NEW DELHI: Oil prices rose on Friday and were set for weekly gains because of renewed fears of supply disruptions from the key Middle East producing region after renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran this week curtailed shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Brent futures were up 19 cents, […]
Day: July 9, 2026
MADRID: A wildfire that ripped through a hamlet in southern Spain killed 12 people, authorities said today, as a heatwave stifled swathes of the country. Some of the dead in Bedar in Almeria province were found in vehicles, the regional government said in a statement, revising an earlier toll of […]
WASHINGTON: Israel shared intelligence with the United States this week about a new and “specific” plan by Iran to assassinate President Donald Trump, US media reported yesterday. The reports come as renewed US and Iranian attacks raised fears of a return to all-out war, and after Trump’s puzzling use of […]