Oil prices rise as US vows to keep attacking Houthis

Investors are turning to sanctions-proof bets on Russian bonds and the rouble to wager that Donald Trump’s rapprochement with Vladimir Putin will send a wave of capital rushing back into Russia’s economy.

US President Donald Trump has signed an order to strip back federally funded news organisation Voice of America (VOA), accusing it of being ‘anti-Trump’ and ‘radical’.

The United States is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for the citizens of dozens of countries as part of a new ban, according to sources familiar with the matter and an internal memo seen by Reuters.

The United States has averted a government shutdown after the Senate passed a Republican-led measure to keep the government funded for the next six months.

The creation of a "Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" in the United States is further proof of US President Donald Trump`s support for the cryptocurrency sector.

Foreign ministers of leading Western democracies meet in Canada on Thursday after seven weeks of rising tensions between U.S. allies and President Donald Trump over his upending of foreign policy on Ukraine and imposing of tariffs.

Elon Musk’s hyperactive efficiency drive failed to prevent US federal spending rising to a record $603 billion in February, new Treasury data has revealed, highlighting the Trump administration’s difficulty in cutting the size of government.

Canada has announced to impose an additional 25 per cent reciprocal tariffs on US goods worth $20.6bn beginning Thursday, Canada`s Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Wednesday.

Tech equities led advances in Asia on Thursday, taking their cue from Wall Street`s gains after tepid inflation data allayed concerns over the state of the U.S. economy.

The euro was riding at five-month highs on Wednesday as Ukraine agrees to accept a month-long ceasefire, while stocks whipsawed on back-and-forth U.S. tariff plans and concern about a U.S. economic slowdown.

United States` looming tariffs on steel and aluminium are "entirely unjustified", Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday after failing to secure a last-minute exemption.

Oil prices dropped for a second day in early trade on Tuesday on worries that U.S. tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China would slow economies around the world and hurt energy demand while OPEC+ ramps up its supply.

US President Donald Trump`s tariffs have spooked investors, with fears of an economic downturn driving a stock market sell-off that has wiped out $4 trillion from the S&P 500`s peak in February, when Wall Street was cheering much of Trump`s agenda.

Oil prices declined on Monday as concern about the impact of U.S. import tariffs on global economic growth and fuel demand, as well as rising output from OPEC+ producers, cooled investor appetite for riskier assets.

US President Donald Trump declined Sunday to rule out the possibility that the United States might enter a recession in 2025.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, has said calls for negotiations by “bully states” are aimed at dominating others, not resolving issues, after US President Donald Trump urged him to reach a nuclear deal.