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Iran not seeking ceasefire as Trump steps up threats
Tehran (AFP) - Iran remained defiant as fresh explosions thundered out in Tehran on Tuesday, insisting it was not seeking...
White House says US Navy has not escorted tanker through Strait of Hormuz
Washington (United States) (AFP) - The United States has not escorted any oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, the...
Blasts rock Tehran as US says strikes to intensify
Tehran (AFP) - Explosions thundered out in Tehran on Tuesday after the Pentagon chief warned US strikes on Iran would...
Musk, already world’s richest person, eyes $1 trillion fortune
New York (AFP) - Elon Musk's estimated $839 billion net worth has made him the wealthiest individual ever recorded, Forbes...
UN warns Hormuz standstill will hit world’s most vulnerable
Geneva (AFP) - The standstill in the Strait of Hormuz caused by the Middle East war could hammer some of...
UAE closes biggest oil refinery as Iran vows to choke off crude exports
Tehran (AFP) - The UAE's largest oil refinery closed on Tuesday after a drone attack, as Iran defiantly vowed that...
Oil crisis: Is world better placed than in 1973?
London (AFP) - Ten days after the first American and Israeli strikes against Iran, oil prices have cooled slightly after...
UK trial opens against Sony over PlayStation video game prices
London (AFP) - A trial opened in London on Tuesday over a £2 billion ($2. 7 billion) class action lawsuit...
Defiant Iran vows to block Gulf oil until US-Israel bombing stops
Tehran (AFP) - Iran vowed on Tuesday that not one litre of oil would be exported from the Gulf while...
Iran war sends prices in next door Turkmenistan soaring
Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) (AFP) - At a market in Turkmenistan's capital Ashgabat, pensioner Shemshat Kurbanova always used to pick the "juiciest"...
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