Iran war

Iran’s new supreme leader rejects proposals for reducing tensions with US, senior official says

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s stance for revenge against the US and Israel was “very tough and serious”.

ComfortDelGro to raise taxi fares, add app fee as Iran war drives up fuel costs

The higher charges will be in place from March 24 to May 31.

Green Pulse Podcast

What do higher energy prices and the war in the Middle East mean for renewables?

Watching oil and gas prices soar might be alarming, but consider whether this geopolitical crisis could finally be the catalyst to break ASEAN’s addiction to fossil fuels and accelerate the shift to renewables.

UN body investigating fatal strike on Iranian girls school

FILE PHOTO: Graves are being prepared for the victims following a reported strike on a school in Minab, Iran, March 2, 2026. Iranian Foreign Media Department/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Scoot cancels flights to Jeddah till March 28 due to Middle East conflict

Scoot flights TR596 (Singapore to Jeddah) and TR597 (Jeddah to Singapore) have been cancelled due to “the geopolitical situation in the Middle East”.

Iran Parliament Speaker says Mid-East post-war order will exclude US

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf chairs a session in Tehran on Feb 1, 2026.

China to provide humanitarian assistance to Iran, Mid-East nations

China’s foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said the war had caused “grave humanitarian catastrophes” in Iran and other Middle Eastern nations.

Israel says it killed Iran security chief Ali Larijani, head of paramilitary force in air strikes

FILE PHOTO: Ali Larijani, former chairman of the parliament of Iran, attends a press conference after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon November 15, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani/File Photo

Iraq in talks with Iran to safeguard oil tanker traffic through Hormuz

Iraq's Oil Minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani speaks to the media during a press conference at Zubair oilfield in Basra, Iraq, October 28, 2025. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani

Iran war upheaval jolts shipping fuel suppliers in Singapore

Bunker distributors typically buy large volumes of fuel oil and marine gasoil that they then resell to vessels calling at Singapore for refuelling.

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