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Published: 16 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Global markets opened the week under tension as oil prices climbed sharply after dramatic claims from Donald Trump about a major US strike against Iranian energy infrastructure. Traders reacted quickly to the remarks and renewed instability across the Middle East, sending the international benchmark higher during early Monday trading. In London trading hours, Brent Crude rose by 1.8...

Published: 16 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Tensions surrounding the Hormuz Strait have intensified after Donald Trump urged allied nations to deploy naval forces. The request came as global energy markets reacted nervously to growing instability around the vital shipping corridor. Governments across Europe and Asia responded cautiously, signalling consultations rather than immediate military commitments. The Hormuz Strait carries enormous strategic importance because it channels...

Published: 14 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online An explosion at a Jewish school in the Dutch capital has heightened concerns about rising antisemitism and the safety of Jewish communities across Europe. The blast occurred early on Saturday morning in a quiet residential area in the southern part of the city, damaging part of the school building but fortunately causing no injuries. Authorities have described the...

Published: 14 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online As tensions and military confrontations escalate across the Gulf region, a growing number of wealthy British nationals who had been living in Middle Eastern financial hubs are leaving the area in search of temporary safety. Yet many of these high-net-worth individuals are carefully avoiding a return to Britain itself, choosing instead to relocate temporarily to European countries such...

Published: 14 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK government is preparing a new strategy to encourage major public institutions such as the National Health Service and the Ministry of Defence to purchase more British-developed technology, as ministers look to artificial intelligence and innovation to drive economic growth during a period of global uncertainty. The move comes amid rising geopolitical tensions linked to the Iran...

Published: 14 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Scientists at Cern, the European particle physics laboratory near Geneva, are preparing for a historic first: the transport of antimatter. Later this month, a one-tonne device containing a few thousand antiprotons will be driven around the campus in a 20-minute test run, marking the world’s initial attempt to move this highly volatile substance without incident. Antimatter is famous...

Published: 14 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has emphasised that the United Kingdom’s foreign policy should be guided by its own principles and interests, not by what allies like the United States do or say. In an in-depth interview at the Foreign Office, Cooper reflected on her role during an especially turbulent period of international crises, including the ongoing Middle East...

Published: 14 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online North Korea launched more than 10 ballistic missiles into the sea on Saturday, South Korea’s military reported, amid ongoing joint military exercises by the United States and South Korea. The missiles were fired from near the capital, Pyongyang, toward the country’s east coast. Japan’s coast guard noted that one missile appeared to have landed outside its exclusive economic...

Published: 14 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Confidential health data from the UK Biobank, one of the country’s largest medical research projects, has been exposed online on multiple occasions, according to a Guardian investigation. The Biobank, which holds medical records of 500,000 volunteers, has been instrumental in research on cancer, dementia, and diabetes. Researchers with access to the data sometimes inadvertently posted it online, including...

Published: 14 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Keir Starmer has earned praise from his allies for refusing to automatically support US-led military strikes on Iran, a move that contrasts sharply with the positions of Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch. Labour figures argue that Starmer is on the right side of public opinion and history. Emily Thornberry, chair of the Labour foreign affairs committee, said: “You’ve...