Six months into the United States-Israel war on Iran, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continues to drive one of the worst maritime shipping disruptions in decades. Traffic through the 33km (21-mile) chokepoint has fallen from more than 100 vessels a day to just five, disrupting the flow of oil, gas and goods worldwide….
Ilayda Cakirtekin 27 August 2026•Update: 27 August 2026 Several Labour MPs have warned UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham of a potential trade war with US President Donald Trump over the premier’s plans to impose tougher sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, The Times reported Wednesday. Labour MPs reportedly warned Burnham that…
Jordanian newspaper columnists on Sunday focused on a range of domestic and regional issues, including the future composition of parliament, the performance of the economy in the face of inflationary pressures, the upcoming Israeli elections, and the impact of the US war on Iran on Tehran’s network of allies and armed groups across the…
London, United Kingdom – UK Prime Minister and Labour leader Andy Burnham is expected to soon approve a ban on goods linked to Israeli settlements after the Israeli government issued tenders to build more than 1,200 units for a settlement in the occupied West Bank called E1. “Sanctions on Israel’s illegal settlements would be a…
Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen on Wednesday dismissed Israel’s decision to expel his officials from a Gaza support centre in retaliation for a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements. Mr Berendsen said he regretted Israel’s move, which he linked to the country’s upcoming elections. He added that the expulsion would not stop the Netherlands…
Daijiworld Media Network – Tehran Tehran, Aug 26: At least three Indian oil refiners and a major global energy company plan to stop using vessels placed on Iran’s new blacklist, including for ship-to-ship (STS) oil transfers, amid growing security and compliance concerns, according to four sources familiar with the matter. Iran on Sunday…
Tens of thousands of skilled workers who arrived in Israel during the massive immigration wave from the former Soviet Union in the 1990s are approaching retirement, threatening to deepen an already severe labor shortage across Israeli industry, according to a new report by the Manufacturers Association of Israel. The workers became an important part of…
Dutch group Christians for Israel is taking the government to court in the Netherlands over its plans to introduce a ban on importing goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights. The ban, which was announced in July, is due to take effect on September 22 and will run for…
LONDON: British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to announce within weeks a broad ban on trade in goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, British media reported on Wednesday. According to The Telegraph, Burnham is considering a full embargo on settlement goods in response to Israel’s planned construction in the contentious…
(Aug. 25, 2026 / JNS) Israel is evicting the Dutch from the US-led Civil-Military Coordination Center in the southern Israeli city of Kiryat Gat, Gideon Sa’ar, the foreign minister, said on Tuesday. The Jewish state is responding to “a series of anti-Israel measures taken by the Dutch government,” specifically a Dutch law set to take effect…
