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Seven countries in the OPEC+ alliance have decided to raise oil output by a combined 188,000 barrels per day in August, the group said on Sunday. The increase, agreed for a fifth consecutive month, will bring more oil into the market as crude prices remain close to levels seen before the US and Israel’s war…
Last Updated:June 22, 2026, 04:40 IST Messi was 18 years and 357 days old when he scored his first FIFA World Cup goal for Argentina in 2006. In comparison, Yamal was 18 years and 343 days old on Sunday. Lamine Yamal overtakes Lionel Messi to become 8th youngest goal scorer in FIFA World Cup. (Picture…
Veteran diplomat Vipul has been appointed as India’s next ambassador to Saudi Arabia, an assignment widely regarded as a critical deployment in light of the Gulf country’s expanding regional influence and the highly volatile geopolitical crisis in West Asia. The 1998-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer is currently serving as New Delhi’s envoy to Qatar,…
OPEC+ agreed on Sunday a modest oil output hike for June, an increase that will remain largely on paper as long as the Iran war continues to disrupt Gulf oil supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. Seven OPEC+ countries will raise oil output targets by 188,000 barrels per day in June, the third consecutive monthly…
Almost two hours before US President Donald Trump’s deadline to ‘end the whole of civilisation’ through massive bombings on the night of April 7, his post on Truth Social announced a two-week-long ceasefire brokered by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir. Speculations were divided: many doubted Iran would…
Iran’s embassies in Pakistan and South Africa responded sharply to the mother of one of two US F-15 pilots whose aircraft were downed over Iranwarning that her sons faced more danger under President Donald Trump than in Iranian custody. In posts on X, the Iranian embassies highlighted Iran’s treatment of captives. “Be sure your sons…
The war between America and Israel against Iran has broken the back of the Gulf countries. Oil and gas supply to countries like Saudi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stopped and Iran is carrying out missile and drone attacks on these countries. Amidst the war, UAE has now started recovering its billions of dollars of…
On the first day, it looked like a war of overwhelming force. Missiles and drones surged across the Gulf, with Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates absorbing hundreds of strikes in a matter of hours. The charts capturing those opening hours are stark: towering spikes that dwarf everything that follows. For many observers, the conclusion…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will on Monday convene senior government and military officials alongside energy, shipping, finance and insurance sector leaders to discuss the Middle East war, his office said late Sunday. The roundtable meeting in Downing Street will examine the impact of Iran’s effective closure of the vital Strait of Hormuz, which has…
The war between Iran and the US-led bloc may be unfolding in the Middle East, but the players behind it could be far wider. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has alleged that Russia shared intelligence with Iran ahead of a strike on a US military airbase in Saudi Arabia. At the centre of this new development…