4+ hour, 12+ min ago   (214+ words) NEW DELHI – The BRICS group of nations unanimously adopted a joint declaration on Saturday, expressing “deep concern” over the war in the Middle East and urged maximum restraint, advocating for a “multilateral approach” that respects national viewpoints. The declaration, adopted…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (266+ words) DUBAI - Iranian strikes damaged multiple American military aircraft this week on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, a US official told Reuters. The US military, the highest-funded in the world, suffered material damage even before Iran's strikes on Tuesday....

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (767+ words) FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank looks set to raise interest rates on Thursday for the second time this year, seeking to head off an energy-driven surge in inflation triggered by the Iran war. Attacks by both sides since the end…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (775+ words) ANKARA – Pakistan has delivered a Saudi warning to Iran to rein in its Yemeni Houthi allies after they stepped up attacks on the kingdom, in a coordinated effort to prevent the crisis from spiralling, Saudi, Pakistani and Iranian sources said....

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1086+ words) WASHINGTON – When Donald Trump campaigned for a second term in the White House, he promised to be a “president of peace,‌” who would stop foreign wars, not start them. Now, a quarter-century after the September 11, 2001, attacks that triggered America’s global “war…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (917+ words) LONDON - How much oil is flowing through the Strait of Hormuz? Traders, energy executives and government officials are all trying to figure it out - but are reaching wildly different conclusions. It is, however, increasingly clear that this mystery has introduced…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (178+ words) DUBAI - Sunni Kurdish cleric Mamosta Mohammad Nezhati was killed in northwestern Iran, the Revolutionary Guards said in a statement reported on Wednesday by the semi-official Mehr news agency. The statement accused what it called “Zionist-American Kurdish separatist groups” of carrying…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (732+ words) LONDON – Iraq is pressing OPEC+ for a substantial increase in its oil production quota, seeking to have future output targets calculated from a baseline of 6 million barrels per day as the group reviews how much each member can sustainably produce,…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1036+ words) CAIRO/WASHINGTON – Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it fired ballistic missiles at a base in Jordan used by the US military and attacked 10 ships on Wednesday, after the US said it had destroyed five Iranian oil tankers, in a sharp escalation…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (481+ words) SEOUL – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed cooperation on security and freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz during a summit in Paris on Tuesday, but the talks did not concern troop deployment,…...