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Headlines, analysis, and in-depth reporting from around the world.
President Joseph Aoun has named a formal Lebanese delegation to handle negotiations with Israel, creating a state channel even while the ceasefire remains fragile.
Crude fell on renewed hopes for U.S.-Iran diplomacy, but tanker flows, insurance costs, and refinery planning still point to a supply system under strain.
Tankers are moving again through the Strait of Hormuz, yet insurers, shipowners, and governments are still treating the corridor as unstable rather than restored.
Islamabad is trying to turn a two-week ceasefire into longer talks while a vessel seizure and mutual accusations threaten to unravel the opening.
Even a narrow waiver changes the practical force of sanctions and affects energy trade, war financing, and allied political cohesion.
Concrete protocol progress in eastern DRC could improve civilian protection and aid delivery in one of the world’s most consequential undercovered conflicts.
A failed reopening at Hormuz keeps a core global energy chokepoint unstable and prolongs inflationary and supply-chain risk worldwide.
A weakening ceasefire between the US and Iran could quickly spill back into energy, shipping, and wider regional conflict.
Bangladesh’s fuel-price move is an early warning of how conflict-linked shipping disruption can translate into household inflation and political strain.
Kenya’s request shows the conflict has crossed into sovereign financial stress for import-dependent economies beyond the war zone.
The IMF downgrade confirms that conflict spillovers are no longer anecdotal but embedded in official expectations for growth and inflation.
A workable monitoring and aid-access mechanism in eastern Congo could reduce civilian harm and alter a major regional conflict trajectory.
