Today: October 08, 2026
Today: October 08, 2026

Middle East

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Oil rises 4% on revived Middle East worries, Hurricane Isaias supply disruption

Oil prices settled 4% higher on Thursday on revived concerns about the ongoing war in the Middle East and growing supply disruptions due to a hurricane

Political|Science|Technology|US|World

US has lost or sustained damage to 81 military aircraft worth up to $3.3 billion in Iran war, congressional report says

US has lost or sustained damage to 81 military aircraft worth up to $3.3 billion in Iran war, congressional report says

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Trump says he deserves Nobel Peace Prize but has doubts he will get it

US President Donald Trump, who waged war with Iran and has yet to broker peace in Ukraine, said on Wednesday that he should win the Nobel

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Attacks on tankers in Hormuz hit highest of any week since start of Iran war, sources say

Attacks on tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz hit their highest last week of any week since the Iran war began, according to maritime security

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IMF chief urges countries to do more to curb debt and regulate AI

The head of the International Monetary Fund says countries both rich and poor must take faster action to cut debt and counter growing inequality as their economies weather a triple whammy from the AI boom and shocks from wars in the Middle East and Ukraine

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Saudi Arabia says 2 airports were hit in renewed fighting with Houthis and other Mideast news

Saudi Arabia says three people were injured in the latest attacks on its airports since fighting with Yemen’s Houthi rebels reignited

Crime|Travel

FACT FOCUS: What's known about the FlyDubai attack probe and the red flags about the suspect

The investigation into the thwarted FlyDubai cockpit attack has expanded from the Middle East to New Zealand

Crime

What happened inside the Flydubai flight to Israel?

What happened inside the Flydubai flight to Israel?

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Oil settles lower after Europe agrees to tap diesel reserves

Crude futures finished down after European leaders agreed to US President Donald Trump's request to release diesel reserves to lower prices and reduce fuel

Political|World

Rubio waives human rights restrictions to release $320 million in military aid to Egypt

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has waived a restriction on $320 million in military aid to Egypt that had been previously withheld over human rights concerns

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Third aircraft carrier and thousands of troops head to Mideast as Trump weighs new Iran strikes

The U.S. military is moving roughly 9,000 troops aboard a group of ships to the Middle East

Arts

Israel's Netanyahu: Co-pilot of flydubai plane underwent radical Islamist indoctrination

The co-pilot of a passenger jet who stabbed the captain in an apparent attempt to crash the plane as it flew to Israel had

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Israeli passenger says he knew what to do on flydubai plane after watching TV show

A passenger who helped save a flight carrying more than 170 people to Tel Aviv from crashing says he knew how to stabilise a nose-diving

Arts

US troops complete Iraq exit, as Iran and its allies celebrate

US troops complete Iraq exit, as Iran and its allies celebrate

Economy

Iran's currency hits a new record low as war erodes the country's economic stability

Iran’s currency has fallen to a new record low, with traders exchanging more than 2.5 million rials to the U.S. dollar

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US forces exit Iraq after two decades, leaving opening for Iran

US forces are set to pull out from their last bases in Iraq by Wednesday, a departure celebrated as a victory by Iran and its allies who now have deep

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Toyota August sales, production fall for second straight month

Toyota Motor said on Tuesday its global vehicle sales and production fell for a second straight month in August, as declines in China, the US and the Middle East persisted

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Oil prices up, but off highs as Qatari mediators plan US-Iran talks

Oil prices rose on Monday, but eased off session highs on expectations that Qatari mediators would hold talks with the US and Iran to try to find a

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US to grant sanctions waiver for flights between Iran and Iraq's Najaf, source says

US President Donald Trump's administration was set to grant a limited waiver to its Iran sanctions program on Monday to allow for flights

Business|Economy|Environment|Science

Why fuel prices may go higher still

Seven months into the US conflict with Iran, with no clear end in sight, the global oil market has now largely exhausted the safety measures that exist to keep a lid on petroleum prices.

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Mideast oil exports rebound in September as Saudi Arabia boosts shipments

Crude oil exports from key Middle East producers rebounded in September to 16.328 million barrels per day (bpd), the highest since the US-Israeli war on

Economy|Political|World

Iran says it is awaiting ‘definitive’ US response despite Trump rejecting latest proposal

Iran says it is awaiting ‘definitive’ US response despite Trump rejecting latest proposal

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China, as usual, uses UN speech to promote global development as solution to world's challenges

China’s vice president has unfurled the nation’s familiar list of global talking points at the U.N. He emphasized development, issued mild statements about the U.S. war with Iran, artificial intelligence and protectionism and made no direct mention of self-ruled Taiwan

Arts

Oil prices slide about 2% as US, Iran explore path out of war

Oil prices fell about 2% on Friday on mounting hopes for a truce between the US and Iran and talk about a possible US ban on diesel exports, even as