Oil prices have risen since the start of the US-Iran conflict on February 28, often swinging violently in response to the war's ever changing headlines. BP's profit after tax jumped to $3.8 billion for the January-March period from $687 million in...

The practice known as "Singapore-washing" is under scrutiny after China blocked a major US acquisition on national security grounds. China's top economic planning body said Monday it prohibited the deal between Facebook owner Meta and the Chinese-d...

Pyongyang closed its borders in January 2020 to stop the spread of the coronavirus, with research and media reports indicating that the diplomatically isolated nation spent subsequent years bolstering security along its frontiers. Campaigners have ...

Paris Saint-Germain host Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final this Tuesday. Bayern are aiming for their first final since 2020.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has taken a huge chunk of oil supplies off the market, sending the price of jet fuel soaring and triggering fears of shortages that could force airlines to cancel flights. Airlines aren't waiting for a lack of su...

They host Arsenal on Wednesday in the Champions League semi-finals chasing redemption after their crushing Copa del Rey final defeat little over a week ago. Tens of thousands of Atletico fans travelled down to Seville only to go home empty-handed, ...

The Gunners travel to the Spanish capital for the first leg looking to move a step closer to only their second Champions League final appearance. Mikel Arteta's side have been labelled English football's nearly men after three successive runners-up...

The US-Israeli strikes on Iran and the virtual closure of the Strait of Hormuz have rattled deliveries of naphtha, a liquid essential for making a key ingredient in many medical supplies. The disruption has particularly affected petrochemical secto...

Traditional media companies around the world are in a battle for survival as readers increasingly consume their news on social media. Australia wants big tech companies to compensate local publishers for sharing articles that drive traffic on their...

Abdul Goni Gazi was among the first to raise the alarm for the creatures struggling to grow their numbers under pressure from habitat loss, poaching and climate change. Known locally as "Goni Tiger", the 45-year-old devoted his life to promoting co...

Former Royal Air Force reservist John Lewis contemplated suicide, serving police officer Nick Morton had a mental health breakdown and ex- military intelligence operative Al Strudwick lost his self-confidence after having both his legs amputated bec...

Investors were also gearing up for key central bank meetings and earnings reports from Wall Street giants this week. Tehran was reported to have passed "written messages" to Washington via Pakistan spelling out its red lines in peace talks, includi...

Ministers and climate envoys aim to revive the transition from fossil fuels at the inaugural conference in Santa Marta, one of the country's busiest coal hubs in a nation heavily reliant on energy exports. The two-day conference bypasses the United...

The Museo del Galeon, which focuses on the hulking Espiritu Santo, aims to tell the story of Spain's 250-year-long Pacific galleon trade from the perspective of the Filipinos who built and crewed the towering vessels. "This is a land with a great t...

The legal clash across the bay from San Francisco pits the world's richest person against a startup Musk once backed and now competes with in the booming AI sector. OpenAI's ChatGPT is a formidable rival to the chatbot Grok, made by Musk's xAI lab....