Mithil Aggarwal

BEIJING — China has been a quiet — if crucial — player in the Iran war, as U.S. military action upends the global economy

The United States’ plan to blockade Iranian ports and marine traffic has sent oil prices surging, as the countries reignited their tussle over the crucial Strait of Hormuz after peace talks ended without a deal

Kitchens across India are running low on gas as the U.S. and Israeli assault on Iran sends shockwaves through a country heavily dependent on Gulf oil imports.

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was at a virtual standstill Thursday, with only a handful of ships passing through the vital waterway since the announcement of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire

Pakistan has emerged as an unlikely mediator in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran even as it engages in its most severe fighting in decades with neighboring Afghanistan.

Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has trapped the largely invisible workforce that keeps the world’s maritime trade afloat, with 20,000 sailors stuck on their vessels.

OpenClaw, a highly autonomous open-source AI agent, is especially popular in China, but security concerns have both users and the government seeking to rein it in.

LONDON — An arson attack on several ambulances from a Jewish volunteer service is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime, police in London said Monday

The fallout of the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran and the subsequent effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has reached Asia with authorities from New Delhi to Manila implementing emergency measures to shield consumers from the mounting shortages and surging global oil prices.

Three ships were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, a British navy-run monitoring service said, the latest in a flurry of attacks on the vital oil choke point

It’s been two years since Jehan Trazi last celebrated Christmas