Tag: Iran war
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Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi says Iranians are paying price for war, repression
Iranians are suffering as economic misery and internal repression leave “no room for people to breathe” after 1½ years of wars, Iran’s most prominent human rights activist ... -
Crisis Six months on, Iran’s leaders are defying the US and signaling no tolerance for dissent
After six months of war, Iran’s leadership has coalesced around a hard core of military generals and clerics long entrenched in the ruling theocracy. They are ready ... -
Iran war is forcing families to choose between school or survival
Sou Sreynich dreams of becoming a teacher. But she knows she’s far behind. The 13-year-old first entered a classroom at 10, an age when most Cambodian ... -
Iran peace deadline expires with no deal
The deal U.S. President Donald Trump signed at Versailles in June set an ambitious 60-day deadline for ending the war with Iran and resolving the dispute ... -
US pulls last aircraft carrier from Asia as Iran war strains Pacific presence amid China tensions
President Donald Trump’s war against Iran is stretching the limits of U.S. aircraft carriers and leaving the western Pacific without one of the key American warships as China ... -
Mediators see progress in diplomatic efforts to halt Iran war, two regional officials say
Mediators have achieved progress in efforts to get the United States and Iran back to negotiations and avert an all-out war in the Middle East, two regional officials ... -
US attacks Iran over ship being hit in Strait of Hormuz; Tehran lashes out again at Gulf Arab states
The United States attacked Iran early yesterday morning over an Iranian strike on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz that set the container ship ablaze and ... -
World shares are mixed following signing of US-Iran deal on ending the war
World shares were mixed yesterday, with benchmarks in Japan and South Korea setting fresh records, after the U.S. and Iran signed their initial agreement ending the war. The ... -
Qatari mediators travel to Tehran for final touches on a possible deal to end war
Iran and the U.S. inched closer to a deal to end the Iran war, as Qatari mediators traveled to Tehran yesterday to finalize the agreement, according to ... -
Trump dismisses idea that Iran betrays his ‘no new wars’ campaign message
President Donald Trump is dismissing the idea that launching the war with Iran this year betrayed his refrain of “No new wars” that he made repeatedly as he campaigned ... -
US and Iran are at an impasse ahead of Trump’s China trip
Iran and the United States reached an impasse again yesterday over how to end their war while their ceasefire grew increasingly shaky, with the two sides ... -
Iran war disruptions spark higher costs and lost income in Bangladesh
Tariqul Islam lost his savings after setbacks in his clothing business about a year and a half ago and turned to ride-sharing on his motorbike to ... -
China is stepping up its Iran war diplomacy ahead of Trump’s summit with Xi
China’s diplomatic role in the Iran war has come into sharper focus following talks between Chinese and Iranian foreign ministers yesterday, days before U.S. President Donald ... -
Iraqi captain keeps sailing amid regional war
Aboard an oil tanker plying the tense waters between the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz, Iraqi Captain Rahman Al-Jubouri continues to work in ... -
The Iran war has fired up value investing. But what next?
The Iran war has created a reshuffle in investing. High-flying tech companies are out while unloved old economy names are getting a second look. Value stocks ... -
Oil prices rise to $100 as stocks slow on doubts about the US-Iran ceasefire
Oil prices climbed back toward $100 per barrel yesterday, while stock markets worldwide slow following their big gains from the day before. The S&P 500 was nearly ... -
US, Israel and Iran agree to a two-week ceasefire but attacks resume
Iran, the United States and Israel agreed to a two-week ceasefire, an 11th hour deal that allowed U.S. President Donald Trump to pull back from his ... -
Iraq’s oil hub slows to a crawl as Strait of Hormuz shutdown strangles exports
Iraqi oil fields once alive with the buzz of workers are nearly deserted. Ports that pulsed with the churn of cargo have fallen still, the din ... -
Iran hits Golf states while strikes batter Tehran ahead of Trump speech
Iran hit an oil tanker off the coast of Qatar and Kuwait’s airport on Wednesday while airstrikes battered Tehran — an unrelenting tempo hours after U.S. ... -
A month into war, Iran is holding the world economy hostage
One month into their war with Iran, the United States and Israel face an opponent that behaves less like a conventional state and more like an ... -
Gulf allies ask Trump to keep fighting until Iran is defeated
Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war against ... -
The Iran war is reviving a popular trade in Japan
The Iran war is challenging Japan’s safe-haven assets, once again forcing domestic investors to seek better returns abroad. The yen slid past 160 per dollar at ... -
Kenya’s flower industry loses millions of dollars weekly
Kenya’s flower industry has reported weekly losses of up to $1.4 million since the Iran war began, with growers attributing the losses to a decline in ... -
Asia, China boost coal use as Iran war squeezes global LNG supplies
Asian countries are turning to coal as the Iran war disrupts oil and gas shipments, following what China has been doing since 2021. The continent is ... -
The Iran war is costing China dearly, too
To think about how the Iran war affects China, you might take a look at Yiwu, a global trading hub in the eastern Zhejiang province that ... -
Crisis Trump claims US has been holding talks with ‘respected’ Iranian leader
United States President Donald Trump says Iran wants “to make a deal”and claims U.S. envoys have been holding talks with a “respected” Iranian leader. Trump told ... -
A wave of executions is feared in after three young men were hanged last week
A 19-year-old star wrestler and two other young men were hanged in Iran this week, raising alarm among rights groups that a wave of executions may ... -
Brent crude nears $115 after Iran attacks key energy facilities in the Gulf
Global energy prices soared yesterday after Iran attacked two oil refineries in Kuwait and a key natural gas facility in Qatar that can supply one-fifth of ... -
Iran war pushes countries into energy triage as they conserve power and curb soaring prices
The escalating war with Iran is pushing parts of the world into energy triage, forcing governments to choose where to cut demand or absorb costs, while ... -
Trump calls for help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
U.S. President Donald Trump said he has demanded about seven countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open as Iranian strikes continued to rain down on Gulf countries ... -
Gulf states intercept new missiles and drones as Iran threatens to widen war
Arab Gulf states reported new missile and drone attacks yesterday after Iran threatened to widen its campaign as the war in the Middle East entered its third ... -
Iran’s secretive top leader vows to keep up attacks in his first statement
Iran’s new supreme leader released his first statement since succeeding his late father, saying yesterday that Iran would keep up its attacks on its Gulf Arab ... -
Starmer’s pick of Epstein ‘pal’ as top British envoy haunts PM
News that Prime Minister Keir Starmer ignored warnings of senior advisers and appointed Jeffrey Epstein’s pal Peter Mandelson as Britain’s ambassador to the U.S. was bad ... -
Iran war is giving markets a Covid-like shock
As the Iran war drives oil prices towards $120 a barrel, a reckoning is finally coming for a reckless president and equally complacent financial markets. Last ...
