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Business

Oil prices surge towards $100 amid rising tensions over Strait of Hormuz

Tankers and gas carriers anchored in Strait of Hormuz.

World

Tehran condemns US ‘piracy’ after ship seizure, warns of retaliation

The poster says it all

Opinion

Electoral storm gathering over Trump

Dalbara Singh has borrowed money to stock some diesel amidst the growing fuel shortage

Nation

War in Iran, debt in Punjab

US President Donald Trump finds himself with no friends and no real allies

Opinion

Why Trump’s America is a lonely superpower

Donald Trump waves to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, 17 April

World

Trump’s posts and identity of the ‘idiot’ keep Gulf on edge

Donald Trump speaks at a dinner at the White House, 21 Feb

World

Iran says US ‘maximalist’ demands blocking talks; rejects sending enriched uranium

Farmers load cow dung cakes on a cart amid the ongoing LPG crisis, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh

Opinion

The price of looking inward

IRGC Navy firing projectiles into Strait of Hormuz.

World

Iran doubles down on Hormuz closure as ceasefire nears expiry and ships wade through uncertain waters

Donald Trump speaks at a Turning Point USA event in Phoenix.

World

Israel great ally of US; courageous and loyal, unlike others: Donald Trump

Donald Trump speaks at Oval Office on 18 April.

World

Trump says Iran ‘can’t blackmail us’; Tehran hits back, signals no compromise

UN secretary-general António Guterres.

World

UN chief strongly condemns attack killing French peacekeeper in Lebanon

Tankers and gas carriers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz.

World

Iran reasserts control over Strait of Hormuz despite fragile truce