European gas and oil prices rose sharply in early trading on Thursday as escalating tensions in the Middle East and attacks on energy infrastructure in Qatar and Iran have heightened concerns over supply disruptions. The Dutch TTF benchmark, a key reference for European gas supply contracts, surge
India's government privately proposed in January that firms like Apple, Samsung and Google consider pre-installing its biometric identification app Aadhaar on phones, a move opposed by a group representing the smartphone giants, industry letters show. The tussle over preloading state-run apps has
European leaders on Thursday reiterated their refusal to join the United States and Israel in military operations in the Middle East, instead focusing on surging energy prices and potential economic fallout from the ongoing conflict. Meeting in Brussels, leaders of the 27-member European Union exp
Countries that join the U.S.-proposed coalition to escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz would, under international law, become parties to the conflict and accomplices in U.S. and Israeli aggression against Iran, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. "Russi
Iraq's paramilitary Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said Thursday that two of its members were killed and several others wounded in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes. In a statement, the PMF said an Israeli-U.S. airstrike targeted the 4th Regiment of the 30th Brigade in the northern Nineveh province in th
