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The United States on Friday sanctioned multiple entities and individuals it said were involved in trading Iranian petroleum and petroleum products, including a China-based oil terminal operator and a Chinese national. The State Department said the operator, Qingdao Haiye Oil Terminal Co., Ltd, “imported tens of millions of barrels of sanctioned Iranian crude oil”. Also on the sanctions list is Li Xinchun, a Chinese national who is president of the China-based oil terminal, as well as a Hong...

The UN refugee agency on Friday said the Middle East war had sent its freight rates soaring, hitting the delivery of aid to refugees in the wider region and Africa. Shipping rates from UNHCR's three main source countries for emergency supplies -- India, Pakistan and China -- have shot up by nearly 18 percent, the agency said, while delivery delays and port congestion are also having an impact. Every extra dollar spent on fuel and higher war-risk shipping insurance premiums is a dollar less that

The Iran war is choking supply of the world’s most expensive spice.

But that’s the option, the US president said

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The closing of the Civil-Military Coordination Centre (CMCC) in Israel would mark the latest blow to President Donald Trump's Gaza plan

RAWALPINDI/LAHORE/KARACHI: Pakistan is confronting a stark weather dichotomy this week, as extreme heat scorches southern parts of the country while central and northern regions brace for widespread dust storms, rain, and potential landslides triggered by an incoming weather system. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said that a fresh westerly wave is expected to approach the northwestern parts of the country on Saturday evening and would persist in the upper regions until May 5. In sh
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said after another massive Russian drone attack that Ukraine is reinforcing its air defense and intensifying work with partners. In particular, decisions have already been made for Dnipro and Odesa.

Tehran has proposed fees or tolls on vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz as part of its proposals to end the war with US and Israel.

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It appeared to be the first time the missile defense system was sent to an Arab country. The Emirates bore the brunt of Iran’s retaliatory attacks on Gulf countries during the war.

Trump's Iranian state media reported that Tehran had delivered the text of a talks proposal to mediator Pakistan on Thursday evening.

Gavin Lee is pleased to welcome Adrian Blomfield, Senior Foreign Correspondent at The Telegraph. His reporting from the Strait of Hormuz offers a rare glimpse and more intimate view, beyond the satellite imagery and policy abstraction. “One of the things you get a sense of when you're out on the water,” he reflects, “is just how much more complicated the picture is.” That complexity is not theoretical. It is kinetic, obscured by haze, and embodied in “about 300 small speedboats… bouncing along t

Poll finds that Americans are concerned about impact of the war on the cost of living and sceptical of success thus far.

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Denny Adan Gonzalez was found unresponsive in his cell at the Stewart Detention Centre on Tuesday and pronounced dead later, ICE said.

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Mitsubishi Corp. pivots back to natural gas as Iran war slows climate efforts

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced reforms to boost morale and address military complaints about exhaustion and uneven workloads on the frontline.

Strikes hit a Perm refinery, air defenses, and multiple ammunition and drone sites across occupied territories in a coordinated overnight operation.
Q: If European countries are at loggerheads with the US and the US is on bad terms with the rest of the world, where might this lead? Russia's Medvedev: In short, Russia's victory. It's actually quite amusing to watch how relations between the United States and Europe are developing.
Russia's Medvedev: Nowadays Europe, the European Union is led by idiots, straight up idiots...

US President Donald Trump sang the praises of King Charles after the latter’s state visit this week. He even lifted some tariffs on Scotch whisky as a favour to the British monarch. The king delivered a diplomatic masterclass on the trip, mixing praise for his host with subtle criticism. It’s unclear, though, whether it will make a major difference to a transatlantic relationship troubled by divisions over issues including the Iran war. “In the short term probably yes, in the long term probably.

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Latest warning comes as Iranian state media reports Tehran has presented new peace proposal to US.

The effort is part of a broader push to rebuild its drone and missile arsenal quickly, allowing Tehran to be ready if US President Donald Trump decides to restart military action, a US official and two sources familiar with the situation told NBC.
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: This article is the second in a series titled “HER,” an ongoing project by photojournalist Chen G. Schimmel, exploring the lives and inner worlds of the wives of Israeli soldiers.

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President Trump has said the US Navy is clearing Iranian mines from the Strait, with Domino's software able to teach underwater drones to identify new types of mines in a matter of days.

This case of executive overreach by Nixon in Cambodia during the Vietnam War led to the passage of the War Powers Act on Nov. 7, 1973.
Reporter: Pakistan has opened land routes with Iran. Are you aware of it? Trump: I know everything about it. Are you from Pakistan? Reporter: No, I’m American. Trump: I have great respect for Pakistan and the Field Marshal and the Prime Minister.

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Trump: Iran is asking for things that I can’t agree to.
Firing Arrow interceptors can cost millions of shekels, Iron Dome interceptors can cost tens of thousands of shekels, but firing the Iron Beam is as cheap as turning a light on.
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