Some big shipping companies are starting to reroute through the iconic waterway once again, with more problems currently in the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Gulf than in the Red Sea
In one of the first major economic forecasts since the US president waged his tariff war, the IMF has downgraded growth forecasts, much to the chagrin of countries still reeling from past crises
Having served up months of entrées, the US president 'paused' his most onerous levies on most countries after the markets choked on the main course. What now for consumers and food producers?
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is investing heavily in the US, but its domestic spending is set to reach $70bn in the next five years, which means it will have to carefully weigh its priorities
Fifty years after the outbreak of fighting, Lebanon still suffers from the effects of corruption and clientelism, undermining the achievements made during brief periods of stability
While Rabat may have escaped the worst of Donald Trump's tariffs, it has not been spared the impact of the European Union's increasingly fraught fight with China over the auto industry
The famed framework for evaluating a firm's environmental, social, and governance impact has informed investment choices for several years. Have Trump's White House edicts left it bruised, or buried?
A 90-day pause on tariffs does not mean countries can now sit back and relax. From lying low to outright retaliation, a former US trade negotiator lists out the options available to world leaders.
A US envoy wants the institutions of western Libya to accommodate the son of an eastern warlord as Libyan president. Is this another doomed effort to unite the feuding factions, or could it work?
As the FIFA World Cup 2026 shows, identity, belonging, and tension combine to make football fandom unlike any other sport. So, what is going on in fans' brains?
Beijing's duty-free access for African exports promises mutual economic gains, but more importantly, it deepens its strategic influence across the continent