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    Asia-Pacific markets mixed as investors await inflation data from the region this week

    Inflation data from Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, as well as Japan's capital city of Tokyo — a leading indicator for Japan — is due this week.

  • U.S. Maritime Administration Issues New Advisory Amid Rising Maritime Threats in Middle East

    In response to escalating regional conflicts in the Middle East, the U.S. Maritime Administration has issued a new advisory to shipping that enhances previous guidelines for U.S.-flagged commercial ships navigating

  • How AI Investments Could Change the Middle East

    Saudi Arabia’s reported $40 billion artificial intelligence (AI) investment fund represents a leap to redefine the Middle East’s role in the global technology landscape. The fund is part of a trend of Middle Eastern countries scrambling to position themselves as leaders in the global AI race. The vast investments underscore AI’s potential to reshape industries […]

  • Urging a stronger Middle East response

    The response of The United Methodist Church to the hostilities in the Middle East was characterized as “very weak and timid” during the joint meeting of the boards of United Methodist Global Ministries and Higher Education and Ministry.

  • Philippines vows countermeasures amid sea tensions

    MANILA >> The Philippine president said Thursday that his government would enforce a “countermeasure package” in response to “aggressive and dangerous attacks” by the Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships in the disputed South China Sea, saying “Filipinos do not yield.”

  • The United States and the Middle East: the Politics of Miscalculation

    The U.S. experience in the Middle East is a classic study of political and military miscalculation leading to strategic failure. President Joe Biden’s political support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which is being sorely tested, and his military support for Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), which is making the United States complicit in Israel’s genocidal campaign, is the latest and worst example of U.S. miscalculation. Overall, the exercise of U.S. military power in the Middle...

  • We Cannot Miss This Game-Changing Moment in the Middle East

    "In the Gaza envelope communities, it was sheer chaos," said Dr. Juergen Buehler at the National Religious Broadcasters' Breakfast to Honor Israel. "I remember calling my friend, a former Knesset member, asking, 'How are you doing?' "I will never forget it," he continued. "He said, 'Juergen, where is the IDF? I'm at a bomb shelter, and they are shooting our civilians outside. Where is the IDF? Where is the IDF?'" Buehler is the president of the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem and...

  • Negotiate With Iran or the Whole of the Middle East Could Burn

    Spencer Ackerman If the US is going to avoid a regional war, Biden has no choice but to talk with Washington’s regional adversary.

  • Visa and Alaan Partner on Expense Management in Middle East

    Visa and Alaan have partnered to provide digital expense management solutions to businesses in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia. The companies’ five-year strategic alliance brings together the VisaNet global payment processing network and Alaan’s artificial intelligence (AI) spend management system, the companies said in a Wednesday (March 27) press release. “Together, we are not just offering […]

  • Lebanon and Italy address Middle East relations and issues

    Beirut, March 27 (Prensa Latina) The interim Prime Minister of Lebanon, Najib Mikati, and his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, today addressed the close and historic bilateral relations, as well as issues of common interest in the Middle East region. The post Lebanon and Italy address Middle East relations and issues first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • Middle East ceasefire resolution comes up short in Duluth

    A majority of city councilors concluded it was inappropriate to wade into the waters of international affairs.

  • Asia stocks hemmed in by rate risks, yuan wobbles

    Asian equities climbed on Tuesday but could not break this month’s highs as mixed messages from US Federal Reserve policymakers left doubts hanging over the timing of interest rate cuts. The risk of Japan intervening to prevent further falls in the yen put a little pressure on the dollar, however it rose against the yuan […]