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Israel-Iran war highlights Asia’s dependence on Middle East oil, and slow progress on clean energy
Asia’s dependence on Middle East oil and gas — and its slow shift to clean energy — leave it vulnerable to disruptions in ...
Protesters rally downtown to say “No War On Iran”
The rally, organized by a coalition of more than 30 progressive groups, was held to protest President Trump’s recent ...
Iranian retaliation, a sudden ceasefire and lingering nuclear questions: Wild swings in the Middle East
In the past 48 hours, the Middle East has seen an unprecedented US airstrike on Iran with its most powerful non-nuclear ...
Ceasefire in Iran gives rise to new calls for a deal to end Gaza war
Arab governments emphasized this week that that the root issue underlying the violence — the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian ...
Escalating Hormuz tensions drive up Middle East war risk insurance costs, sources say
U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and Tehran's reprisals have doubled the price of insuring shipments to the Middle East and ...
Protests erupt calling for Trump, U.S. to stay out of war in Middle East
Demonstrators rallied against U.S. military involvement in Iran over the weekend and planned to continue later this week.
The US may be headed into another Middle East war – and no one is talking about how it ends
The United States rolled into Iraq in 2003 and quickly toppled the tyrant Saddam Hussein. But it collapsed the Iraqi state ...
Pope Leo XIV urges all sides in Iran-Israel war to reject 'bullying and arrogance' and talk peace
Pope Leo XIV is urging the warring sides in the Israel-Iran war to "reject the logic of bullying and revenge." ...