PARIS: Max Verstappen took a break from a frustrating Formula One season by driving in a four-hour race at the Nuerburgring in Germany on Saturday where he won only to be disqualified. The Dutch four-time Formula One champion has said he plans to race in the 24 Hours of Nuerburgring in May. Competing in the

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Middle East crisis live: Trump threatens huge attack if Iran does not reopen strait of Hormuz within 48 hours  The Guardian Live updates: Iran war news; Trump threatens to ‘hit and obliterate’ Iran’s power plants  CNN Middle East crisis live: Trump gives Iran 48-hour ultimatum to open strait of Hormuz; 100 injured in Israel  The Guardian A Look

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RIYADH: Iran fired three ballistic missiles toward Riyadh early Sunday as it resumed its daily attacks on Gulf states amid its war with Israel and the US, the Saudi Defense Ministry said. Posting on the social media site X, the ministry’s spokesman,  Major. General Turki Al-Maliki, said one of the missiles was intercepted, while the

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Another total failure of its power grid underlines Cuba’s hardship under a US-imposed fuel blockade.

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DUBAI: As Qatar reels from an Iranian attack that has hobbled its giant natural gas company, its boss, who doubles as the country’s energy minister, says he had warned officials and executives of ​just such a danger should Iran’s own sites be hit. “I was always warning, talking to executives from oil and gas that

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BAGHDAD: Iraq has declared force majeure on all oilfields developed by foreign oil companies after military operations in the region disrupted navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, halting most of the country’s crude exports, three energy officials with direct knowledge of the decision said. Navigation through the Strait of Hormuz — a chokepoint for around

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BEIRUT: The Israeli military said it launched a wave of strikes on Lebanon’s capital Beirut targeting Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah early Saturday, after calling on residents of several areas to evacuate. Lebanon was pulled into the Middle East war when Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel on March 2 to avenge the killing of Iran’s

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JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said it launched strikes on “regime targets” in Tehran early Saturday, after reporting several rounds of Iranian missile fire at Israel. The Iranian capital has come under near daily bombardment since a joint US-Israeli attack started the war on February 28, killing top officials including the Islamic republic’s supreme leader. Iran

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Live updates: US removes sanctions on 140 million barrels of Iranian oil  CNN Trump administration lifts sanctions on millions of barrels of Iranian oil  The Washington Post US lifts sanctions on some Iranian oil as gas prices soar  BBC US Issues 30-day sanctions waiver for sale of Iranian oil at sea  Reuters US lifts sanctions on Iranian oil at

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BEIRUT: Back home, Lilian Jamaan would have been shopping for clothes for her daughter and buying meat and sweets in preparation for the Islamic holiday of Eid Al-Fitr that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. But now, “there’s no joy for Eid or for Ramadan or for anything,” she said by

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