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Brent crude has gained 59 per cent this month, topping the jump that followed Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Crude prices continue to climb as world faces its biggest energy crisis in decades.Published On 30 Mar 202630 Mar 2026Oil prices have surged to their highest level in nearly two weeks amid escalation on multiple fronts of the US-Israel war on Iran.Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose more than 3 percent on Monday morning to top $116 a barrel.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe latest climb took the global benchmark to its highest point since March 19, when it briefly touched $119 a barrel.The surge came after Iran said it was prepared for a US…

The Trump administration is scaling back a crackdown on asylum that brought hundreds of thousands of immigration applications to a halt, two Department of Homeland Security officials told CBS News.In late November, after the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., allegedly at the hands of an Afghan man who had been granted asylum in 2025, the Trump administration enacted a pause on asylum cases overseen by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. One of those National Guard members died from her injuries.The unprecedented move, which the Trump administration argued was necessary to address national security concerns, amounted…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Homeland Security on Sunday slammed a plea deal for a transgender illegal alien who admitted to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy in New York City, raising new questions about a case that may result in no additional jail time.DHS criticized the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office after reports that Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez, a 31-year-old Colombian national, could receive a six-month sentence with credit for time served following a guilty plea in the case.”DISGRACEFUL plea deal offered to transgender criminal illegal CHILD RAPIST,” DHS wrote on X. “The Manhattan District Attorney’s…

Parliamentarians of all political persuasions have united to demand urgent action on Labor’s “botched” aged care reforms.

BEIJING: Air China will restart direct flights between Beijing and Pyongyang on Monday (Mar 30) after a six-year hiatus, another sign isolated North Korea is gradually opening up following the resumption of train services between the capitals.China has acted as a lifeline for North Korea’s moribund economy as its largest trading partner and an important source of diplomatic and political support.However, travel between the East Asian neighbours has been heavily restricted since 2020, when strict border closures were imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.Flight CA121 is scheduled to depart Beijing Capital Airport at 8.05am on Monday and arrive at Pyongyang’s Sunan…

France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom raise concern over ‘de facto discriminatory character of the bill.’Published On 29 Mar 202629 Mar 2026European countries have expressed “deep concern” over Israeli plans to extend the application of the death penalty in a bill that could disproportionately target Palestinians.In a statement shared by the German Federal Foreign Office on Sunday, the foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom expressed their “deep concern” over the bill, which could be voted into law next week.Recommended Stories list of 2 itemsend of list“We are particularly worried about the de facto discriminatory character…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The UConn Huskies needed to dig themselves out of a hole in the second half against the Duke Blue Devils, and behind Braylon Mullins’ clutch 3-pointer and Tarris Reed Jr.’s high-percentage scoring, they were able to pull off an incredible comeback victory to advance to the Final Four.The Huskies were able to effectively pressure the Blue Devils into a turnover with less than seven seconds left. Caden Boozer had his pass deflected and the ball got into Mullins’ hands. UConn guard Braylon Mullins (24) celebrates after a basket against Duke during the…

House to vote on DHS funding measure Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram says House Republicans have prepped their own DHS spending bill on ‘Fox News @ Night.’  NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The DHS funding drama heads back to the Senate on Monday morning after the House approved a two-month stopgap spending plan for all of DHS late Friday night.The Senate meets on Monday at 10:30 am et in what was supposed to be a brief “pro forma” session where the body simply gavels in and gavels out with a skeleton crew on hand.But that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Frontier Airlines flight was moved to an isolated runway at Atlanta’s airport Sunday after a passenger made a bomb threat, prompting a law enforcement response before officials deemed the threat non-credible.Frontier Flight 2539 from Columbus, Ohio, had landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and was taxiing to the gate when a passenger allegedly made the verbal threat.As a precaution and in coordination with local authorities, the aircraft was redirected to a remote location where law enforcement responded.SOUTHWEST FLIGHT DIVERTED AFTER PASSENGER SCARE AS SECURITY INCIDENTS RATTLE US AIRPORTS A Frontier plane…