The pieces are in place to deal a decisive blow against Iran and, by extension, its Russian and Chinese compatriots.

A particular point of contention between both nations remains Iran's nuclear capabilites. "Denying Iran all paths to a nuclear weapon" is a centerpiece of the Trump administration's maximum-presure ...

PM Modi hopes to find a way through Donald Trump’s often unpredictable approach by offering carefully considered concessions ...

The amount of Russian and Iranian oil held on ships has hit multi-month highs as harsher U.S. sanctions reduced the number of ...

With the Arabs essentially taken out of this great game, it now comes down to an ancient animus: the Turkish Sunni Muslims versus the Persian Shiite Muslims for control over this region.

While many foreign policy experts see his approach as erratic, Trump operates from a logic those experts abandoned long ago: ...

The U.S. Treasury said on Thursday it is imposing new sanctions on a few individuals and tankers helping to ship millions of barrels of Iranian crude oil per year to China, in an incremental move to ...

The rebel offensive benefited from careful preparation and the support of Turkey, which occupies territory in Syria’s north and provided the only safe access route to Idlib, where HTS was based. Even ...

The regime is grappling with the collapse of its regional "Axis of Resistance" and mounting economic troubles at home.

As Israel journeys 2025, its banking sector faces mounting systemic risks not just from the prolonged Gaza conflict, but also from escalating tensions with Iran and Syria. The economic and ...

The shock this time will be milder. Russia and Iran have the world’s largest and second largest natural gas reserves respectively. However, these two countries are effectively blocked from the global ...

Over the past 15 years, cryptocurrency has evolved from a niche experiment in digital payments to a global financial juggernaut, with profound implications for geopolitics and international ... as the ...