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Giving in to a bully only encourages them to increase their demands. Most of us learned this as children. But some did not.

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 ...

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 ...

By Maaz Rashid The Israeli government is involved in a massive campaign of genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Various ...

With little progress to share on the region’s most intractable problems, including the war in Gaza, President Trump was more ...

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 ...