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Why fuel prices could stay high for months even if the Iran war ends tomorrow
RIYADH, March 8 — The US-Israeli war with Iran could leave consumers and businesses worldwide facing weeks or months of higher fuel prices even if the week-old conflict ends quickly, as suppliers grapple with damaged facilities, disrupted logistics, and elevated
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Iran vows six months of ‘intense war’ as conflict spreads to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Lebanon and Iraq
TEHRAN, March 8 — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Sunday that the country’s forces could fight an intense war for six months against the United States and Israel, which said it struck Tehran’s commanders at a seaside hotel in the heart
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China foreign minister condemns Iran war, calls US-Israel strikes ‘law of the jungle’
BEIJING, March 8 — China’s top diplomat condemned on Sunday the war in the Middle East and urged the United States to iron out its differences with Beijing. Wang Yi told a press conference in the Chinese capital that the
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Midnight blast rocks US embassy in Norway; investigation underway
OSLO, March 8 — Norwegian police reported on Sunday an explosion at the US embassy in the capital Oslo, but said there were no casualties. The explosion occurred around 1.00 am local time (8am Malaysian time), the Oslo police department
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Trump denies responsibility for Iran school bombing; NYT report points to US forces
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, March 8 — President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed Iran for what the country’s authorities said was a deadly strike on a school in the southern county of Minab. “We think it was done by Iran.
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Trump mocks UK naval support in Iran: ‘We don’t need people who join wars after we’ve won’
MIAMI, March 8 — President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Britain is giving “serious thought” to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East, but added that the US does not need them to win the war with Iran,
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Kuwait says international airport targeted in drone attack
KUWAIT CITY, March 8 — Kuwait’s defence ministry said on Sunday that fuel tanks at the Gulf nation’s international airport were targeted in a drone attack, as Iran continued its strikes across the region. “The fuel tanks of Kuwait International
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‘Women are pillars of the nation’: DPM Fadillah calls for stronger support and protection
KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — The government will continue to provide assistance, protection, support and safe spaces for women in the country, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. He described women as pillars of the nation, even as
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New MH370 search in southern Indian Ocean yields no clues, says Transport Ministry
PUTRAJAYA, March 8 — The search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in a new area of the southern Indian Ocean has not yielded any clues on the aircraft’s location. The Ministry of Transport’s (MOT) Air Accident Investigation
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RM24.6m paid to 10,726 paddy farmers under STTP since 2024, says Agrobank Group CEO
JERLUN, March 8 — A total of 10,726 paddy farmers nationwide have received overall compensation totalling RM24.6 million under the Paddy Crop Takaful Scheme (STTP) from 2024 until yesterday. Agrobank Group president and chief executive officer Datuk Tengku Ahmad Badli
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