Daily Asia briefing

Arsenal score late winner at Sporting Lisbon to take 1-0 first-leg advantage back to London next week.

Djibouti built its economy on the strategy of charging rent to different military world powers.

Trump has threatened to step up the US-Israeli war on Iran by destroying every bridge and power plant in the country.

Kylian Mbappe pulled a goal back for Madrid ahead of the quarterfinal second leg in Munich next week.

Crowds of angry protesters stormed the Kuwaiti consulate building in Iraq’s Basra.

With hours to go until the deadline, here are the ways tonight could play out.

PM Sharif cites progress in diplomatic efforts for peaceful settlement of war, urges to allow diplomacy run its course.

Dozens of congressional Democrats raised alarm Tuesday over President Trump's rhetoric about Iran. Most Republican lawmakers have been silent.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged "all warring parties" to observe a ceasefire everywhere ⁠for two weeks "to allow diplomacy to achieve conclusive termination of war"

West was due to headline the festival in July but drew criticism over past antisemitic comments.

Kabul's foreign minister expresses hope that minor interpretations will not hinder progress.

Anutin Charnvirakul, whose new cabinet was sworn in late April 6, told reporters in Bangkok that his government was weighing shutting down sales at petrol pumps from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., as early as April 20

Massive fuel price hikes are hurting ordinary Filipinos, small businesses, and various industries

Energy Secretary Sharon Garin says pump prices will remain high even if the Middle East conflict subsides due to the damage to oil facilities in the Gulf

Israeli strikes on Gaza escalate with children among the injured and civilians killed in densely populated areas.

For boat owner Marcial Arong, P1,000 now feels like P100

The repayment schedule to UAE has been finalised as $450 million on April 11, $2 billion on April 17 and another $1 billion on April 23, as per reports.

Petron Corp. general manager Luben Nepomuceno recommends putting up a national 'strategic stockpile' which is a 'best practice in other countries to provide buffer stock and stabilize prices during periods of supply disr...

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The paramilitary Revolutionary Guard warned that Iran would “deprive the U.S. and its allies of the region’s oil and gas for years”

Iraq's powerful Kataeb Hezbollah armed group announced on Tuesday that it would release US journalist Shelly Kittleson, a week after she was kidnapped in Baghdad.

Egypt is one of the countries implementing energy conservation measures amid the US-Israel war on Iran.

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African nations are scrambling to secure oil and gas as the Iran war disrupts supplies from the Middle East.

The armed group Kataib Hezbollah said that it would free Kittleson on the condition that she leave Iraq immediately.

British PM Keir Starmer said it was concerning that London's Wireless Festival had booked West in the first place.

Evacuations will remain suspended until further notice, WHO says, adding that the incident is under investigation.

Trump's threat to kill 'whole civilization' and comments from VP have raised fears.

The White House denied on Tuesday that the US has any plans about a nuclear strike on Iran.

The Artemis II mission has been near flawless to date, but has the test flight shown Nasa is ready to send humans to the lunar surface?

In Russia, protesting against the war in Ukraine can be dangerous. But one Russian poet living in Moscow, Vadim Dzyuba, is speaking out.

Even some former allies have called for the 79-year-old Republican's removal from office after a series of outlandish and sometimes expletive-riddled social media posts

Washington County school board member Keith Ervin passed the creepy comment during a meeting that was live-streamed on YouTube on April 2.

The Adanis argued that the court lacks personal jurisdiction, saying neither had sufficient contacts with the U.S. or direct involvement in the bond offering

'Patuloy tayong tinatrato bilang volunteers lamang.... Ito ay hindi makatarungan; ito ay hindi katanggap-tanggap,' says the leader of a barangay health workers' group

A workers' union at the World Cup venue has asked FIFA to keep ICE agents away from the venue to alleviate their fears.