Main Points Key Reads Albanese says months ahead ‘may not be easy’ as he urges Australians to save fuel Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese has warned the months ahead “may not be easy” because of the oil crisis caused by the Middle East war. “No government can promise to eliminate the pressures that this war … Read more
US president Donald Trump on Tuesday again criticised European allies for their refusal to assist in the Iran war, arguing they should “go get your own oil” from the Strait of Hormuz or buy from the US as global oil and fuel supplies have become strained during the conflict. In a further indication that he … Read more
Regional powers held talks on Sunday in Pakistan to discuss how to end the Middle East war, now in its fifth week. The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt met in Islamabad for the talks, but neither Iranian nor US diplomats were present in an indication of the significant gaps that remain between … Read more
Main Points Key Reads Órla Ryan – 2 minutes ago EU ministers seek united strategy on energy price crisis European Union finance ministers will on Friday seek to coordinate their response to the energy price surge due to the Iran war, ensuring that the measures aid the vulnerable and move Europe further away from fossil … Read more
Main Points Iran has rejected a 15-point US proposal for ending the war in the Middle East. Iran imposed five conditions of its own, including a conclusion of the war on all fronts, payment of war damages and sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz. Irish consumers face months of rising prices as the conflict squeezes … Read more
Iran has rejected a 15-point US proposal for ending the war in the Middle East. In doing so, it imposed five conditions of its own, including a conclusion of the war on all fronts, payment of war damages and sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz. An Iranian security official said Tehran is determined to continue … Read more
On Wednesday afternoon, US president Donald Trump made the short flight to Dover Airbase for the solemn transfer of the six service members killed in the Middle East during a refuelling mission. The ceremony was not broadcast, at the request of the families, but the sombre photographs – heavy coats and heavy mood against a … Read more
Mojtaba Khamenei’s ascension as Iran’s new supreme leader might have appeared straightforward, even predestined. In fact, it was neither. His rise came only after a full-on war of succession. The high-stakes process became the Islamic republic’s version of Game of Thrones: an empty throne, a council of clerics and two dynasties – Khamenei and Khomeini … Read more
Nato countries have rejected the call by US president Donald Trump to send warships to escort shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The US-Israeli war on Iran is in its third week, largely shutting the strait, through which 20 per cent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas flow, raising energy prices and fears … Read more
Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei issued a defiant statement on Thursday, directing the military to continue blocking a vital oil shipping route and calling for its neighbours to close US military bases used to attack Iran. His first statement since his appointment was read on state television by a news anchor. Khamenei did not appear … Read more