Electricity was cut in parts of Tehran and the neighboring Alborz province Sunday night after attacks on power infrastructure in the area, state media quoted Iran’s Energy Ministry as saying, as the IDF announced a new wave of airstrikes…
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Ukraine war briefing: German defence giant sparks row after comparing Ukraine drone makers to ‘housewives’ | Ukraine
German defence giant Rheinmetall has sought to ease a row caused by its CEO when he likened Ukrainian factories producing drones to “housewives” making weapons in their kitchens. In an interview with the Atlantic, CEO Armin Papperger was…
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WTI, Brent as Yemen’s Houthis enter Israel-Iran war
Smoke emanates from smokestacks from an oil refinery in Linden, New Jersey, on March 18, 2026.
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Oil rose Monday as Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis fired missiles at Israel and U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly…
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Oil price rises as Iran threatens to expand retaliatory strikes
Shipping had only recently returned to Red Sea route before Houthi threatspublished at 00:29 BST 30 March
Jonathan Josephs
BBC business reporterThe route through the Red Sea and Suez Canal that is being threatened by…
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Dezi Freeman shot dead by police after seven-month manhunt | Porepunkah shooting
Fugitive Dezi Freeman, the man allegedly responsible for the shooting deaths of two officers at Porepunkah, has been killed after a seven-month manhunt in rural Victoria.
The Victoria police chief commissioner, Mike Bush, confirmed a man was…
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Egypt’s early closing order jolts Cairo’s night life as war-driven oil costs soar
CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian government is seeking ways to conserve oil-powered electricity during the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, enacting at least one policy that threatens Cairo’s identity as a city…
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