#Iran crisis

The Iran conflict is causing a rise in tourist cancellations and a dive in new bookings in Cyprus and to a lesser extent other countries whose economies rely heavily on ...

Israel removed Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf from its hit list after Pakistan urged Washington to press Israel not to target them, a Pakistani ...

The government on Thursday announced a package of eight measures which it hopes will help combat rising costs after four weeks of war in the Middle East. Firstly, the reduced ...

The Western allies trying to negotiate a way to protect the Strait of Hormuz for energy shipping face a stark reality: a similar effort in the Red Sea that started ...

Southeast Asian economies are scrambling to contain the fallout from the escalating Iran war, as surging fuel costs and supply disruptions ripple through power markets and key industries. The Philippines ...

President ​Donald Trump said Iran was desperate to make a deal to end nearly four weeks of fighting, contradicting the Iranian foreign minister who said his country was reviewing a ...

Iran is still reviewing a U.S. proposal to end the war in the Gulf, despite an initial response that was negative, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday, ...

Gulf Arab states told the U.N. Human Rights Council on Wednesday they face an existential threat from Iranian attacks on their infrastructure, which the U.N. rights chief said ...

Turkey’s dependence on Middle East oil is at a “manageable” 10% of total supplies and there are no supply problems despite the war involving Iran, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said ...

Israel and Iran exchanged airstrikes on Wednesday, as Iran again rejected President Donald Trump’s claim the United States was in negotiations to end to the war which has roiled ...

The United States is preparing to deploy thousands of troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East. According to the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, a brigade of ...

Israeli and Lebanese sources reported on Tuesday that an Iranian missile intercepted over northern Lebanon may have been aimed at the British bases in Cyprus, according to US military assessments. ...

The ongoing war in the Middle East and geopolitical uncertainty with the following significant increase in the price of oil, is expected to have a direct negative effect on the ...

Consumers should brace for fuel price fluctuations, with the overall trend going up, the head of the petrol stations association said on Tuesday. As long as the war in the ...

Cyprus intelligence service chief Tasos Tzionis contacted Lebanese insurgent group Hezbollah to ask for reassurances that the British Akrotiri air force base would not be used as a target, according ...

British Chancellor Rachel Reeves said on Tuesday that government support for households to offset the increase in energy costs caused by the conflict in the Middle East would not jeopardise ...

Iran’s negotiating posture has hardened sharply since the war began, with the Revolutionary Guards exerting growing influence over decision-making, and it will demand significant concessions from the United States ...

The commanding officer of the United Kingdom’s Type 45 destroyer the HMS Dragon Ian Griffin on Tuesday said he is “immensely proud”, after the ship arrived in the waters off ...

Cyprus and Greece reviewed the presence of Greek military assets on the island and discussed Cyprus’ interest in acquiring the Kentavros defence system, during a meeting in Athens on Tuesday ...

Israel’s military will occupy southern Lebanon up to the Litani River, defence minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday, the first time Israel has clearly spelled out its intent to ...

Apparent U.S.-Israeli airstrikes hit a headquarters of Iraq’s umbrella group for Iran-backed Shi’ite militia and a residence belonging to its leader on Tuesday, an escalation of ...

Still not four full weeks into the war, and already Donald Trump’s “short-term excursion” – decapitate the Iranian regime with a surprise attack and impose harsh terms on the defeated ...

Bahrain has put forward a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would authorise countries to use “all necessary means” – diplomatic language for force – to protect commercial shipping in and ...

Global air travel remains severely disrupted after the war in Iran forced the closure of major Middle Eastern hubs, including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi, stranding tens of thousands of ...