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Advertisement Commentary Commentary: Strait of Hormuz disruptions create a ‘fossil premium’ for consumers The Iran war has shown how deeply dependent the world is on fossil fuels beyond electricity and transport, says Alvin Ee of the Energy Studies Institute, NUS. An LNG tank is seen from a fishing village in Map Ta Phut in Thailand’s […]

Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink James Maddison and Pedro Porro celebrate Tottenham’s win over Everton [EPA] West Ham United were relegated and Tottenham Hotspur survived on an emotional final day of the Premier League season when Pep Guardiola and Mohamed Salah made their exits after record-breaking spells in English football. […]

play videoplay video Video Duration 28 minutes 00 seconds play-arrow28:00 The court’s former chief prosecutor says justice is being sacrificed to political interests. Read more Fatou Bensouda, former International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor, discusses the threats, pressure and sanctions she faced while pursuing investigations on Palestine. She says Israel wanted the investigations stopped, describes […]

Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink Plumes of smoke billow from southern Lebanon following Israeli strikes, as seen from Marjayoun, Lebanon on May 24, 2026 [Reuters] Israeli strikes have killed at least six people in southern Lebanon as the Israeli army issues fresh evacuation orders. Israeli air raids in al-Namiriya killed […]

play videoplay video Video Duration 25 minutes 00 seconds play-arrow25:00 Read more President Donald Trump was able to purge his most vocal critics within the Republican Party, as Americans voted for the congressional candidates who will run in November’s midterm elections. One of the most prominent politicians to be unseated was Representative Thomas Massie, who […]

Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink A billboard of then Senegalese presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye in March 2024 [Luc Gnago/Reuters] The speaker of Senegal’s parliament says he is resigning, two days after his close ally was fired as prime minister in a deepening political crisis. The move by speaker El […]

Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink Palestinian American teenager Mohammed Ibrahim, centre, who was imprisoned by Israeli forces last year, and former ICE detainee Leqaa Kordia (second from right) pose for a photo at the ICNA conference in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 23 [Ali Harb/Al Jazeera] Baltimore, United States – Muslim […]

Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink President Miguel Diaz-Canel holds a Cuban flag during a rally in support of Raul Castro, on May 22 [Adalberto Roque/AFP] Cuba has announced the first shipment in an expected donation from China of about 60,000 tonnes of rice, as the Caribbean island contends with an […]

Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink President Daniel Noboa delivers his State of the Nation address in Quito, Ecuador, on May 24 [Dolores Ochoa/AP Photo] Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has used his State of the Union speech to tout his United States-backed crime-fighting strategies as well as improvements to the economy. […]

Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink Vessels sail in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, on May 22, 2026 [Majid Asgaripou/West Asia News Agency) via Reuters] Oil prices have fallen sharply amid tentative hopes for a deal to end the US-Israel war on Iran. Brent crude, the primary benchmark for global oil […]