The Capital Market Authority published earlier this week a new draft circular for public comment that defines, for the first time, which virtual currencies Israeli crypto companies will be permitted to offer their customers. For the general public, the digital currency market is mainly associated with familiar names such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. In reality,…
Published On 29 Jul 202629 Jul 2026 Turkiye might soon receive up to 1 million barrels per day of oil from Iraq after buying a stake in the British Petroleum-run Kirkuk oilfield in northern Iraq, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. At a joint news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in Ankara…
You would not be mistaken for thinking the streets of Tel Aviv feel a bit emptier this week, with a significant portion of the tech industry on their way to Las Vegas for the annual Black Hat cybersecurity event. “It’s definitely a unique market and place where I think being Israeli has a 100% upside,”…
Ram Rattan Sharma internetzonejammu@gmail.com The escalating US–Israel–Iran war has sent a fresh warning to India: What happens in West Asia does not stay in West Asia. For a country that imports most of its crude oil and depends heavily on the Gulf for trade, remittances, and energy security, any prolonged conflict in the region quickly…
Saudi Arabia and 13 other countries have announced the creation of a maritime military coalition to safeguard freedom of navigation through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. In a statement published on Thursday, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defence said the Multinational Maritime Defense Alliance was established as a framework…
Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have elevated their bilateral relationship to the level of an alliance after Presidents Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Sadyr Japarov signed a Treaty on Allied Relations during high-level talks in the Kyrgyz resort city of Cholpon-Ata. Trade and economic cooperation in focus The treaty was signed during Mirziyoyev’s state visit to Kyrgyzstan, where the…
This tense, febrile stasis was obviously not indefinitely sustainable. Israel’s leaders know this better than anyone: witness Benjamin Netanyahu visiting the US this week and warning President Donald Trump that the stakes, ultimately, are existential. Iran missiles on display in Tehran at parade to commemorate 1979 revolution earlier this year (Majid Saeedi/Getty)Getty Images Whatever comes…
Editor’s note: Moses Becker is a special political commentator for News.Az. He holds a PhD in political science and specialises in inter-ethnic and inter-religious relations. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of News.Az. Over the past decade, global attention has largely focused on…
In 2025, Israel’s high-tech goods imports reached a record $19.8 billion, a jump of 10.5% in just one year. At first glance, the figure seems puzzling. Israel is widely regarded as a high-tech exporter, not a major importer. But that is precisely where one of the more interesting dynamics of the Israeli economy emerges, one…
Over the past decade, global attention has been focused primarily on the economic and technological rivalry between the United States and China. Against this backdrop, India’s rapid rise has long remained underestimated. Yet New Delhi is increasingly asserting itself not merely as one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, but also as an independent geopolitical power…
