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Chinese firms stepping in.

GCC and UK foreign ministers condemn Iranian strikes on Gulf states and Jordan, welcome UN Resolution 2817 backed by 136 countries, and call on Tehran to halt all attacks unconditionally.

Oil eases to $103 a barrel as Iraq says it is in talks with Iran to allow some tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel says an overnight airstrike targeted Iran's security chief Ali Larijani and his son in a Tehran safe house, in what would be the most significant assassination since the killing of Ayatollah Khamenei.

Thousands of Chinese companies found to have supplied goods to Russian firms linked to the country’s defence sector, despite Beijing’s claims of neutrality.

Tech

Central Asian countries commit to multiple plans and investments. Some observers, however, say Russian sanctions dodgers are exploiting their cryptocurrency networks.

Hungarian lender K&H Group is deepening its push into integrated digital services and artificial intelligence as customers increasingly expect banking to match the speed and simplicity of major online platforms.

The email system of the Albanian parliament has been targeted by a cyberattack allegedly carried out by a hacking group linked to Iran, according to Albania’s National Cyber Security Authority.

Hacker group Handala claimed on March 11 it breached Stryker Corporation's systems, saying it extracted 50 terabytes of data and forced office closures in 79 countries in retaliation for attacks on Iranian infrastructure.

International payments company PAYSTRAX is preparing a major recruitment drive in Lithuania, with plans to create up to 150 new fintech jobs over the next three years.

Opinion

The trump administration and Donald Trump personally have completely lost the ability to mediate negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, says The Bell in a commentary.

A senior adviser to US President Donald Trump has warned that escalating conflict between Israel and Iran could lead to “truly catastrophic” nuclear weapons use.

Gulf oil producers have lost an estimated $15.1bn in energy revenues since the war with Iran began, with $10.7bn in crude and LNG cargoes stranded inside the Strait of Hormuz.

Washington appears increasingly uninterested in Tbilisi, turning instead to Armenia and Azerbaijan as it reshapes its strategy in the South Caucasus.

A proposed record release of emergency strategic oil reserves from the International Energy Agency (IEA) could offer temporary relief to global markets if Middle Eastern supply disruptions deepen, but it will not prevent prices from rising again.

Data

Saudi bank loans to the private sector and non-financial government entities rose 10% year on year to SAR3.43tn in January 2026, reflecting sustained credit growth across the kingdom's economy.

Dubai property prices could fall up to 20% by 2028 as a record supply wave collides with weakening demand driven by the Gulf War.

Ukrainians are getting tired of the war. In a change of heart, a majority would now support a peace agreement involving territorial concessions if presented alongside clear incentives such as European Union membership and security guarantees.

Drop follows a period of strong wage expansion, with real net wages having surged by 11.1% over the two years leading up to January 2025 — a pace widely seen as unsustainable.

No decline in mortgage rates foreseen because of geopolitical developments.

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A 26-metre Christ statue has been unveiled in the Lebanese border village of Al-Qaa as a symbol of peace, as Israeli strikes have killed more than 850 and displaced over a million across Lebanon.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is facing a growing domestic political crisis as deputies in his own Servant of the People party start to rebel against his authority.

Russia is poised to reap a major financial windfall from rising global oil prices due to the war in the Gulf, after the discounts on the Urals blend of oil fell to zero in the last week

In the first video US President Donald Trump released following the start of operation epic fury he calls on the Iranian people to rise up in what he called a “once in a generation opportunity” to take back control of their own country.

Brussels is again considering a cap on gas prices to shield consumers from soaring energy costs, but the policy risks weakening Europe’s ability to attract LNG cargoes just as the bloc faces a difficult storage refill ahead of next winter.

Blogs

A “permits-for-passage" system emerges as the US heads towards a strategic defeat in Iran after the White House makes a string of strategic blunders.

Caracas stands to gain from surging crude prices triggered by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, but Washington's control over its oil income means the bonanza may consolidate authoritarian rule rather than rebuild a broken state.

Life in wartime Tehran has shifted to a neighbourhood-centric pattern as residents stay put, unable to afford evacuation. Field reporting reveals how economic pressure, not defiance, keeps millions in a city under sustained air strikes.

The Kremlin is looking on with concern as Operation Epic Fury unfolds in the Middle East. The US has gone in with its standard “shock and awe” strategy of attacking with overwhelming force. But Putin probably sees this as another Libya.

Albanian PM Edi Rama has emerged as one of Europe’s most outspoken backers of the US-Israeli military action against "murderers in Tehran".

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A leading name in the Taiwanese solar sector, TSEC has seen its valuation on the Taiwanese exchange skyrocket in recent months.

Under the complaint, OCBC is said to have failed to disclose its exposure to high-carbon assets fully. This put them in a position of potentially breaching disclosure rules set by the Singapore Exchange.

The number of days where extreme heat makes it too dangerously hot to go outside or engage in ordinary activities has doubled over the past 75 years, according to according to a paper published in the journal Environmental Research: Health.

South Korea has taken a formal step towards supporting the Philippines’ return to nuclear energy, with three major institutions signing an agreement to cooperate on future atomic power projects.

Global temperatures in 2025 ranked as the third-highest on record, according to analyses released by three major climate monitoring agencies, highlighting the continued acceleration of human-driven warming despite cooling influences from La Nina.

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