Welcome to our live blog providing real-time updates and insights from West Asia. Follow the latest developments shaping the ...

For 12 days in June, Israel and Iran engaged in an intense exchange of fire. Now that a fragile ceasefire has been called, ...

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 ...

A classified U.S. assessment says recent airstrikes on Iran-backed groups in Syria and Iraq were far less effective than ...

Hammer, intended to cripple Iran's nuclear program, achieved less than initially claimed. A recent US intelligence assessment reveals that only one of the three targeted facilities was severely ...

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump hosted a pair of Arab Gulf leaders at the White House on Wednesday as violence between Israel and Syria renewed doubts about his pledge to impose peace on the ...

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 ...

The recent strikes could convince Iran and other states that building nuclear weapons is the only way to prevent such attacks ...