused of extorting others. A commoner who married Crown Prince Haakon in...
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Friday a decree introducing a temporary freeze on rents nationwide in response to the Middle East war, a measure that still requires parliamentary approval. The move mirrors steps taken during previous...
