Middle East Updates

Developments in the Mideast war and its impact on Asia-Pacific

Rubio hits Spain for closing airspace to US planes amid war

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has accused America’s Nato allies of abandoning the United States…

Biz groups push for new fuel sources, subsidies

Five of the country’s leading business groups said they support government efforts to secure alternative…

PSEi slides to 5,800 level on Middle East woes

The local stock barometer slid to the 5,800 level on Monday as investors turned cautious…

Fears of drawn-out Middle East war sinks peso to new record low

The Philippine peso started the trading week plummeting past the 60.8 level to a fresh…

Pope: God won’t heed prayers of ‘those waging war’

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN—Pope Leo XIV warned on Sunday that God “does not listen to the…

US could take Kharg Island ‘very easily’

US President Donald Trump has raised the idea of American forces seizing Iran’s Kharg Island,…

Iran-backed Houthis enter Mideast conflict

Tehran, IRAN—Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have joined the month-old Middle East conflict, as they claimed…

‘Palaspas’ costs rise amid fuel crisis

LUCENA CITY—As church bells tolled for Palm Sunday and devotees raised woven palm fronds in…

DMCI raises cement prices amid fuel spike

DMCI Holdings Inc. has begun raising cement prices in tranches as it moves to pass…

Gov’t urged: Ask Iran to let PH-bound oil tankers pass

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday said there should be no disruption in oil supply for…