13 h. ago Oil prices rebound after Trump hints at new Russia sanctions

Oil prices rose by around 1 per cent on Friday as investors weighed a tight prompt market against a potential large surplus this year forecast by the IEA, while US tariffs and possible further sanctions on Russia were also in focus. Brent crude futures were up 76 cents, or 1.11 per cent, at $69.40 a […]

Politics

1 week ago PayPal expands PYUSD to Stellar (XLM) — But Mutuum’s beta launch is what traders are watching now

PayPal has officially integrated its stablecoin, PYUSD, with the Stellar (XLM) blockchain. This step strengthens PayPal’s strategy to support faster and more cost-efficient payments using blockchain technology. Expanding beyond Ethereum, the addition of Stellar (XLM) brings broader accessibility and marks a clear move toward cross-chain adoption. While this development confirms that legacy fintech is embracing […]

Politics

2 w. ago Israel says Iran’s Supreme Leader avoided assassination by going underground

Israel would have killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were it possible during the countries’ 12-day war, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday. “I estimate that if Khamenei had been in our sights, we would have taken him out,” Katz said in the interview with Israel’s Kan public television. “But Khamenei understood this, […]

Politics

2 w. ago Trump’s gamble: Strikes on Iran, ceasefire declared, uncertainty remains

When President Donald Trump sent U.S. bombers to strike Iran’s nuclear sites last weekend, he was betting he could help ally Israel cripple Tehran’s nuclear program while keeping his long-standing vow to avoid entanglement in a protracted war. Just days later, Trump’s surprise announcement on Monday of an Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement suggests he may have […]

Events

2 w. ago Putin tells Iranian foreign minister there was no justification for US attack

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Iran’s foreign minister on Monday there was no justification for the U.S. bombing of his country and that Moscow was trying to help the Iranian people. Putin hosted Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in Moscow two days after U.S. President Donald Trump sent U.S. bomber planes to strike Iran’s three […]

Politics

2 w. ago Strikes on Iran mark Trump’s biggest, and riskiest, foreign policy gamble

With his unprecedented decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites, directly joining Israel’s air attack on its regional arch-foe, U.S. President Donald Trump has done something he had long vowed to avoid – intervene militarily in a major foreign war. The dramatic U.S. strike, including the targeting of Iran’s most heavily fortified nuclear installation deep underground, […]

Events

3 w. ago Trump’s Iran gamble tests loyalty of his “America First” coalition

The prospect of a U.S. strike against Iran has exposed divisions in the coalition of supporters that brought President Donald Trump to power, with some of his base urging him not to get the country involved in a new Middle East war. Some of Trump’s most prominent Republican allies, including top lieutenant Steve Bannon, have […]

Politics

3 w. ago More British fighter jets ‘will follow in coming days’ to region, defence sec says

More British fighter jets and other aircraft “will follow in [the] coming days” to the region, the United Kingdom’s Defence Secretary John Healey said on Tuesday night. Addressing a defence think tank in London, he said that the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel is “a dangerous moment for the entire region”. “We have always […]

Sport

3 w. ago Russia tells US not to strike Iran, warns of nuclear catastrophe

Russia is telling the United States not to strike Iran because it would radically destabilise the Middle East, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday, and Moscow said Israeli strikes risked triggering a nuclear catastrophe. Russia signed a strategic partnership with Iran in January and also has a relationship with Israel, although it […]

Events

3 w. ago Iran’s Supreme leader rejects Trump’s call for unconditional surrender

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a statement read by a television presenter on Wednesday that his country will not accept U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for an unconditional surrender. In his first remarks since Friday, when he delivered a speech broadcast on state media after Israel began bombarding Iran, Khamenei said peace […]

Politics

3 w. ago Trump hints at strike on Iran’s Supreme Leader as US moves additional fighters to the region

Iran and Israel launched new missile strikes at each other on Wednesday as the air war between the two longtime enemies entered a sixth day despite a call from U.S. President Donald Trump for Tehran’s unconditional surrender. The Israeli military said two barrages of Iranian missiles were launched toward Israel in the first two hours […]

Politics

3 w. ago Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei sees his inner circle hollowed out by Israel

Iran’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cuts an increasingly lonely figure. Khamenei has seen his main military and security advisers killed by Israeli air strikes, leaving major holes in his inner circle and raising the risk of strategic errors, according to five people familiar with his decision-making process. One of those sources, who regularly […]

Politics

3 w. ago Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader, US officials say

United States President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, two US officials told Reuters on Sunday. “Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we’re not even talking about going after the political leadership,” said one of the sources, a senior […]

Politics

4 w. ago Iranian missiles visible from Cyprus as Iran launches major strike on Israel

Iranian missiles visible from Cyprus as Iran launches major strike on Israel  Philenews

Events

4 w. ago Hotels near full as diverted flights bring 2,400 unexpected guests

Hotel occupancy in Cyprus is nearing full capacity after 16 flights were diverted from Israel to Larnaca and Paphos airports, following Israel’s strike on Iran. The roughly 2,400 passengers from those flights are now being housed in hotels across the island. “We were informed by the deputy ministry of tourism that the passengers of these […]

Sport