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Iran war

Energy & Commodities

Gold slips but on track to end four-month losing streak, with July prices up 1.7%

2026-07-31T03:52:29.000Z
UPDATED 20 seconds ago
Smoke rises following an explosion at an unknown location, during what US Centcom says are strikes on Iran on Jul 29.
International

Drone strike near Suez Canal in Egypt raises new security threat in widening war 

2026-07-30T12:43:07.000Z
Smoke rises following an explosion at an unknown location, during what US Centcom says are strikes on Iran on Jul 29.
Global Enterprise

US says it struck dozens of IRGC targets in retaliation for attacks on US forces

2026-07-30T08:08:27.000Z
UPDATED 19 hours ago
The Hormuz straits is the world’s most important oil shipping route, through which around a fifth of global oil and gas flows previously passed.
Energy & Commodities

Oil prices slip as tankers continue to ply the Middle East despite escalating US-Iran war

2026-07-30T05:25:30.000Z
UPDATED 22 hours ago
A Lockheed Martin Patriot missile model at a military fair in Poland on Sep 7, 2017. The firm secured a major long-term missile production deal with the Pentagon on Jul 29.
International

US Pentagon awards mega contracts to defence firms as Iran war strains US weapons stockpiles

2026-07-30T01:05:17.000Z
Iran needs to rearm after months of fighting in which the US and Israel have struck facilities linked to its missile, drone and air-defence programmes.
International

Iran to get Chinese shoulder-launched missile systems in weeks amid war with US: sources

2026-07-30T00:40:03.000Z
Brent topped US$90 a barrel, spiking about 7 per cent.
Energy & Commodities

Oil jumps above US$90 as Trump says US plans to strike Iran again

2026-07-29T14:05:05.000Z
Transport Minister and Second Minister for Finance Jeffrey Siow announced the second tranche of assistance measures in response to the Middle East situation on Jul 29.
Singapore

Extra S$300 in CDC Vouchers, U-Save rebates for households as part of S$900 million support package

2026-07-29T08:00:00.000Z
From left: Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Low Yen Ling with Second Minister for Finance Jeffrey Siow announcing the second tranche of assistance measures.
Singapore

Singapore rolls out S$900 million support package for businesses, households in light of Iran war

2026-07-29T08:00:00.000Z
An oil facility in Saudi Arabia (pictured). US and Saudi Arabia say the Iran-backed groups are responsible for drone attacks on the kingdom’s oil facilities.
International

US, Saudis attack Iran-backed groups in Iraq, threatening to intensify conflict

2026-07-29T05:37:24.000Z
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