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‘Historic $300 billion deal’: Trump announces Reliance investment to build first new US oil refinery in Texas

The announcement came as the White House sought to quell concerns about rising energy prices due to the war in Iran.

Iran war Day 11 HIGHLIGHTS: Tehran warns US—‘get ready for crude oil to reach $200 a barrel’

US and Israel continued pounding Iran, which has said it would block oil shipments from the Gulf unless the attacks cease.

Afghanistan’s uncontrolled airspace sees surge in commercial flights amid West Asia conflict

With the central air traffic corridor in West Asia now closed, Europe-Asia flights are being rerouted North via the Caucasus in the Class-G uncontrolled Kabul Flight Information Region.

Anthropic has brought something new to AI: the power to say ‘no’

The last two months of market upheaval — and standoffs with the Pentagon over how tech might be militarised — have shown a company breaking that mold.

Iran war Day 10 Highlights: Today will be ‘most intense day of strikes’ inside Iran—US Secy of War Hegseth

The war began on 28 February, with the US and Israel jointly launching a military operation to bomb Tehran.

Nepal gets its youngest PM with a brute majority in Parliament. What comes next

Nepal is all about the ‘Balen wave’ now. A party that is less than four years old has stormed into power. Could Nepal turn another page on its tumultuous recent history?

The oil pipelines that could decide the Iran war

Washington: Iran’s strategy in its war with the US and Israel is by now clear: Impose an intolerable economic cost on President Donald Trump,...

Asia’s ultra-rich rethink Dubai investments as Iran war escalates

Dubai’s rise as a finance and wealth hub faces a test as the Iran war draws closer. Wealthy Asian families are delaying relocations and weighing cuts to investments once seen as safe in the Gulf.

Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, his father’s confidante, gatekeeper and power broker

Mojtaba’s appointment has been viewed as a strategic signal beyond West Asia due to his hardline approach in the past.

Iran’s new Supreme Leader oversees a sprawling empire. It includes luxury properties

On a tree-lined street in north London, known as “Billionaire’s Row,” a clutch of mostly empty mansions sit behind tall hedges and blacked-out gates....

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

A war in the Gulf, a crisis in Gujarat’s Morbi: India’s ceramics capital counts the cost

Morbi makes 80-90% of India’s ceramic exports. The West Asia conflict has cut its propane supply, shutting 200 factories and threatening 400 more—along with 9 lakh livelihoods.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.