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Dr Al Jaber, who is also managing director and group CEO of the UAE’s state oil giant ADNOC, said the strait was not built, engineered, financed or constructed by any state, and that no country had a legitimate right to determine who may pass and under what terms.“It is a natural passage governed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which guarantees transit as a matter of right; not a privilege to be granted, withheld or weaponised,” he wrote, stressing that it must be opened with “no strings attached”.“The strait must be open – fully, unconditionally…

Turkiye’s energy minister says the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, due to the United States and Israel’s war on Iran, indicates the importance of diversifying energy routes and will force the world to move towards forming a new energy structure.Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera Arabic, discussed the effects of the crisis caused by Iran’s retaliatory blocking of the strait, calling the current global energy crisis “the mother of all crises”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listBayraktar argued that thanks to Turkiye’s extensive investments in energy and infrastructure, its…

Arda Kucukkaya | Anadolu | Getty ImagesMeta has committed to spending an additional $21 billion on AI cloud infrastructure from CoreWeave, which comes on top of a prior arrangement of $14.2 billion, as the social media company continues to ramp up its investments in artificial intelligence. The new agreement, announced on Thursday, runs from 2027 to 2032. The previous deal, disclosed in September, goes through 2031. CoreWeave’s data centers are filled with hundreds of thousands of Nvidia graphics processing units that can accommodate AI models, offering a key piece of infrastructure that hyperscalers need for rapidly expanding to meet what…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A conservative watchdog urged a federal appeals court Wednesday to toss Washington, D.C.’s National Guard lawsuit, arguing the city cannot sue itself because it is part of the federal government.”To start, one cannot sue oneself,” Oversight Project lawyers wrote in a brief in the case. “And that is what this case ultimately is—the United States suing itself. Moreover, it is a foundational principle of the law that a municipal corporation cannot sue its sovereign creator.”The appeal sits at the intersection of Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A search and rescue operation is underway in Philadelphia on Thursday following a partial parking garage collapse that left at least one person dead and two missing, according to the city’s mayor. Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said the incident unfolded Wednesday afternoon as the parking garage was under construction near 30th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue in South Philadelphia. “Our first responders moved immediately, and search and rescue operations are still underway. One life has been lost, and two individuals remain unaccounted for,” Parker wrote on X late Wednesday. “We are not giving up, and we will…

The sight of around 100 pensioners, veterans and other local families sleeping rough on the side of the road in cars and tents in Safety Bay should make every West Australian feel sick.

MAUMERE: A shallow 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia overnight, damaging dozens of homes and injuring multiple people, an official said on Thursday (Apr 9).The jolt struck at a depth of 10.4km, some 104km east of Maumere, East Nusa Tenggara, shortly before midnight on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.Two villages on the small island of Adonara felt the biggest impact, with more than 100 houses damaged and at least 20 people injured, according to local official Ismail Daton Ban.Indonesia and neighbouring countries experience frequent earthquakes due to their location in the Pacific “Ring of Fire” – an arc of…

The Israeli army carried out a wave of air attacks on Lebanon, killing more than 250 people, on Wednesday, the bloodiest day since the US-Israel war on Iran began nearly six weeks ago.On Thursday, Israel said it had also killed an aide to Hezbollah’s chief, Naim Qassem, in the attacks.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe attacks came just hours after the announcement of a two-week United States-Iran ceasefire raised hopes of a de-escalation on all fronts in the war on Iran, which has spread across the region.On Wednesday, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose government helped broker the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly caused “unforgivable” stress for Queen Elizabeth II during the final years of her life.The claim was made by royal biographer Hugo Vickers, who has written a new book, “Queen Elizabeth II: A Personal History.” It explores the late monarch’s triumphs and personal challenges based on sources close to the palace.Fox News Digital reached out to Archewell, which handles the offices for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and Buckingham Palace for comment. A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace previously told Fox News Digital, “We don’t comment on…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish had a start he probably would like to forget.Bradish was on the bump against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday afternoon. Chicago took the lead in the fifth inning after Bradish committed two errors on one play. Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Kyle Bradish throws against the Chicago White Sox during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago on April 8, 2026. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)White Sox shortstop Colin Montgomery was up at the plate with runners on second and first and was issued a walk after…