/ TOKYO: Japan's lower house passed a bill on Friday to provide government guarantees on for Iranian crude cargoes, a house spokeswoman said, a key step towards it becoming the first of Iran's big Asian oil buyers to get round new The bill will now be sent to the upper house, where opposition parties to the ...
's lower house is set to pass a bill on Friday to provide on insurance for Iranian crude cargoes, making it the first of 's big Asian buyers to find a way to keep the oil flowing in the face of tough new EU sanctions. takes effect on July 1 and includes a ban on EU insurance firms from covering ...
mainly steel, cars and electronics - to reduce its risk of payment defaults as western sanctions disrupt exports, highlighting the growing risk of doing business with the Islamic Republic. The move to limit the trade exposure of Asia's fourth-largest economy, which sold $1.7 billion of goods in ...
Hyundai Oilbank cites impact of euro zone crisis * Refiner is South Korea's biggest buyer of Iran crude * Latest in series of major Asian IPOs to be pulled or delayed * Company says will revive float when conditions improve (Adds details) SEOUL, June 15 (Reuters) - South Korean refiner Hyundai ...
a in Seoul and Robert Cookson in Hong Kong/ Hyundai Oilbank has shelved its planned $2bn initial public offering due to Europe’s debt crisis and lower risk appetite in global stock markets. “We’ve decided to suspend the offering due to uncertainties over the IPO’s success as the euro zone crisis ...
Japan's lower house passed a bill on Friday to provide government guarantees on insurance for Iranian crude cargoes, a key step towards it becoming the first of Iran's big Asian oil buyers to get round new European Union sanctions. The bill will now be sent to the upper house, where opposition ...
"Temporary" export ceiling measure started on June 12 * More details to be set if EU insurance issues finalised * New deals to be approved only if payment period within 180 days * Japan's lower house to pass bill to insure Iran oil on Friday-report * To allow sovereign guarantee to continue Iran ...
Starmer says UK recognises Palestinian state/ Sir Keir Starmer has announced the UK's recognition of a Palestinian state, in what represents a significant change in government policy. In a video statement on X, the prime minister said: "In the face of the growing horror in the Middle East we are ...
Demonstrations have been held in Portugal demanding a ceasefire in Gaza/ Portugal says it will recognise a Palestinian state on Sunday, making it the latest Western nation preparing to shift policy as the war in the Gaza Strip shows no sign of stopping. The foreign ministry made the announcement ...
Shurafi says "even an animal" could not survive in the so-called humanitarian zone/ As Israel continues its operation to fully occupy Gaza City, displaced Palestinians in the Israeli-designated "humanitarian zone" in southern Gaza say conditions are worsening as the areas fills up with ever more ...
The US says the resolution does not go far enough in condemning Hamas/ The US has for the sixth time vetoed a draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council that would have demanded an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages. US deputy Middle East envoy ...
Two Israeli military personnel have been shot dead near a border crossing between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan, the Israeli military and medics say. The two men were identified as reservist Lieutenant Colonel Yitzhak Harosh, 68, and Sergeant Oran Hershko, 20. The Israeli military ...
Israeli aircraft carried out strikes along Gaza City's Mediterranean coast on Thursday/ The situation in Gaza City is "nothing short of cataclysmic", a UN official has told the BBC, as Israeli tanks and troops continue to advance on the third day of a ground offensive. Olga Cherevko, a ...
Smotrich said the "demolition phase" of Gaza had been done/ Israel's far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has said the Gaza Strip could be a "real estate bonanza" and that he is in talks with the US about dividing up the territory after the war - an idea previously condemned ...
UN estimates suggest at least 650,000 people remain in Gaza City as Israel ramps up its offensive/ Thousands of Palestinians are continuing to flee Gaza City, as Israel's major ground offensive aimed at occupying the area enters a second day. Israel says its aim is to free hostages held by Hamas ...
Israel ramped up air strikes on Gaza City in recent days/ Israel has launched its long-planned major ground offensive on Gaza City, conducting heavy air strikes overnight as troops pushed into the edges of the city. Thousands of Palestinians have been forced to flee down a single coastal road to ...
The mother of a Palestinian teenager killed by Israeli fire mourns during his funeral at a hospital in Gaza City in August/ A United Nations commission of inquiry says Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. A new report says there are reasonable grounds to conclude that four ...