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The MENA Energy Recap is a quarterly review of key energy developments that took place in the region from April through June of 2025 and what they signal in the months ahead. The Recap views these ...

Israel will boost defense expenditure by 42 billion shekels ($12.5 billion) over the next two years to meet the costs of last ...

President Donald Trump rejected a military plan for more comprehensive strikes on Iran’s nuclear program that would have ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump hosted a pair of Arab Gulf leaders at the White House on Wednesday as violence between ...

While these conflicts are disquieting, the biggest geopolitical risk affecting Asia is U.S. policy uncertainty, particularly ...

The price strength could mark the early signs of inflation driven by the new tariff regime — especially with more duties ...

After more than two decades of hard-nosed diplomacy on Iran’s nuclear program, European negotiators are finding themselves ...

For the first time in decades, Iran’s stranglehold on the Middle East has been broken. The Iran-backed network that nearly succeeded in encircling Israel — Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, Iraqi ...

Israel’s strikes on Iran’s missile production sites were aimed at preventing a catastrophic escalation of Iran’s missile ...

Iran's government is detaining anyone they believe gathered and shared intelligence with Israel used to strike key military sites and kill top generals and nuclear scientists during last month's war.