Saudi Aramco Pipeline: The smoke was still hanging low over Yanbu when the reality of the Red Sea blockade hit the operations desk at Saudi Aramco. For weeks, the calculus had been simple: take the long way around the cape, absorb the freight hikes, or cross fingers that the patrols hold. But when a Houthi…
The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology was ranked 25th worldwide in a new index measuring universities’ ability to advance AI research, talent, and entrepreneurship. The Technion ranked first among Israeli institutions and fourth in Europe. The index also ranked the university eighth in the world for the number of graduates who go on to found AI companies….
BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 29. Turkmenistan and Türkiye have discussed expanding cooperation in trade, energy, transport, and construction during political consultations in Ankara. The consultations were held at the level of heads of structural divisions of the foreign ministries of the two countries, according to a press release issued by Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The…
There is a temptation to read a deepening Turkey-South Africa relationship as a story about trade diversification and multipolar hedging – two “middle powers” finding common cause in a post-Western world. That framing misses what is actually gluing the two governments together. Ankara joined Pretoria’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice…
Amman, July 27 (Petra) – The Jordan Strategy Forum (JSF) issued a policy paper titled “Jordan and Economic Corridors: Strategic Opportunities in a Changing Global Economy,” which addressed the rapid transformations in international trade and transport networks, and opportunities that emerging economic corridors offer Jordan to enhance its standing in the regional and global trade…
Ian Austin, who was elevated to the Lords by Boris Johnson, is tasked with boosting Britain’s trading relationship with the rogue state. Lord Austin is a deeply controversial figure with a history of smearing his rivals, for which he has been forced to apologise in the past. A Green Party of England and Wales source…
Oil tankers move through the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran and Oman negotiate fees for Western ships passing through this sea route. Photo: Xinhua On July 28, according to TASS news agency, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said that Iran and Oman are negotiating to decide on the fee applied to Western ships passing…
Israel has closed its newest investigation into Canadian allegations of dumping of cannabis into the Israeli market from Canada, citing human error. Israel’s Commissioner for Trade Levies and the Ministry of Economy and Industry have quietly closed their new investigation into allegations of dumping of medical cannabis into the Israeli market from Canada. In an…
TEHRAN- Rashid Meredov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, and Farzaneh Sadegh, Minister of Transport and Urban Development of Iran, as the heads of the Turkmenistan-Iran Economic Cooperation Committee, held talks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat. According to the news portal of the Ministry of Transport and Urban Development, in…
Oliver Towfigh Nia 28 July 2026•Update: 28 July 2026 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday ruled out general sanctions against Israel, while voicing deep concern over the Israeli government’s activities in the occupied West Bank. “We are observing the Israeli government’s activities in the West Bank settlements with great concern,” Merz said at a joint…
