SINGAPORE - Developments in the Middle East have thrown up several hard lessons for Asian countries, including the point that the use of force to settle scores seems to be an acceptable course of ...

Over several decades, the Middle East has experienced many large-scale, cross-border displacements for myriad reasons. The original forced displacement of Palestinians surrounding the creation of ...

According to numerous Middle East experts and Iranian military leaders, Tehran's attack against Israel on October 1 was primarily a retaliatory action in response to the high-profile ...

U.S. stocks settled lower on Thursday, amid growing concerns in the Middle East. All three major indices are on course to record losses this week, with the Dow and S&P 500 losing 0.7% each.

A massive port strike along the East and Gulf Coasts that kicked off on Tuesday has the potential to become one of America’s most disruptive work stoppages in recent times. The demands of the ...

Markets closed lower on Thursday amid rising fears over spiraling Middle East tensions and as traders prepared to digest the September nonfarm payrolls report on Friday morning. The Dow Jones ...

Oct 3 (Reuters) - Rising tensions in the Middle East add new uncertainties for the global economy even as policymakers start to congratulate themselves on having steered it out of a bout of high ...

For months now, analysts and academic observers have warned of how tensions could easily spin out of control in the Middle East and provoke a major war. This came several steps closer this week ...

“The serious crisis in the Middle East has emboldened China and allowed them to test the Americans further in the Indo-Pacific region,” said Collin Koh, a maritime security expert at the ...

The sell-off, which began in the morning, intensified due to escalating Middle East tensions and rising oil prices. The market breadth remained negative, with 2,772 stocks declining compared to ...

Iran’s ballistic missile strikes on Israel on October 1 have raised fears of an all-out war in the Middle East. The deepening spiral of bloodshed began on September 17 and 18 with the detonation ...

In anticipation of the attack and to help defend its ally Israel, the United States had expanded its already significant military presence in the Middle East. Its destroyers helped intercept the ...