NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices have soared in the week since the U.S. and Israel launched their war against Iran, but President Donald Trump on Saturday downplayed the idea of turning to America 's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to ease the pressure. Trump was asked by reporters on Air Force One...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Iran war exploded further late Saturday as pillars of flame rose above an oil storage facility in Tehran, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised "many surprises" for the next phase of the week-old conflict. Israel 's military confirmed...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran’s president said Saturday that a demand by the United States for an unconditional surrender is a “dream that they should take to their grave." President Masoud Pezeshkian made the statement in a prerecorded address aired by state television. He also...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Intense Iranian fire targeted the Gulf Arab states early Saturday as Israel and the United States kept up their airstrikes targeting the Islamic Republic. There was no foreseeable end to the fighting. US President Donald Trump 's administration approved a...
NEW YORK (AP) – The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the US and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East. The conflict, in which nearly every country in the Middle East has sustained damage from...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) – Preliminary and partial results released Saturday showed a new political party led by an ex-rapper leading Nepal 's parliamentary election, the country 's first since last year 's youth-led revolt. The Rastriya Swatantra, or National Independent, Party, had...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Hundreds of minority Shiites rallied Friday in Pakistan 's capital and elsewhere in the country to denounce the killing of Iran 's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes, as the U.S. Embassy In Islamabad issued a security alert warning Americans...
LONDON (AP) — London police said Friday that four men have been arrested on suspicion of aiding Iran by spying on the Jewish community. In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said the suspects — one Iranian and three dual British-Iranian nationals — were taken into custody on suspicion of...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka began transferring more than 200 sailors from an Iranian vessel to shore Friday after the ship sought assistance while anchored outside the country 's waters, as tensions mounted in the Indian Ocean following the sinking of an Iranian warship by a U.S....
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said Friday. Hafid in a statement to media said that she just signed a government regulation that will mean children under the age of 16 can no longer have...
The Korea Times is holding the 3rd Korean Language Speaking Contest for foreigners, aiming “to recognize and reward non-Korean nationals who have a deep interest in Korean language and culture, and encourage them to continue exploring and engaging with the country.“ Eligible participants are...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hosted Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó for talks in Moscow, with oil and gas supplies high on the agenda, as Hungary has maintained its reliance on Russian fossil fuels, despite the war in Ukraine . Szijjártó said earlier on Wednesday...
