Middle East Updates
Developments in the Mideast war and its impact on Asia-Pacific
Automotive sales hit a speed bump in the first quarter of 2026, falling 9.8 percent…
More foreign currency left the Philippines than entered in March, pushing the balance of payments…
JERUSALEM—Israel’s army said on Monday that it had determined that an image circulating on social…
Jaw-dropping fuel prices are pushing not just motorists—but listed firms—toward electric vehicles (EVs). Tycoon Dennis…
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is widely expected to raise interest rates this week…
Kyiv, UKRAINE—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday condemned the easing of sanctions on Russian oil…
Paris, FRANCE—A French soldier was killed and three others wounded in an ambush on Saturday…
Tehran, IRAN—The strategic Strait of Hormuz was again closed on Sunday in the stand-off between…
CAIRO—Iran on Saturday swiftly reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, after the United…
Paris, FRANCE—Near Singapore, thousands of miles from the Strait of Hormuz, ship-to-ship transfers of Iranian…
