Oil was higher in the early Asian session. “Traders are mindful of rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East,” ANZ Research analysts said.

Rising trade tensions, global policy uncertainty, and regional conflicts are presenting challenges to economies in the Middle East and North Africa and Caucasus and Central Asia regions. Policymakers ...

The agency cut its 2026 Brent price estimate to $58 a barrel from $59 previously. The EIA sees West Texas Intermediate crude, the U.S. benchmark, averaging $65 a barrel this year and $55 in 2026, ...

Israel's confrontation with Iran, along with the war that began on October 7, marks a tectonic shift in Middle Eastern ...

Critics feared it would plunge the Middle East into a wider war. That doomsday scenario has not come to pass, at least for ...

In the event, Monday proved a turning point. Tehran didn’t close the strait. Instead, it fired missiles on a nearly empty ...

The war between Israel and Iran offered a real-time look at some new global cross-asset dynamics that can help investors ...

The cost of shipping Middle East crude to customers in Asia collapsed on Thursday, the latest sign of oil markets returning to normal after conflict eased in the world’s top petroleum-exporting ...

Higher energy prices as a result of conflict in the Middle East might weaken eurozone economic growth and thus have a damping effect on inflation, the European Central Bank's vice president said ...

In the Middle East, the Iranian regime is the Islamist phenomenon’s last lifeline. That lifeline is now much weaker. Were the regime to fall, Middle Eastern Islamism as we know it would fall as ...

This underscores two key trends: the rise of price-conscious decision-making and the growing availability of competitive alternatives. As the Middle East continues its upward trajectory, global brands ...

Economies in the Middle East and North Africa are coping with the aftermath of the Arab Spring uprisings and an unstable global environment. Many have boosted fiscal spending to sustain growth and ...