Taipei: Taiwan said Wednesday it signed six arms procurement agreements with the US earlier this month worth 208.77 billion New Taiwan dollars ($6.6 billion), according to Focus Taiwan. The purchases include High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIM…
London: Oil prices rose about 2% on Thursday as uncertainty over a possible US-Iran ceasefire and continued disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz kept markets on edge. Brent crude futures traded at around $104 per barrel as of 1015GMT, u…
Kuwait city: Iran has collected its first revenue from tolls imposed on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most crucial routes for global energy supplies, according to Parliament Deputy Speaker Hamidreza Haji Babaei. The announc…