Houthis Red Sea threat enters a new phase, reshaping global trade and energy security The recent announcement by Yemen’s Houthi movement of what it calls a “naval blockade” in the Red Sea marks a significant escalation in one of the world’s most strategically important maritime regions. Although the number of high-profile missile and drone attacks…
The proposed free trade agreement between India and Israel covers multiple issues such as trade in goods and services, rules of origin, technical barriers, intellectual property rights, customs procedures and trade facilitations. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The second round of negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between India and Israel covering…
President of the United States Donald Trump has threatened Iran with a potentially much larger military attack following strikes by Iran-aligned Houthi forces on Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, escalating fears that the widening Middle East conflict could further disrupt global energy supplies and international shipping. Trump said Iran and its Houthi allies…
India and Israel have completed the second round of negotiations for their proposed Free Trade Agreement, with officials from both countries discussing a wide range of trade rules and market-access issues in New Delhi from 20 to 23 July. The four-day talks were held at Vanijya Bhawan and focused on shaping an agreement that can…
0 US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: The current geopolitical and economic pressures on the United States, Israel, and Iran keep changing the dynamics of world geopolitics and economics with the increase in military operations in the region, the problems surrounding maritime security and energy sources have become a source of concern. In addition, amid all…
A carved limestone anchor with a Cypro-Minoan inscription recovered from the lagoon at Tel Dor, Israel. Credit: Assaf Yasur-Landau et al. / CC BY 4.0 A 3,000-year-old limestone anchor carved with a Cypro-Minoan inscription, CM 102 Variant 7, has recently been uncovered from the seabed at Tel Dor, a coastal site on Israel’s Carmel Coast….
The US-Iran conflict has thrown the Middle East’s energy transport network into sharp focus, with disruption to key maritime chokepoints threatening global supplies of oil, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and trade. As sea lanes come under pressure, countries are increasingly relying on pipelines that bypass these vulnerable waterways to keep exports flowing. The Strait of…
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Middle East subcommittee, insisted at a Wednesday hearing that Israel could not be excluded from the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor, and called out U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack for apparent efforts to advance an alternative trade corridor through Syria. The hearing was…
Concerns are mounting over the potential resurgence of escalation in the Red Sea, following a warning issued by the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) stating that the Iran-backed Houthi group has completed preparations to target commercial shipping traffic around the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. According to estimates, the group has deployed missiles and drones near the…
The Trump administration imposed a sweeping new round of tariffs on imports from more than 80 U.S. trading partners just minutes before its previous tariff authority expired, including a 12.5% duty on Israeli goods, one of the highest rates announced in the latest package. The new tariffs, which took effect at midnight U.S. time, were…
