Such has been the intensity of events in the Persian Gulf, and the relentlessness of the media coverage, that the Iran war can feel older than it is. In fact, some of the oil tankers that left the Middle East before the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have yet to reach their
The young free trade port looks to Singapore for lessons, says Hainan party chief Feng Fei.
KYIV, March 26 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that he had arrived in Saudi Arabia and would hold \"important meetings\", part of an effort to bolster ties with Middle East countries amid the Iran war.
India added an estimated record 48GW of renewable energy capacity in 2025, versus about 9GW of new coal capacity.
WASHINGTON, March 26 - President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Iran to make a deal to end U.S. and Israeli bombing or face more strikes on their country.
DUBAI, March 26 - Iran’s initial response to the U.S. proposal to end the war, which was conveyed to Pakistan, was that it was \"one-sided and unfair\", a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Thursday, adding that a path forward might still be found if realism prevailed in
About 60 wooden coffins were laid out on the forecourt of Eidgah Mosque.
The subsidised rate of RM1.99 (64 Singapore cents) per litre remains unchanged.
The US looked forward to supplying Taiwan with more crude oil and natural gas, the diplomat said.
The top United States diplomat in Taiwan pledged continued support for the island's efforts to acquire "critical defence capabilities".
"We are now in the process of releasing the Malaysian oil tankers and the workers involved so that they may continue their journey home," says Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Beijing is committed to law-based governance and will continue to improve the business environment, said a senior official.
The suspected assailant also died after stabbing himself.
March 26 - The United States, Israel and Iran have laid out maximalist positions to end warfare that has set the Middle East aflame and threatened the global economy by choking off Gulf energy supplies.
PARIS, March 26 - France will host the leaders of India, South Korea, Brazil and Kenya at the G7 leaders' summit in Evian-les-Bains in June, a move Paris says is aimed at broadening support for its goal of correcting global economic imbalances.
He also said Malaysia’s government would maintain oil price subsidies.
MBABANE, March 26 - A Cambodian man whom the U.S. Trump administration deported to Eswatini after he finished serving a 15-year sentence for attempted murder has been released, his lawyer said, the second of at least 19 deportees sent to the country to be freed.
Offences were previously imposed solely on petrol station operators, not offending drivers.
Mr Rabi Lamichhane is now a key figure in Nepal’s shifting political order.
The roll-out includes “firm safeguards” to prevent violations of its safety policies.
The fires at the two locations have been burning for several days.
Ko Wen-je, the founder of the Taiwan People's Party, was charged in December 2024 with corruption relating to a property development when he was Taipei's mayor.
Ko Wen-je's supporters had previously described the charges against him as politically motivated.
ISTANBUL, March 26 - A marine drone struck a crude oil tanker that had departed Russia, causing an explosion in the Black Sea near Istanbul's Bosphorus strait on Thursday, Turkey's transportation minister said.
Malaysia imports more than four million to five million tonnes of fertilisers annually.
Indian state-owned refiners issued statements saying “rumours” about fuel shortages were “completely unfounded”.
Asia relies more heavily on crude oil, petrol, fuel and fertiliser from the Middle East than other parts of the world.
The supplementary budget, worth 25 trillion won, is in response to the Middle East conflict and aims to support small and mid-sized firms and vulnerable households.
Another runner who was seen hoarding energy gels taken from the race was also banned.
It aims to support small and mid-sized firms and vulnerable households hit by the prolonged war.
March 26 - The Pentagon is weighing whether to redirect weapons originally meant for Ukraine to the Middle East, as the war in Iran strains supplies of some of the U.S. military's most critical munitions, the Washington Post reported Thursday, citing three people familiar with
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has said he saw “a glimmer of hope for peace”.
Beijing warned that a potential ammunition facility would destabilise the region and “backfire”.
"The US and its allies should earnestly respect the common aspirations of regional countries ... and refrain from introducing bloc confrontation, conflict and the chaos of war into the Asia-Pacific," said Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian.
Intelligence agencies are often blamed when the use of military force has an unexpected or negative outcome. Pundits often argue leaders end up in difficult situations because they are not fully informed, or intelligence agencies got it wrong. Of course, analysis is sometimes
TAIPEI, March 26 - A Taipei court on Thursday sentenced former city mayor and one-time presidential candidate Ko Wen-je to 17 years in jail after finding him guilty of corruption and misuse of political donations, the official Central News Agency said.
Ferry rides to the archipelago have been reduced from five to three trips a day.
More than 3,800 people in the country were killed in the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in March 2025.
South Korea’s population has been shrinking since hitting its peak at 51.84 million in 2019.
In Seoul, ultrafine dust levels have been particularly persistent.
They were convicted of “supplying a foreign state with information prejudicial to national defence”.
Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi has struggled to stabilise ties with China since she took office in October.
It is set to unveil a new cap on fuel prices two weeks after introducing the ceiling.
The language of power often reveals more than it intends. In a rare moment of candor on March 7, US President Donald Trump described the confrontation with Iran as “a big chess game at a very high level … I’m dealing with very smart players … high-level intellect. High, very
The country’s Energy Regulatory Commission expects to finalise a modified pricing scheme by April.
MOSCOW, March 26 - Russia's Kirishinefteorgsintez oil refinery, one of the largest in the country, halted processing on Thursday following Ukrainian drone attacks that caused fires in some parts of the plant, two industry sources said.