The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council warned that continuation of the US maritime blockade could lead to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and other strategic waterways. According to a statement carried by state broadcaster IRIB, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr said continued US “provocations” would not only further restrict the key Strait of…
Editor’s note: Abulfaz Babazadeh is a scientist, a scholar of Japanese studies, a political observer, and a member of the Union of Journalists of Azerbaijan. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of News.Az. President Ilham Aliyev’s state visit to Kyrgyzstan on 30–31 July marked a…
A New Investigation Traces Thousands of Arms Shipments from India to Israel Since October 2023 while Gaza has endured close to two years of Israeli bombardment that has killed and displaced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. The 42 page report, titled Made in India: The Supply of Weapons and Ammunition to Israel, was released by…
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 1. Turkmenistan and the European Union discussed bilateral trade and transport cooperation. This was reflected in a statement published by the Mejlis (Parliament) of Turkmenistan following a meeting between Speaker Dunyagozel Gulmanova and EU Ambassador to Turkmenistan Beata Pęksa. According to the press release, the sides highlighted cooperation in trade, energy, sustainable…
Earlier this week, the Capital Market Authority distributed a draft circular to the crypto industry. If this sentence sounds familiar, it is because it marks the third time in the past two months that the Authority has published new guidelines for the sector. At the same time, the Bank of Israel has also issued updated…
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has outlined a policy toward Lebanon that blends support for state sovereignty with deeper regional economic integration, insisting that Damascus has no intention of intervening militarily in its neighbor and warning that Lebanon’s crisis cannot be solved through security measures alone. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Sharaa said Syria was…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday urged Israel and Hamas to fully implement the Gaza agreement announced by US President Donald Trump. “The only good news in recent days is the announcement by the US president of an agreement for Hamas to relinquish their weapons and for Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza,” Guterres…
By JEAN MANGALUZ, GMA News Published August 1, 2026 6:34am Add GMA on Google Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Fuel prices have already reached record highs in the past few months since the United States and Israel’s attacks prompted Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz,…
Alex Bouaziz is not the first Israeli tech billionaire most people would think of if asked about the country’s biggest technology fortunes. Many would likely mention Assaf Rappaport, who at 33 had already sold Adallom to Microsoft, or Gil Shwed, who at that age had already taken Check Point public on Nasdaq. But Bouaziz, who…
Israel appears well positioned to benefit from the Gulf’s search for alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz. It has access to the Red Sea through Eilat, a Mediterranean coastline, existing energy infrastructure linking the country’s south and west, and ports that could connect Middle Eastern trade with European markets. On a map, Israel looks like…
