Rising trade tensions, global policy uncertainty, and regional conflicts are presenting challenges to economies in the Middle East and North Africa and Caucasus and Central Asia regions. Policymakers ...

For decades, Lebanon has been torn apart by internal division and external conflict. There may currently be a narrow window ...

As Europe and the rest of the world looked away, the costs of failing to secure a durable peace in which both Israelis and ...

Iran and Israel came to blows, and Beijing mostly ducked. China isn’t ready to be the world’s next superpower: That’s one ...

Instability in the region has ratcheted up route challenges for global air carriers. And despite the cessation of bombing ...

The events which have been unfolding in the Middle East between Israel and Iran are not just another regional flare-up. They are not episodic. They are systemic. The Israeli-Iranian confrontation, ...

Middle East in maps: Key territories in the current conflict Since October 2023, Israel has weakened its regional enemies and devastated Palestinian territories, amid international condemnation Expand ...

A blockade of the Strait of Hormuz could affect a number of Asian countries, making renewable energy capacity a crucial guard against volatility. Asia’s dependence on Middle East oil and gas ...

Gold headed for its second consecutive weekly loss, after a ceasefire between Israel and Iran dented demand for havens. Bullion edged lower early in Asia to around $3 315 an ounce and was down ...

Singapore Airlines is expected to experience only a limited and short-term impact from the temporary airspace disruptions in the Middle East.

America’s role in the Middle East Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, the United States helped to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. But how firm is it? And how ...

Stock Markets Investors remain calm as the Middle East war unfolds Conflict in the Middle East has failed to shake oil or stock markets. Can the peace hold?