The price of oil rose sharply to $116 a barrel on Monday as Donald Trump threatened to “blow up” and “completely obliterate” Iranian electricity plants, oil wells and its export hub Kharg Island if it did not agree to a deal.
Brent crude,…
The rainforests of northern Australia are home to extraordinary ant colonies. Instead of dwelling in underground burrows, these ants inhabit canopies of trees, dozens of meters above the ground, inside hollow spheres they construct from tree…
US President Donald Trump signaled he was reversing course on blocking oil shipments to Cuba on Sunday, saying he had “no problem” with any country sending in crude as a Russian tanker neared a Cuban port with a badly needed shipment.A sanctioned…
The Houthis are a militant group that emerged from a years-long civil war in Yemen as the country’s most powerful political force, able to disrupt international trade thanks to their proximity to a key shipping corridor at the entrance of the…
Even as regional leaders scramble to find diplomatic off-ramps to the war, the main players – Israel, the US and Iran – are doubling down on their positions.
President Donald Trump has…
Key events
What is the real significance of Yemen’s Houthis making their long-awaited entry into the Iran war?
As Patrick Wintour explains, it depends on whether the Tehran-backed…
It was just over a year ago that senior U.S. officials had a group chat on the Signal app about an attack on Yemen. Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, who was accidentally invited to the group, saw – and later revealed – Defense Secretary Pete…