Major disruption to energy supplies threatens to push up prices for consumers and businesses around the world.
Category: 4. World
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Oil prices surge above $100 and shares slide over Iran war
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US begins large military drill with South Korea while waging war in the Middle East
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States began a large military exercise with South Korea involving thousands of troops Monday while also waging an escalating war in the Middle East.
South Korea’s…
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Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader?
Mojtaba Khamenei, born on September 8, 1969, in Mashhad, is the second son of Ali Khamenei, Iran’s former supreme leader, who was killed in an Israeli strike on February 28. An 88-member Assembly of Experts named him the Islamic Republic’s new…
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Europe is now the world’s biggest arms importer
The global arms trade is booming. According to a new report by the independent Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in the past five years, global arms deliveries have increased by almost 10% compared to the previous…
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Europe tops global arms imports, SIPRI reports
The global arms trade is booming. According to a new report by the independent Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in the past five years, global arms deliveries have increased by almost 10% compared to the previous…
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Sinking Iran’s Frigate IRIS Dena and the Law of Naval Warfare
Early in the morning of March 4, a U.S. Navy attack submarine, the USS Charlotte, sank an Iranian Navy frigate, the IRIS (Islamic Republic of Iran Ship) Dena, in the international waters roughly 20 nautical miles off the southern coast of Sri…
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Khamenei’s son is selected as Iran’s supreme leader; 7th U.S. service member dies
WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Israeli war against Iran entered its ninth day Sunday with no clear path toward de-escalation, as the U.S. announced a seventh U.S. service member had been killed and Iranian state TV reported the selection of …
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State Dept. Said to Order Diplomats in Saudi Arabia to Leave – The New York Times
- State Dept. Said to Order Diplomats in Saudi Arabia to Leave The New York Times
- US Said to Order Diplomats in Saudi Arabia to Leave, NYT Says Bloomberg
- NYT: US orders diplomats in Saudi Arabia to exit the country The Times of Israel
- Americans…
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