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Train bomb in Pakistan’s Baloch region: Why violence is on the rise

close economic, trade and security cooperation. Responsibility for the train attack was claimed by the [Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA)](/news/2025/3/12/who-are-the-bla-the-group-behind-pakistans-deadly-train-hijack), an armed Baloch separatist group which, apart from calling for an independent state, also strongly

Four months after the horrific Iran school bombing, fears grow that Trump and Hegseth will bury the truth

Strait of Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/17/trump-us-iran-war-mou-deal) last week, Trump signalled he was ready to write off the attack as a mistake. “It’s such a strange question to be asked at this date, because

Rubio visits India to sell energy as Iran oil shock persists

Hormuz - a narrow shipping lane that has become a flashpoint since Israel and the US attacked Iran in February - have virtually ground to a halt. Iran has used the closure of the strait

Iran sees mass redundancies from war with US and Israel

closed down after being hit by air strikes. It also includes other manufacturers, retailers, import and export business, and the digital sector. "You can see it from the emptiness of the metro," posted one user

Wall Street seems to have decided the recession risk is over. Can the Australian market do the same?

Hormuz is reopened.” Which means despite the IMF’s grim warnings, investors have “already decided that the risk of recession is receding”. [Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) Oliver

Pakistan races against time to get Iran back to US talks as truce end nears

close to the mediation efforts remain cautiously hopeful that Iran might send a negotiating team for the talks by Wednesday, a series of escalatory steps taken by the US over the past 48 hours

The Iran war sent jet fuel prices sky-high. Here's what air travelers should know

Strait of Hormuz](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/nx-s1-5811770/iran-war-updates) — through which some 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas typically travels— will fully reopen. "Even if an agreement was reached today … we're talking weeks

Jim Chalmers is putting a positive spin on the economy, but is the outlook for Australia grim?

Iran in late February. That recent strength accentuates the slowdown in the latest figures. After expanding by 0.9% in the December quarter, real GDP growth faltered to just 0.3% in the three months to March

EU faces ‘China shock’ as EV imports drive Beijing’s record surplus with bloc

Iran war with the “largest quarterly growth figures … since 2022”. Soapbox figures released last week showed that exports from the EU to China fell 16.2% in February, with pork shipments notably in decline. Although China

Trump to face questions at G7 press conference. And, Tuesday's primary results

Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas on June 8. **Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP via Getty Images** Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP via Getty Images - 🎧 **Trump and every country in the region, except for Israel, want to bring the war with

Trump heads to China for state visit. And, how the war in Iran has affected inflation

close allies and trading partners](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/12/nx-s1-5818529/trump-china-iran-war), and there are questions about whether China has assisted Iran. The U.S. has spent weeks bombing Iran and is now blockading all ships connected to the country

Drone strikes UAE nuclear plant highlighting risk of renewed war

Strait of Hormuz, a vital energy waterway gripped by Iran, which is under a U.S. naval blockade. "For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won't be anything

US-Iran ceasefire offers welcome respite but true peace looks distant as ever

strait of Hormuz is of integral importance to the global economy, as the Iranians have demonstrated. They’ve shown us what we always knew in theory: that they can impose cascading stress globally by throwing

3 things to know about naval blockades as U.S. begins patrols in the Strait of Hormuz

Hormuz, according to Steve Dunn, author of *Blockade: Cruiser Warfare and the Starvation of Germany in World War One*. "Detection of vessels is much easier, with satellite, [planes and drones] and radar," using helicopters

'Britain at the heart of Europe': How Starmer's plans are going down in the EU

Strait of Hormuz, when the Iran crisis eventually abates. But when it comes to economic ties with the UK, there is a sense of weary cynicism in Brussels. On Monday, Starmer proclaimed that: "Incremental change

Some Iran-linked ships have crossed US blockade, data suggests

Hormuz has become a focal point of the US-Israel war with Iran after Tehran effectively choked off one of the world's most important shipping lanes. The disruption to shipping since the conflict began

The UAE’s OPEC exit is not about oil; it is the end of Gulf solidarity

Strait of Hormuz partially closed, would limit the immediate price impact. Analysts pointed to the longstanding tension with the quotas imposed on Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s (ADNOC) ambition to reach five million barrels

No date set for US-Iran talks, as Pakistan pushes to keep diplomacy alive

close international coordination to ensure peace and stability”, the prime minister’s office said. From Doha, Sharif heads to Antalya with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. They are expected to meet counterparts

Is India’s Chabahar dream in Iran dead?

Strait of Hormuz, January 17, 2012 [Raheb Homavandi/Reuters] ## What’s in Chabahar port for India? In southeastern Iran, perched on the Gulf of Oman, the Chabahar port comprises two terminals: Shahid Kalantari and Shahid Beheshti

Trump goes to China as Iran war smolders

close allies and trading partners, and the U.S. has just spent weeks bombing Iran and is now blockading all ships connected to Iran. Meanwhile, there are questions about whether China has assisted Iran