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Qatar LNG tankers turn back after failed attempt to pass through Hormuz

Transit through Hormuz would be a shot in the arm for Qatar, which supplied nearly a 5th of all LNG last year, even as the country's Ras Laffan export plant has been shut for over a month

Iran war: Hormuz traffic hits highest in weeks as more transits are agreed

Iranian vessels continue to dominate traffic, but on Sunday a tanker carrying Iraqi crude made its way through the strait, after Iran said it would grant an exemption to "brotherly Iraq"

India issues tender to buy 2.5 mn tonnes of urea as Iran war hits supply

India regularly imports urea through global tenders to meet local demand

Saudi hikes Asia oil price to record premium amid Hormuz disruption

State oil producer Saudi Aramco will increase flagship Arab Light crude prices for May sales to a premium of $19.50 over regional benchmarks for refiners in Asia

Bank stocks' $95 billion rout may deepen as risks mount amid Iran war

Global investors withdrew a record ₹32,700 crore from the shares of financial services companies in the first two weeks of March, according to National Securities Depository data

Trump may be remembered as the US president who lost Asia to China

As US policy grows more erratic, developing nations increasingly see China's steady- if mercantilist- approach as the more reliable bet, reflected in rising adoption of Chinese technology across world

Trump issues ultimatum to hit Iran's power plants after US airman's rescue

Trump, in renewing his threats to target Iran's civilian infrastructure, used an expletive in social media post and told Axios he will be 'blowing up everything over there' if Iran doesn't make a deal

British military sees jobs crisis as opportunity to rebuild depleted forces

Military opportunities are now being actively promoted in job centres around the country, with a particular focus on regions with high youth unemployment

Italy sets jet fuel restrictions at some airports amid supply shortage

Fuel restrictions for flights have been introduced at the airports of Bologna, Milan Linate, Treviso and Venice, according to a Notice to Airmen, or Notam advisories

Impulse Space, Anduril building technology for Trump's golden dome

The companies have been selected by the Pentagon to develop prototypes of space-based interceptors intended to track and destroy missiles from orbit

Missing US airman rescued after fighter jet downed in Iran: Report

The rescue operation for the crew member of the F-15E fighter jet was conducted by a "specialised commando unit with a high volume of air cover," the report said

US inflation set to spike as energy prices rise amid West Asia war

Economists are penciling in a 1 per cent increase in the consumer price index for March - the sharpest one-month advance since 2022 - after the Iran war pushed gas prices up by about $1/gallon

Kuwait's oil ministry building set ablaze by Iranian drone strike

The damaged building, which also houses the emirate's oil ministry, was evacuated and firefighting crews were on the scene

Iraqi ships can transit through Strait of Hormuz: Iranian military

The declaration has the potential to unleash as much as 3 million barrels a day of Iraqi oil cargoes

US deploys bulk of stealthy long-range missiles for Iran conflict

The US has allocated funds to buy more than 6,200 JASSMs since 2009, and production of the baseline JASSM for US supplies ended about 10 years ago

Russia's VPN crackdown caused bank outage, says Telegram founder

Attempts on Friday to limit VPN use could have sparked the disruption affecting banking apps, The Bell and other Russian media reported, citing industry sources who weren't identified

IMF warns tokenized finance risks amplifying market crises ahead

Faster blockchain systems could limit regulators' crisis response

How the Iran conflict is reshaping global aviation, shifting market share

The global aviation dynamic changed almost overnight when the Iran war broke out, shuttering airspaces, grounding planes and leaving regional airlines in disarray

OpenAI rejigs leadership as COO shifts out of role, AGI CEO taking leave

Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of AGI development who oversees much of its core business, will also take a medical leave for several weeks to seek new treatment for an ongoing neuroimmune condition

French, Japanese-owned ships make first crossings through Strait of Hormuz

Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has practically halted since the US and Israel attacked Iran, with just a trickle of ships able to make the crossing