DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, underscoring the ongoing threat to global energy supplies and complicating efforts to bring the United States and Iran together for talks to end the war. The attacks, which Iranian media said were...
CAIRO (AP) — The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United States pressed ahead with its blockade of Iranian ports. The strait is closed until the U.S....
BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister said Friday that the Strait of Hormuz is now fully open to commercial vessels, as a 10-day truce in Lebanon appeared to hold. The truce offered a pause in fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group and could...
PARIS (AP) — The leaders of France and the U.K. will gather dozens of countries — but not the United States — on Friday to push forward plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil route choked off by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The Paris meeting is part of attempts by sidelined nations...
Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Monday, April 13, urged sustained diplomacy and restraint following recent developments in the Middle East, while welcoming a temporary ceasefire between the United States and Iran. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)...
Malacañang said the reported breakdown of talks between the United States and Iran is “not good news,” warning that escalating tensions in the Middle East could further drive up global oil prices. In a press briefing, Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said...
Malacañang has clarified that the government’s efforts to secure safe passage for Philippine vessels through the Strait of Hormuz are aimed at ensuring a steady fuel supply, not immediately lowering oil prices. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said this after...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel and the United States carried a wave of attacks Monday that killed more than 25 people in Iran. Tehran responded with missile fire on Israel and its Gulf Arab neighbors as U.S. President Donald Trump’s deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz...
The Philippines is facing an inflationary shock that could spill over to slower economic growth, potential job losses, and more capital market outflows amid a prolonged Middle East conflict, according to the World Bank. The global oil price and supply shock wrought by the war in Iran would “raise...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz by his Monday deadline and Tehran called his threat "unbalanced and foolish." The search for a missing U.S. military pilot continued Saturday in a remote part of the Islamic Republic. Trump has...
If the war in the Middle East prolongs and global oil prices continue to skyrocket, the Philippine peso could breach the ₱61:$1 level in the second quarter of 2026 and even hit as low as ₱62 to ₱64 against the United States (US) dollar. “Our base case forecasts for the US dollar-Philippine...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson wants to give credit where credit is due. Lacson has hailed Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro for working out the safe passage of Philippine-flagged vessels, energy shipments, and Filipino seafarers through the Strait...
