The heads of key international organizations including the International Energy Agency, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and World Trade Organization have raised alarms about the Middle East conflict’s impact on global energy supplies and economies. The ongoing U.S.-Israel war on Iran has caused significant disruptions in trade and financial markets, disproportionately affecting vulnerable economies worldwide….
Park Slope Food Coop’s contested vote to boycott Israeli products earlier this week has actually removed Arab-founded products from the shelves, according to one of the business owners impacted. Rachel Simons, the founder and CEO of tahini brand Seed + Mill — one of the products impacted by the boycott — told The Post that…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the Islamic Republic’s active participation in high-level meetings of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) demonstrates Tehran’s determination to expand trade and economic relations with all five member states and observer countries. In a message to the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on Friday, Pezeshkian said Iran has remained…
They could be proverbial white elephants: monumental fortresses built thousands of years ago in the desolation of modern-day southern Israel and Jodan, with elaborate gates and thick walls rising above the landscape and visible from miles away. Some archaeologists have seen them as relics of the fabled Israelite monarchy of David and Solomon, strongholds built…
Fleur Hassan-Nahoum speaks with the urgency of someone who sees several crises at once: hostile campuses, regional realignment, war with Iran, the future of Gaza, the stubborn persistence of antisemitism, and the need for stronger women’s leadership. Her answer to all of it is impacted by the same instinct—build something practical and build it now….
Passenger demand plummets Middle Eastern airlines experienced a 46.6 per cent year-on-year drop in passenger demand in April 2026. This collapse in the Middle East also dragged the entire global passenger market down into a 3.4 per cent contraction. However, there seems to be a silver lining. The numbers also mark a noticeable improvement from…
The ongoing geopolitical conflicts across several regions of the world, particularly the escalating tensions in the Middle East and the continued Russia-Ukraine conflict, are creating major disruptions to global transportation and supply chain networks. These crises are affecting shipping routes, fuel prices, airline operations, freight costs, and international trade, placing enormous pressure…
Wix, Rapyd and Amdocs became the latest Israeli tech firms to join a wave of layoffs to tighten operations, cut costs and reorganize their staff amid pressure to adapt to the new automation era. Wix, a maker of do-it-yourself website building software, on Thursday confirmed reports that it is cutting as many as 1,000 employees…
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, May 28. Bilateral freight transportation between Kazakhstan and Russia reached 92 million tons in 2025, marking an increase of nearly 3.5% year-on-year, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said, Trend reports via the Kazakh government. Tokayev emphasized that energy cooperation has become one of the most successful areas of partnership between the two countries, alongside…
The Spanish government has implemented the first operational ban within the European Union on imports originating from named Israeli settlements, moving to enforce what much of Europe has long only stated. Spain is turning a long standing EU position that settlements are illegal under international law into an enforceable trade restriction establishing that Israeli settlements…
