Iran military vows ‘more severe’ reprisals if US attacks continue
Iran's military on Saturday vowed "more severe" retaliatory attacks on US naval vessels if Washington kept up its strikes on Iranian ships, hours after US Central Command said it had destroyed three Iranian tankers.
UK, allies working on ‘viable’ plan for Hormuz but no NATO mission – Starmer
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday Britain was working with allies to come up with a “viable” plan to reopen the key Strait of Hormuz, but ruled out a NATO mission.
Russia will stop recruiting Kenyans to fight in Ukraine: Kenyan FM
Russia has agreed to stop recruiting Kenyan citizens to fight with its army in Ukraine, Kenya’s foreign minister said Monday after talks with his Russian counterpart in Moscow.
Oil rises above $100, most Asian stocks fall as Iran war rages
West Texas Intermediate up 2% at $100.81/pb; Brent North Sea Crude up 3% at $106.20/PB; Tokyo-Nikkei 225, down 0.1% at 53,751.15; Hong Kong-Hang Seng Index up 1.5% at 25,834.02; Shanghai – Composite down 0.3% at 4,084.79
Trump says ‘we’re talking’ to Iran but it’s not ‘ready’ for deal to end war
US President Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States was in discussions with Iran as the war enters its third week but that Tehran was not ready for a deal to end it.
Oil prices open higher as war in Middle East rages
Oil prices kept rising as markets opened Sunday, with both benchmarks higher as the war in the Middle East disrupts global supplies.
