Category: Foreign News

The United States has granted a 30 day waiver allowing countries to purchase sanctioned Russian oil already stranded at sea, a move aimed at calming global energy markets shaken by the ongoing Iran war.

Global oil prices have surged past $100 per barrel following the United States and Israel’s war on Iran, raising concerns about possible long term disruptions to energy supplies worldwide.

Petrol and diesel prices in Pakistan have been increased by 55 Pakistani rupees per liter from midnight on March 07, 2026, following a decision by the government amid the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly raised concerns with the White House after receiving intelligence suggesting the United States may have held secret contacts with Iran about a possible ceasefire.

Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz and warned it will fire on any ship trying to pass, in a move that threatens about 20 percent of global oil supplies and could send crude prices sharply higher.

Global oil prices surged on Sunday (March 1) after US and Israeli strikes on Iran triggered a new war in the Middle East, raising fears that the critical Strait of Hormuz could be shut down and disrupt more than 20 percent of the world’s oil supply.

Iranian state television has confirmed that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died, with the country set to observe 40 days of national mourning.

The United States and Israel launched major strikes on Iran today (February 28), targeting top leaders in an operation that sparked missile attacks across the Middle East and raised fears of a wider war.

US President Donald Trump has imposed a new 10% global tariff to replace ones struck down by the Supreme Court, calling the ruling “terrible” and lambasting the justices who rejected his trade policy as “fools”.

US President Donald Trump said today (January 03) that the United States has captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife during large scale military strikes and flown them out of the country.

India has overtaken Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy with a GDP of USD 4.18 trillion and is expected to surpass Germany to take the third position by 2030, according to the Indian government.

SYDNEY, Australia – Two gunmen attacked a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, Australian authorities reported.

Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death after a court in Dhaka found her guilty of crimes against humanity linked to last year’s student led uprising.

Indian authorities have arrested a man from Indian-administered Kashmir in connection with the powerful car explosion that shook New Delhi last week, killing 12 people and injuring 32.

Frank Caprio, a retired municipal judge in Rhode Island who gained online fame as a caring jurist and host of Caught in Providence, has died at the age of 88.

New Delhi: A month after the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad that killed at least 270 people, a preliminary report into India’s worst aviation accident in decades reveals that the engines’ fuel switches were shifted from ‘RUN’ to ‘CUTOFF’ within seconds of each other after take-off.