Opinion

Gulf Arab states are telling the U.S.that any deal with Tehran should do more than end the war,and must permanently curb Iran's missile and drone capabilities and ensure global energy supplies are never again"weaponised",four Gulf sources said. U.S.President Donald Trump...

War between Israel and Hezbollah is pushing Lebanon's fragile state and society towards breaking point, straining sectarian and political faultlines as Shi'ite Muslims are displaced and enmity deepens between the Iran-backed group and its opponents. Of all Lebanon's many crises...

The Iran conflict is causing a rise in tourist cancellations and a dive in new bookings in Cyprus and to a lesser extent other countries whose economies rely heavily on summer visitors. The U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran...

U.S. officials this week said the historic spike in fuel prices during the war in Iran will be short-term and trumpeted record U.S. production at an industry conference where oil executives and government officials from Asia, the Middle East and...

War in Iran and the related surge in fossil fuel prices have driven some politicians to push for more renewable energy in Europe, yet market volatility, an expected rise in interest rates and sluggish permitting make investors wary. Nearly a...

Pakistan's role as a possible host of talks aimed at ending the Iran war builds on its courtship of U.S. President Donald Trump and its reputation as a relatively neutral player with long-standing ties to neighbouring Iran's Islamic Republic. If...

The war in the Middle East has triggered a nightmare scenario for the global energy system, slashing so much supply that consumers around the world must both pay up big and lower consumption. The effective closure of the Strait of...

U.S. airline chiefs are talking about the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in a way that many of their counterparts overseas are not — projecting confidence about fares and demand even as fuel costs surge and global aviation is disrupted. For...

Disrupted fertiliser shipments and soaring energy prices from the war in Iran are threatening to unleash a fresh food-price surge across vulnerable nations, risking a years-long setback just as many were recovering from successive global shocks. Developing countries were strengthening...

The energy shock from the Iran war has policymakers around the globe rethinking ways to reduce long-term dependence on oil and gas imports, with proposals to expand nuclear energy and renewables, grow strategic stockpiles and domestic production, and diversify foreign...