International

13-03-2026 MANILA/ CANBERRA: Football’s governing bodies and Australian authorities are being urged to ensure the safety of Iran’s women’s team as they prepare to fly home from Australia after being eliminated from the Asian Cup. Hundreds of supporters surrounded the Iranian Lionesses’ coach as it left the stadium on the …

12-03-2026 TEHRAN/ JERUSALEM: Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his slain father as supreme leader on Monday, signaling that hardliners remain firmly in charge and appearing to close off any path to a swift end to war in the Middle East. The prospect that the disruption to global energy supplies …

12-03-2026 LONDON: A planned visit by King Charles to the United States should be cancelled after President Donald Trump repeatedly insulted Britain, the leader of the country’s third-biggest party in parliament said on Monday. Trump has repeatedly criticized Prime Minister Keir ‌Starmer after London initially blocked the US from using …

12-03-2026 SINGAPORE: Governments scrambled to limit the impact on economies and consumers from the widening Iran war, which fueled a record surge in oil prices ‌on Monday after key producers cut output and Tehran signaled that hardliners would remain in charge. In a sign of mounting governmental concern over supply …

12-03-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India does not expect inflation to rise substantially from a jump in global crude oil prices triggered by the war in the Middle East, as domestic price levels remain near the lower end ‌of the central bank’s tolerance band, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on …

12-03-2026 DUBAI: Iranian missiles and drones continue to target Gulf countries, with Bahrain’s state oil company declaring force majeure on Monday for its shipments after its refinery caught fire in an Iranian attack. Gulf airspace has been shut and oil production and supply disrupted after Iran targeted US assets located …

12-03-2026 BEIRUT: More than half a million people in Lebanon have been registered as displaced after fighting restarted between Israel and Hezbollah following the United States and Israel’s war on Iran. Lebanon’s Social Affairs Minister Haneen Sayed told a press briefing on Sunday that the total number of people who …

12-03-2026 LONDON: As anti-Muslim hate crimes rise in Britain, so too does biased coverage of Muslims in the media, a new study suggests. The Centre for Media Monitoring, a nonprofit organization that examines how Muslims and Islam are portrayed in the media, said in a report released on Monday that …

11-03-2026 BEIJING: China has warned against seeking government change in Iran amid the ongoing US-Israeli offensive, saying any such move lacks public support. “Plotting a ‘color’ revolution or seeking government change will find no popular support,” China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a news conference on the sidelines of an …

11-03-2026 LONDON: The Iranian ambassador in London has warned the UK to be “very careful” about becoming further involved in the war. Seyed Ali Mousavi told Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg his country would have a “right to self-defence” if the UK directly joined US-Israeli attacks on Iran. He warned that …