FRANKFURT — A synchronized global interest rate-tightening cycle is rapidly taking shape as major central banks around…

WASHINGTON — The United States State Department has officially approved a massive $24.3 billion foreign military sale …

AL-BIREEN CAMP, Yemen — Heavy bombardments and a swift military offensive by Houthi forces have shattered a years-long…

BEIJING / RIYADH — In a major test of its diplomatic leverage in the Middle East, China has privately pressed Tehran t…

Washington — President Donald Trump expressed optimism that the protracted conflict with Iran is nearing its conclusio…

WASHINGTON — The military campaign against Iran has officially surpassed a staggering $38 billion in direct Department…

RIYADH/DUBAI — Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement has escalated cross-border hostilities by launching a fresh wa…

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has halted operations on its critical cross-country East-West oil pipeline following a series of…

DUBAI — The six-month-old conflict in the Middle East reached a dangerous new maritime threshold on Wednesday after Ir…

LONDON / WASHINGTON — Global crude prices are rapidly closing in on the psychological $100-a-barrel threshold, driven …

LONDON/NEW YORK — Energy markets are grappling with a persistent paradox as crude prices stubbornly remain below the h…

TEHRAN — Senior Iranian officials have issued stark warnings of a severe retaliation against future military actions, …

TEHRAN — Fresh technical analysis of a catastrophic explosion that tore through a wedding celebration in southern Iran…

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has officially condemned a reported Iranian military strike on the national oil supertanker Sid…

TEHRAN — International concern is sharply escalating over the rapidly mounting civilian death toll in the ongoing conf…

CAIRO/GAZA CITY — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Cairo for his first state visit to Egypt in a decade, markin…

WASHINGTON/TEHRAN — The United States and Iran have plunged back into a direct military conflict following a sharp esc…

NICOSIA — At least eight people have died and 18 remain missing following the catastrophic capsizing of a passenger fe…

SEOUL — While most advanced democracies issue safety advisories allowing citizens to assess their own risk abroad, Sou…

JERUSALEM — Israeli security forces forcibly entered and seized the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) voc…