Opinion

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's bet on a battery-driven economic upswing appears to have backfired, with the sector mired in a prolonged downturn and environmental concerns coming to the fore shortly before a make-or-break national election. In power for 16...

Pakistan's efforts to preserve close ties with President Donald Trump are being put to the test after protesters stormed the U.S. consulate in Karachi last week and poured onto streets elsewhere over the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...

Europe's already huge task of refilling gas storage for next winter has suddenly become far riskier and far more expensive, as fallout from the U.S.-Israel war on Iran disrupts LNG production and shipments, tightening supply and sending prices soaring. Gas...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered on a career-long ambition to topple Iran's leadership, but his lockstep alignment with U.S. President Donald Trump faces a test as their joint military campaign threatens to drag on, with its goals potentially shifting...

Iranian airstrikes on Gulf states could push them into a broad coalition aligned with the United States and widen the war against Iran, Middle East analysts said, after attacks on ports, cities and oil facilities in a vital energy-producing region....

U.S. President Donald Trump pressed ahead with military strikes against Iran despite private warnings from senior aides that the escalation could be difficult to contain and carry political risks for Republicans in November's midterm elections, according to two senior White...

For decades, Dubai's sales pitch featured gleaming skylines, tax-free salaries, ease of doing business and something far more intangible: the unspoken promise that whatever was happening elsewhere in the Middle East, this city was different. The conflicts that destabilised the...

A transatlantic rift and jittery markets may be unnerving investors, but the aircraft leasing giants that own half the global fleet say their industry has rarely felt more resilient. Having preserved tariff-free status for most aircraft, the industry's ability to...

As artificial intelligence firms jostle for the Nvidia chips needed to power the AI boom, Dutch firm ASML has carved out a key niche in the supply chain: building the laser-using machines needed to print them. ASML, which counts Taiwan's...

Many U.S. companies have sought to reassure investors that tariffs are "manageable," but early earnings-season comments suggest profit margins are at risk with consumers balking at higher prices. Bellwethers including Procter & Gamble, Fastenal and 3M have flagged the challenges....