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By Alex Kimani - Mar 03, 2026, 7:00 PM CST Oil prices surged for a second day running on Tuesday as global markets brace for a prolonged conflict in the Middle East. On Monday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officially declared the Strait of Hormuz "closed," warning that any…

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India, a fast-growing oil consumer, is the country most vulnerable to crude supply shocks if the Middle East conflict leads to a prolonged disruption in shipments from the region, mainly because of its thin reserves, analysts said. Both China and India, Asia's top energy consumers, source around half of their…

The US navy could begin escorting oil tankers through the strait of Hormuz if necessary, president Donald Trump said on Tuesday, in one of the administration’s most aggressive steps yet to attempt to contain soaring energy prices sparked by the US-Israel war with Iran. As the escalating conflict in the…

While cyber threat levels remain stable following the outbreak of war in the Middle East at the weekend, at-risk organisations in the UK should take steps to ward off potential reprisals from Iran-linked threat actors By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 03 Mar 2026 10:11 In the wake of a…

A British military base on Cyprus was struck by an unmanned Iranian drone on Monday amid the US-Israeli war with Iran, with authorities issuing precautionary evacuation orders for the surrounding area. The area around the Mediterranean island base on the southern coast was evacuated, the Cypriot interior ministry said. Paphos…

At least three U.S. service members are among the hundreds confirmed dead in a widening war across the Middle East, set off by a string of U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran this weekend that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Pledging to continue the “combat operations ... in full…

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Sir Keir Starmer has chaired the Government’s emergency Cobra committee as missile strikes continue to rock the Middle East. US and Israeli forces attacked Iran on Saturday morning in what the two countries described as a “pre-emptive” strike against a Tehran government intent on developing nuclear weapons. The attack prompted…

WASHINGTON/DUBAI/CAIRO - The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on Saturday (Feb 28), plunging the Middle East into a new conflict that President Donald Trump said would end a security threat to the United States and give Iranians a chance to topple their rulers. The strikes put nearby…