Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has made it clear to neighbouring Gulf governments that their decision to host American and Israeli military activities will have direct consequences for their own security. His statement, issued over a month into the Iran-US war, adds a new diplomatic and military layer to an already complex regional crisis. Tehran's message appears designed to pressure Gulf governments to reassess their...
The head of the world's leading energy security body has sounded an alarm of historic proportions over the damage the Iran war has inflicted on global energy markets. Fatih Birol, director of the International Energy Agency, said the crisis is equivalent to facing the 1970s oil shocks and the Ukraine gas crisis all at once. His warning came as the IEA continued emergency consultations...
In the face of the European Union's sanctions threat, Israel has launched an aggressive diplomatic counter-offensive with a clear and potent message: the EU's...
International alarm is growing over what critics are calling China's "coercive" actions in the South China Sea, following a Tuesday clash that involved water...
Doha has mounted a formidable defense against Israeli aggression by creating an impenetrable diplomatic front through an emergency Arab-Islamic summit. This swift and strategic...
The door to a diplomatic resolution in Gaza has been permanently sealed, following an Israeli strike in Doha that targeted key Hamas negotiators. This...
In a final attempt to control the narrative of his downfall, resigning Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has cited the conclusion of US tariff negotiations...
New research reveals that China is operating oil and gas vessels and fixed structures inside Taiwan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The activity, which took...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly acknowledged Israel's role in assassinating key Houthi leadership figures in Yemen, including the group's prime minister Ahmed Ghaleb...
Russian President Vladimir Putin's confirmation of a near-total de-dollarization of Russia-China trade directly targets a core concern of the previous Donald Trump administration: the...
President Donald Trump is actively engineering a new security order for Eastern Europe, one that transfers the primary responsibility for Ukraine's defense from Washington...