US President Donald Trump on Tuesday publicly backed the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), saying the Iran war has highlighted the need to shift critical Middle East energy infrastructure away from vulnerable routes. Addressing a meeting with Gulf Cooperation Council and Arab leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York,…
US-based investment firm Ibex Investors has closed an oversubscribed $87 million fund focused on secondary investments in Israeli private companies and appointed Osnat Velingard as portfolio manager in its Tel Aviv office. The new vehicle, Ibex Secondary II LP, is the firm’s sixth Israel-focused fund. It is designed to purchase existing stakes in private growth-stage…
TEHRAN — Iran has rejected US attempts to hold Tehran responsible for rising fuel prices, with Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei arguing that Washington is seeking to deflect responsibility for the consequences of the conflict and the disruption of commercial shipping in the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz. In a post on X on Tuesday,…
United Kingdom Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the UN General Assembly that the construction of Israeli settlements in the E1 area of the West Bank “cannot be allowed to happen” in his address on Tuesday. “So we have acted by banning trade in goods with illegal settlements, recognizing that the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. According to Report, citing Türkiye’s Directorate of Communications, the sides discussed Türkiye-Qatar bilateral relations, as well as regional and global issues. Erdoğan said efforts would continue…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in separate meetings in New York. The closed-door meetings on Tuesday came on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Earlier, Erdogan met UN…
ZIM Integrated Shipping ZIM ticked higher by 0.7% amid a report that Hapag-Lloyd’s HPGLY HLAGF CEO is set to visit Israel Wednesday on the company’s revised offer to the shipping firm. The Hapag-Lloyd CEO and FIMI are trying to win approval for the $4.2 billion purchase of ZIM ZIM, according to a Calcalist report on…
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 22. Russia highlights efforts to further deepen its strategic partnership with Turkmenistan in birthday greetings to President Berdimuhamedov. This was reflected in a letter sent by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the President of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, on the occasion of his birthday, according to a press release published by the press…
Belirsiz Kişi 22 September 2026•Update: 22 September 2026 Karim Elgendy is founder and executive director of the Carboun Institute, an independent climate and energy policy think tank focused on the Middle East and North Africa, and an associate fellow at Chatham House. When the Strait of Hormuz was effectively closed earlier this year following the…
