MELBOURNE: Oil prices rose on Tuesday to a more than seven-year high on worries about possible

Antony Blinken visited Mexico to hold high-level talks on migration and other issues. The talks came

Moscow denies it is planning an attack.... The NATO-Russia Council, their chief forum for talks, was set up two decades ago but full meetings paused when Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014.... In exchange, Russia would pledge to limit its war games, as well as end aircraft buzzing incidents and other low-level hostilities. Endorsing such an agreement would require NATO to reject a key part of its founding treaty....

Israel bolstered security in Jerusalem ahead of the funeral on Friday of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, two days after she was killed during an Israeli army raid. Israel and the Palestinians have traded blame over the fatal shooting of the 51-year-old Palestinian-American during an Israeli raid in the Jenin refugee camp. The body of Abu Akleh, a Palestinian Christian born in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, has been transferred to the holy city from the occupied West Bank. Her c

that Peruvians and investors hope will calm long-running political tensions if the cabinet is

Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip has inflamed decade-old tensions in the Middle East, and

Diplomatic crises between Turkey and Israel in recent years have the well-known scenario: public insults of diplomats in front of the TV cameras, exchange of belligerent statements from senior officials on both sides. However, neither side is eager to repeat the situation of 2010, when the incident

detained in Tehran, the warning shows that the tensions remain high at sea.... ’ Deadly Irvine ambush

NEW YORK: Oil prices fell on Thursday after Brent crude hit a seven-year high above US$ 90 a barrel

joint drills.... As the tensions over Ukraine soared, the Russian military has launched a series of