Articles tagged with "International Oil Prices"

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Middle East Roundup, July 30: China rejects report of air-defense missile shipment to Iran

Foreign ministry spokesperson says reports "are not true and not factual at all,” adds Beijing “always works for peace and the end of the conflict”; Pakistan, Türkiye express "deep concern over the continued Israeli military actions in Gaza and the Occupied West Bank."

5 DAYS AGO

Middle East Roundup, July 27: Trump says 'good chance' Iran talks will yield results

Donald Trump voices optimism over the prospects for a peace deal in talks with Iran, as both sides hold their fire for a third consecutive day; Iran and the United States held their fire Monday, handing Gulf shipping and the oil industry a respite from missile strikes as Donald Trump's UN envoy said the president was 'giving talks some space'.

July 27, 2026

Asian stocks take another hit from AI, Mideast worries

After leading several markets to record highs this year, technology firms are facing selling pressure on concerns that the eye-watering sums pumped into artificial intelligence may have been overdone and stock valuations are too high.

June 5, 2026

Visitors look at electronic display boards showing stock prices and economic indicators at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on June 1, 2026. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)

Asian equities ahead, oil rises as uncertainty surrounds US-Iran talks

Asian stocks climbed on AI-driven optimism, while oil prices rose amid ongoing uncertainty over US-Iran peace talks and the future of global energy supply routes.

June 1, 2026

Asia stocks surge, oil falls on hopes of US-Iran truce deal

Oil markets have whipsawed this week as investors parse the chances of a breakthrough agreement between Washington and Tehran that could potentially resume normal shipping through the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

May 29, 2026

Middle East roundup, May 28: US strikes Iran, drawing retaliatory attack on American base

The US military shot down four drones launched from Iran and struck a control center in the port city of Bandar Abbas; Iranian forces fire at four ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz; Israel's military issues evacuation warning for residents of the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon.

May 28, 2026

IMF sees risks to global growth forecast over sustained Iran war

In the "adverse" scenario, where oil prices remain higher for longer, inflation expectations become less stable and financial conditions tighten, growth would slow to 2.5%, the Fund said at the time.

May 14, 2026

China's President Xi Jinping (L) looks at US President Donald Trump as they attend a state banquet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026. (AFP)

Day 76: All you need to know about US-Israel war on Iran

US president says President Xi offered China's help to open the strait, pledges not to send military equipment to aid Iran; Iranian media reports that naval forces allowed Chinese ships to pass through Hormuz; Israel, Lebanon to open new round of peace talks in Washington.

May 14, 2026

Customers refuel their vehicles at a gas station of Nayara Energy Limited, in Bengaluru on December 12, 2025. (File photo: AFP)

Oil prices drop awaiting Mideast peace progress

After plunging more than 10 per cent at one point on Wednesday on hopes of peace, crude futures fall nearly another 4 percent.

May 7, 2026

Day 63: All you need to know about US-Israel war on Iran

Says negotiations are taking place via telephone calls with Islamabad; Iran judiciary chief says Tehran open to US talks but against policy 'imposition'; Israeli forces continue to destroy towns across southern Lebanon.

May 1, 2026