The Latest Breaking News from the Middle East

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Monday recovered from a 13-month low and finished up by +0.13%. Rising geopolitical risks in the Middle East supported safe-haven demand for the dollar after Israel on Sunday launched airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. Gains in the dollar were limited after Monday’s news...

Oct WTI crude oil (CLV24 ) Monday closed up +2.59 (+3.46%), and Oct RBOB gasoline (RBV24 ) closed up +1.63 (+0.77%). Crude oil and gasoline prices Monday rallied sharply to 1-week highs. Oil prices moved higher on concern that an escalation of conflict in the Middle East could disrupt oil...

US assists Israel in tracking Hezbollah attacks but does not participate in strikes. Recent military deployments in the Middle East.

AIRLINES are suspending flights from the UK to Israel amid rising fears escalating hostilities in the Middle East will boil over into all-out war.

Celtic's connection with Bundesliga new boys St Pauli endures despite friction between fans flaring as the war in the Middle East escalated last…

The U.S. has imposed sweeping sanctions against hundreds of firms across Russia, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, accusing them of providing products and services that enable Russia’s war effort and aiding its ability to evade sanctions

The past decade and a half has seen upheaval across the globe. The 2008 financial crisis and its fallout, the COVID-19 pandemic and major regional conflicts in Sudan, the Middle East, Ukraine and elsewhere have left residual uncertainty. Added to this is a tense, growing rivalry between the U.S. and…

It would be a brave – or foolhardy – analyst who presumes to predict the outcomes of the talks which continue in Doha. But the fate of Gaza and its 2 million inhabitants as well as the 109 remaining Israeli hostages being held in Gaza, will depend on a political…

Blinken, on his ninth visit to the Middle East since the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attack triggered the war with Israel, flew to El Alamein, the Mediterranean city famous for a World War II battle, and began talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at his summer palace.