Middle East

EU pressure on Antigua's 'golden passport' trade threatens budget cushion

Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

What’s at stake for Trump in Israel’s deadlocked election?

People walk past a poster of Israeli Prime Minister and Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump during the country's national elections in central Jerusalem, October 27, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs

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Israel’s high-turnout vote brushed aside in rest of the Middle East

With nearly 86% of votes tallied on Oct 28, Israeli media forecast Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc of right-wing, hardline and ultra-Orthodox parties winning 53 seats in Parliament.

Houthis strike Yemen's Aden airport after evacuation warning

FILE PHOTO: Passengers at Aden Airport in Aden, Yemen January 1, 2026. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman/ File Photo

Sea freight, postal service providers in S’pore charging more after Middle East conflict: SingStat

The price increases were particularly pronounced in the sea freight transport, freight forwarding, and postal and courier segments.

Poland to host European Patriot maintenance centre, government says

FILE PHOTO: Surface-to-air missile launcher of the Patriot (Wisla) system newly integrated into the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) stands at an army base in Sochaczew, Poland, December 18, 2024. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki/File Photo

Qatar says Iran needs to show good intentions for mediation efforts to succeed

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meeting Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Moscow, Russia, on Oct 27.

China to send envoy to Middle East in near future amid conflict spillover

China said it is concerned about the conflict spilling over to the Red Sea and Horn of Africa.

No pressure from US to cut Russian oil imports, Indian oil minister says

India's Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri gestures during an interview with Reuters on the sidelines of the ADIPEC conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, November 4, 2024. REUTERS/Abdel Hadi Ramahi

A massive new attack on Iran could be Trump’s ultimate betrayal of Gulf allies

Smoke and flames rise from Riyadh’s King Khalid Airport, after it was attacked by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis.

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