Iran War Live Updates: Kuwaiti Tanker Full of Oil Struck Off Dubai Day After Trump’s Threats
The vessel caught fire and sustained damage, its owner said on Tuesday, adding that there was the potential for an oil spill in surrounding waters. On Monday, President Trump warned Iran that without a deal he would order attacks on infrastructure targets.
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Kuwaiti Oil Tanker Set Ablaze After Attack Off the Coast of Dubai
The attack damaged the hull, the owner of the tanker said, which could cause an oil spill.
Australia politics live: inflation likely to hit 5% by June, RBA says; Chalmers welcomes Fair Work decision to scrap ‘junior’ rates for young adults
Meanwhile PM explains his reaction to news of Dezi Freeman death. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhat’s the trigger for stage three under the national plan?The energy minister, Chris Bowen, says we’re still on stage two of the national plan agreed to at yesterday’s national cabinet, reiterating that so far any cancelled fuel shipments have been replaced (he’s referring to the six tankers that he announced were cancelled on 22 March).The trigger … says ongoing supply disruptions mean we will focus on getting fuel where it’s needed most. Now, ongoing supply disruptions really means the fuel supply to Australia has been impacted. That hasn’t happened.Early on in this conflict, I reached out to counterparts in the region who are our primary suppliers of liquid fuels … I reached out to Korea, to Singapore, to Malaysia, but we’ll continue to do that.We believe we’re reliable, and we ask for reliability in return. Continue reading...
White House blames Democrats for record-breaking DHS shutdown after House Republicans reject Senate’s compromise bill – live
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says there are still long security lines at airports throughout the country, and morale among TSA agents has ‘plummeted’Sign up for the Breaking News US email alertsThe average price for a gallon of gasoline in the US is about to hit $4, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA).This is up 33% from a month ago, when the average price was $2.98 per gallon. It is the highest national average since 2022, following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading...
Ukraine war briefing: allies asked Kyiv about reducing attacks on Russian energy sector, Zelenskyy says
President says he is open to scaling back strikes on oil and wider energy industry if Moscow reciprocates. What we know on day 1,496 Continue reading...
Middle East crisis live: Kuwait issues oil spill warning after tanker attacked in Dubai port
Kuwait says fire broke out after Iranian attack on giant tanker and warns of possible oil spill in surrounding watersTrump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s energy grid if ceasefire not reached ‘shortly’Donald Trump is weighing a military operation to extract nearly 1,000 pounds (454kg) of uranium from Iran, the Wall Street Journal is reporting, citing unnamed US officials.The mission would likely put American forces inside the country for days or longer, the report says.But the president remains generally open to the idea, according to the officials, because it could help accomplish his central goal of preventing Iran from ever making a nuclear weapon.The combined effect of both waterways being shut to commercial traffic from countries that neither the Iranians nor Houthis favour would be devastating.Napoleon Bonaparte’s remark that “the policy of a state lies in its geography” has never seemed more apt. Continue reading...
Ron DeSantis signs bill renaming Palm Beach airport after Donald Trump
If approved, move is latest in series of buildings, warships, institutions, programs and currency named after presidentHe has buildings, institutions, government programs, warships, currency, and now Donald Trump is getting an airport that bears his name even as he looks forward to a towering Trump presidential library in Miami.Ron DeSantis, Florida’s governor, signed a bill on Monday saying the Palm Beach international airport was being renamed to the President Donald J Trump international airport. Continue reading...
A New U.S. Missile Hit a Sports Hall in Iran. Here’s What We Know About It.
Barely out of prototype testing, the Precision Strike Missile is shrouded in secrecy — including which Persian Gulf countries the Army is launching them from.
Israel Passes Law to Hang Palestinians Convicted of Deadly Attacks
Experts say the law was written in such a way as to ensure that it was unlikely to ever apply to Jewish extremists who commit similar crimes.