A new survey by Israeli recruiting firm GotFriends, seen by Globes, reports that while many tech companies continue to reduce employees and slow hiring, as part of streamlining adjustments for AI adoption, defense-tech startups are aggressively expanding their workforce. The number of new jobs in the defense-tech industry increased 20% in 2026 compared with the…
How the Strait of Hormuz Fracture Is Redrawing Global Crude Trade Routes Energy trade corridors rarely shift overnight. The infrastructure, contracts, and geopolitical relationships that underpin global crude flows tend to calcify over decades, making sudden pivots the exception rather than the rule. Yet when a chokepoint controlling roughly one-fifth of the world’s traded oil…
Amnesty International on Thursday warned that India’s weapons exports to Israel may violate international law and contribute to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. In an investigative report, Amnesty International examined public trade data to investigate the scope of India’s material support for Israel and “international crimes committed against Palestinians in Gaza.” It found that, despite…
US weighs fresh strikes on Iran The United States is preparing a new wave of strikes on Iran as early as this weekend, officials said, although the exact targets and scope remain unclear. Officials cautioned that the plans could still be called off before any action begins. President Donald Trump earlier signalled a tougher approach,…
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…
