TOKYO: Japan will release oil reserves as early as Monday to ease pressure on the prices of gasoline and other energy, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said as the Middle East war sparked supply worries. "Without waiting for a formal decision on coordinated international stock releases with the IEA, Japan has decided to take the lead …
Paris : The Group of Seven advanced economies inched closer Wednesday to tapping strategic oil reserves to tackle the rise in crude oil prices due to the Middle East war as energy ministers said they stood ready to take "all necessary measures". The announcement came before G7 leaders were set to discuss the widespread economic …
Washington DC: US President Donald Trump expressed concern over the appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei, son of late Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, as Iran's new Supreme Leader. He said he does not believe the newly appointed leader of the Islamic Republic will be able to “live in peace” as US military operations against the regime in …
The West Asia conflict is escalating at a scale few expected. Just days after multiple strikes on Iran and the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the United States has reportedly intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran. Authorities say the transmissions may serve as an “operational trigger” for “sleeper assets” outside …
DUBAI/TEL AVIV: Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they would not let any oil out of the Middle East until U.S. and Israeli attacks cease, prompting U.S. President Donald Trump to threaten to hit Iran "twenty times harder" if it blocked exports. Despite the defiance rhetoric from both sides, investors placed strong bets that Trump …
Pyongyang: North Korea issued a sharp warning on March 10 after the United States and South Korea launched their annual joint military exercise, Freedom Shield. The warning came from Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. In a statement published by the state news agency Korean Central News Agency, she said …
Colombo: Sri Lanka and India are providing sanctuary to 434 sailors from three Iranian naval vessels targeted or threatened by the United States, a diplomatic conundrum as the war spills into the Indian Ocean. The ships had taken part in a naval exercise organised by India off the coast of Visakhapatnam, when the United States …
Mosaic Warfare is a warfighting theory that makes the enemy fight an unexpectedly large, asymmetric volume and variety of weapons from different classes, sizes, and types each fighting in a way as distinct as the tiles in a mosaic. Each weapon being distinct in nature, makes it difficult for the opponent to gain control of …
Fifteen explosions were reported across Tel Aviv after Iranian ballistic missiles carrying cluster warheads targeted Israeli locations. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the attack involved Khorramshahr, Fattah and Khaibar missiles along with strategic drones aimed at military targets linked to Israel and US forces. Air raid sirens sounded across Tel Aviv, Haifa and several …
TOKYO: Japan is preparing to deploy its first batch of domestically developed long-range missiles , with their launchers arriving at an army camp Monday as the country accelerates its offensive capability in response to rising challenges in the region. The upgraded Type-12 land-to-ship missiles will be deployed at Camp Kengun in Japan’s southwestern prefecture of …
