US foreign policy

Iran raises price of petrol as US applies economic pressure

A woman crosses as motorists drive past an anti-US billboard at Enghelab Square in Tehran. Iran, a major oil producer with some of the world’s cheapest fuel, has for years heavily subsidised petrol.

Maritime ASEAN bends with the China wind – for now

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s recent remarks on Taiwan drew praise from Beijing.

Canada’s fight with the US has far bigger stakes than trade

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaking at a press conference in Ottawa after trade talks with the US collapsed.

The end of Trumpsplaining

The contradictions in Donald Trump’s Iran policy made it challenging for ‘Trumpsplainers’ to rationalise his actions, says the writer.

As his presidency flounders, Donald Trump is more dangerous than ever

Political wisdom that expects US President Donald Trump to become a lame duck may be getting it wrong as he could also lash out in frustration.

US sanctions Singapore-based oil trader Wellbred over Iran links

It had ties to Iranian oil shipping magnate Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, said the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Are America’s vast Gulf bases worth rebuilding?

American military operations enforcing US Central Command’s naval blockade against Iran in July.

Israel is flirting with the next intifada

An Israeli soldier standing in front of a Palestinian house in the village of Qusra, in the occupied West Bank, after rogue settlers blockaded Palestinian homes.

Putin, Trump just gave Japan more reasons to go nuclear

Russian leader Vladimir Putin visiting a fish processing plant on Iturup, one of the islands that Japan also claims as its territory.

The US-led recidivism in geopolitics – where is this going?

For the US, the world’s largest economy and strongest military, change has already begun with new directions openly declared and stated unequivocally.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.