US President Donald Trump said Monday that he will waive some sanctions on oil to boost supply and bring down prices, due to market turmoil over the war in the Middle East. The US-Israel strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory attacks across the Gulf region have upended the world’s energy and transport sectors, virtually halting […]
South Korea cannot stop Washington from redeploying some weapons stationed in the country, President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday, after reports that US Patriot missile defence systems were being sent to the conflict in the Middle East. Reports on shifting key US military assets have sparked concern in Asia about the potential gaps in […]
Australia on Tuesday granted humanitarian visas to five Iranian women’s soccer team players after they sought asylum, fearing persecution in their home nation. The announcement came after US President Donald Trump said he had spoken to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about the Iranian women’s soccer team in Australia following reports that the players had […]
When police detained an Indonesian teenager accused of bombing his high-school campus in Jakarta in November, he had a life-size toy rifle inscribed with “welcome to hell” and the names of white supremacist mass killers. The November 7 attack, which injured 96 people, may have been the first in the country inspired by white supremacists […]
An order for four advanced US-made MQ-9B “SkyGuardian” drones is on track and hasn’t been affected by the war in the Middle East, Taiwan’s air force said on Tuesday. The air force said in a statement that the order for the drones, made by General Atomics and designed for surveillance and target acquisition, is proceeding […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday unveiled several energy conservation and austerity measures to preempt fuel shortages and declared that he would not further increase the prices of petroleum products, seeking to pacify an unnerved public while shouldering the cost of rising prices. The measures announced by the prime minister in a pre-recorded nationally televised […]
The provincial governments of Punjab and Balochistan announced the closure of all educational institutions on Monday due to the fuel crisis gripping the country because of the ongoing war in the Gulf. Meanwhile, the Sindh government will convene a meeting today (Tuesday) to decide on this matter, while the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) education department is also […]
Pakistan has informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the US-Israel war against Iran would not significantly impact its economy, projecting that the current account deficit may remain around $2 billion and fuel price hike impact on inflation could hardly be 0.3%. The government also does not see any impact on foreign remittances, which have […]
Iran signalled a defiant stance with a senior leader saying that he sees no room for diplomacy in the ongoing conflict triggered by joint United States and Israeli strikes, while President Donald Trump insisted that the war was pretty much over. Iranian officials said that ceasefire mediation efforts were irrelevant as long as military confrontations […]
As the ongoing war between Iran and the United StatesIsrael alliance begins to disrupt regional maritime security and threaten critical global shipping routes, Pakistan on Monday launched a naval operation aimed at safeguarding its maritime trade and energy lifelines. The Pakistan Navy announced the launch of Operation Muhafiz-ul-Bahr, a mission designed to ensure the safe […]