/ SEOUL: Two South Korean shipping companies said Friday they had this month suspended importing crude from due to a looming EU oil embargo that could effectively halt shipments of Iranian oil from July. , which handles refiner SK Energy's crude shipments, said it shipped its last cargo from Iran early this ...
'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 ...
A Red Cross vehicle in Gaza City. Photo: 15 October 2025/ Israel's military says a coffin of a deceased hostage has been transferred to the Red Cross in the southern Gaza Strip and is now "on the way to IDF [Israel Defense Forces] troops" in the territory. Posting on X, the IDF urged the public ...
Hallaq was playing football when soldiers arrived in the village/ A 10-year-old Palestinian boy has been killed by Israeli forces in a village south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military says its soldiers opened fire on Thursday in response to "confrontations and ...
The controversial US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has confirmed it suspended operations in Gaza after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect on 10 October. Despite being funded until November, the organisation said its final delivery was on Friday. ...
Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a memorial ceremony at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem/ Israel's prime minister has told a memorial for victims of the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023 that he is "determined" to secure the return of the dead hostages still in Gaza, and that the country will ...
Israel said Mohammed al-Ghamari died of his wounds following an Israeli strike in Sanaa/ Yemen's Houthi movement says its military chief of staff, Mohammed al-Ghamari, has been killed. A statement gave no details, but it did say that Ghamari and his teenage son died during what it described as ...
Hamas says it needs specialised equipment to recover the remaining bodies of the hostages/ The US has downplayed claims that Hamas is violating the ceasefire deal with Israel by not returning all the bodies of dead hostages. Only nine of the 28 dead hostages have been returned, with Hamas saying ...
Traders in Gaza have been hoarding food items to create shortages and drive up profits after Israel threatened not to reopen the Rafah crossing/ The UN humanitarian chief has urged Israel to open more crossings into Gaza to allow a surge of aid, after Israel warned it would limit supplies into ...
'We want to raise our children': Life in Gaza after hostages and prisoners released/ Donald Trump's quick trip to Israel and Egypt was the victory lap he wanted. Anyone watching the speeches he made in Jerusalem and Sharm el-Sheikh could see a man luxuriating in his power - enjoying the applause ...
'Peace in the Middle East': Trump signs ceasefire deal in Egypt/ Israelis and Palestinians have celebrated as a major hostage and prisoner exchange on Monday marked a significant step towards ending two years of war in Gaza. In a crucial first phase of the US-brokered plan to end the war, Hamas ...
Families embraced loved ones who were returned from Israeli prison/ Hundreds of freed Palestinian prisoners and detainees have been welcomed with tears and screams of joy as they were released by Israel to be reunited with their families in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. The release involved ...