TAG: Israel-Hamas war

Expensive fuel and million dollar missiles: Counting the cost of the Red Sea crisis

The combat reports from Western navies operating in the Red Sea in recent days read like missives fr...

8 months ago

2023: The year in figures and charts

2023 was marked by crisis, transition and conflict.As the war in Ukraine dragged into its second yea...

8 months ago

Iran’s allies are attacking the West. What happens next?

Tensions are soaring across the Middle East after Washington vowed to respond to a drone attack by I...

8 months ago

Middle East braces for chaos as Iran and West square up

Western warplanes and guided missiles roared through the skies over Yemen in the early hours of Frid...

8 months ago

The Gaza war is escalating. How bad will the Middle East crisis get?

On October 7, Hamas fighters launched a bloody attack against Israel, using paragliders, speedboats...

8 months ago

How Houthi rebels are threatening global trade nexus on Red Sea

The U.S. is mustering an international armada to deter Iranian-backed Houthi militias from Yemen fro...

8 months ago

Red Sea attacks strain Europe’s supply chains

Cargo shipments between Asia and Europe are being disrupted by continued attacks on vessels in the R...

8 months ago

Greek ship hit by missile as Houthis ramp up Red Sea attacks

A Greek-owned, Maltese-flagged cargo ship was reportedly hit by a rocket as it sailed close to the c...

8 months ago

How China ended up financing the Houthis’ Red Sea attacks

China is unwittingly helping Iran choke off ship traffic in the Red Sea, impairing global trade flows and damaging Beijing’s own interests in the process, Western intelligence officials say.China’s illicit purchases of Iranian oil are indirectly financing...

6 months ago

Whatever happened to the climate kids? 

Five years ago, hundreds of thousands of students walked out of their schools in a coordinated global “strike” to demand climate action — and turned the 2019 EU election into a triumph for the Greens. This month’s vote was different. Green parties crashed...

2 months ago