Al Jazeera condemned Israel’s ‘deliberate’ targeting of Wishah, the network’s 12th media worker killed in Gaza since October 2023. Published On 20 Jun 202620 Jun 2026 Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Wishah has been killed in an Israeli air attack on a house in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. He was among two people…
Israel and Somaliland have signed a strategic agreement, strengthening ties in the Red Sea region. For Indian investors, this development in a vital maritime trade corridor could influence shipping costs, insurance premiums, and energy import security, requiring a close watch on potential regional supply chain disruptions. What Happened Israel and Somaliland have entered into a…
205 EU leaders have increased pressure on the European Commission to prepare legal options for restricting imports from Israeli settlements, moving a long-running legal and political dispute closer to a formal trade measure. European Union leaders have pressed the European Commission to prepare legal texts for possible restrictions on imports from Israeli settlements in the…
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz rose to its highest rate in two months after a deal to halt the US-Iran war, maritime trackers said on Friday. A total of 25 commercial vessels crossed the newly reopened strait on Thursday, the highest number since mid-April, according to data from tracking firm AXSMarine. The spike…
Diplomatic tensions erupted at the United Nations on June 19 when Israel’s ambassador and senior U.N. officials engaged in a heated exchange during a public hearing in New York marking the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. The confrontation involved Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, and two senior…
After the US–Iran memorandum, the key question for the global energy market is no longer only whether the political pause between Washington and Tehran will hold. The bigger question is whether the Strait of Hormuz will remain genuinely open and safe for tankers. At first, the signals looked encouraging: after the interim deal entered into…
Norway has begun a public consultation on draft legislation that would prohibit trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, according to the foreign ministry. The proposed law would prohibit the import of goods produced in Israeli settlements and ban exports to them. It would also prohibit the purchase of property in settlements, services…
The following excerpt is from “From Hormuz to Households: The Impacts of the Middle East Crisis on the Indian Economy,” ORF Special Report No. 310, Observer Research Foundation, June 2026. The India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), unveiled at the G20 Summit in New Delhi in 2023, was conceived as strategic insurance: a multimodal services architecture…
Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has proposed a bill to ban trade with Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine, declaring them an impediment to peace. The Norwegian government said on Friday that it had submitted a bill with legally binding stipulations for consultation. The proposal recommends prohibiting Norwegian citizens and companies from profiting from or supporting Israel’s illegal settlement enterprise….
ANKARA Türkiye and Germany discussed ways to deepen economic cooperation during a high-level meeting in the capital Ankara, Turkish Trade Minister Ömer Bolat said on June 19. Bolat met Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Katherina Reiche as part of the 6th Term Meeting of the Türkiye-Germany Joint Economic and Trade Commission, or…
