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THE ECONOMIST: The United Arab Emirates’ decision to leave OPEC highlights longstanding tensions that the war in the Middle East has exacerbated.

Facebook has been overrun with low-effort AI fakes inventing biographical details and celebrity connections for the man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump at a Washington press gala Saturday. 

The Strait of Hormuz remains blocked as Iran says it will not let the US dictate the terms for peace.

The United Kingdom and the United States will always be staunch allies united in defending democracy, King Charles has told the US Congress.

Russian President Vladimir Putin pledges to do ‘everything’ possible to bring peace to the Middle East, as talks between Iran and the United States stall.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun says the country's ambassador to the United States will seek a ceasefire extension in talks with Israel in Washington DC.

The clock is ticking on the US’s war powers statute, which sets a 60-day limit on any president using military force without congressional authorisation.

Tougher fuel restrictions are not on the agenda as national political leaders meet to discuss the petrol and diesel crisis.

The EU officials approved the massive loan to Ukraine shortly after a pipeline bringing Russian oil to Hungary was reopened.

Israeli soldiers have been punished after an incident involving a Christian religious symbol in southern Lebanon sparked international condemnation.

The Trump administration is cosying up to new tech which is shaking up the traditional military industrial complex.

A French soldier in a United Nations mission in Lebanon has been killed, with the Hezbollah militia likely responsible, French President Emmanuel Macron says.

Iran has backflipped on its agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, after the United States imposed a counter-blockade on the major oil route. 

As fuel supplies tighten, world leaders - including Australia's - are having to make uncomfortable choices about where they source their oil.