Washington has dramatically widened its economic campaign against Tehran. For governments, the key question is how far the United States is prepared to push its Iran sanctions into China and other critical trading hubs. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has opened a new phase of its campaign against Iran, threatening
A new commercial joint venture between French quantum company Pasqal and Saudi-based Eleven Ventures signals the Saudi quantum push to build domestic infrastructure, talent and commercial capacity, with ambitions extending across the Middle East and North Africa. Saudi Arabia is expanding its frontier-computing ambitions as Pasqal and Eleven Ventures move
WASHINGTON/TEHRAN: The U.S.-Iran truce framework, a 60-day diplomatic window intended to turn a temporary U.S.-Iran cessation of hostilities into a broader settlement has expired without a deal. President Donald Trump has ruled out extending the framework, Iran is warning that it could adopt a more offensive military posture, and Trump
Tehran says it is preparing to join the BRICS-backed New Development Bank, potentially expanding its access to development finance as war and sanctions constrain Iran’s economy — while testing how effectively emerging-market institutions can broaden financing options for countries facing international restrictions. Iran says it is moving toward membership in
Six people were killed near the Bab el-Mandeb as the Iran war puts simultaneous pressure on two of the world’s most important maritime chokepoints. The Iran war entered a more dangerous maritime phase this week after an attack by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis killed six people near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan’s new mutual-defense pact underscores a broader shift toward overlapping security partnerships as conflicts increasingly cross borders and challenge traditional alliance structures. Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed a landmark defense agreement Friday committing the three countries to regard an armed attack against one as an
As the United States and Iran cautiously explore a new diplomatic path to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the negotiations are highlighting how disruption to global commerce has become an increasingly important dimension of modern geopolitical conflict. The latest diplomatic effort follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that negotiations would
The United States carried out another round of strikes across Iran on Friday while attacks on Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea heightened concerns over the security of two of the world’s most important maritime trade routes. The latest developments come as military operations continue across multiple fronts and
The intersection of traditional finance and blockchain technology took another step forward this week as Mubadala Capital, the asset management arm of Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth ecosystem, announced a tokenized version of one of its private markets funds in partnership with Coinbase and tokenization infrastructure provider KAIO. The initiative enables
A landmark civil nuclear agreement could reshape energy cooperation, nonproliferation policy and Middle East diplomacy—but key questions over enrichment, oversight and regional security remain unresolved. The United States and Saudi Arabia have signed a landmark civil nuclear cooperation agreement intended to place American companies at the center of the Kingdom’s
