The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed to most commercial shipping traffic due to Iran's threats and despite an ...

To the north lies the Caspian Sea, where Iran’s two major ports offer a theoretical Russian lifeline. That option was closed as well: Israel destroyed one of those ports in an airstrike — and notably, ...

President Donald Trump has done a lot of damage to the Iranian military. And the economic damage hasn’t even taken its full ...

China's economy picked up speed early in 2026, riding an ⁠export ⁠surge before the Iran war sent energy costs soaring and ...

The evolution of Sino-Japanese relations has rarely followed a linear path – but it has always remained within clear ...

Japan’s conservative leader, Takaichi Sanae, won a supermajority of seats in this year’s general election. Takaichi and her ...

A steep slide in housing prices has left consumers less prosperous and less willing to spend, but the government is pouring ...

The January-March data released by the government was better than what economists expected and was up from the 4.5% growth ...

The region can best cope by protecting vulnerable people, letting prices adjust, anchoring inflation expectations, and ...

China used a visit by the Vietnamese leader to show a deepening of security ties that analysts say far outpaces U.S. defense ...

No matter the outcome of the conflict between the United States and Iran, China will be better off in the postwar world order ...

That is, to reach a peace deal during the already declared cease-fire, the U.S. believes that it needs to wage a new kind of ...