The Middle East has been of great importance to China, and is high on the country's foreign policy agenda. It is one of the most geopolitically important regions in the world.

Rising trade tensions, global policy uncertainty, and regional conflicts are presenting challenges to economies in the Middle East and North Africa and Caucasus and Central Asia regions. Policymakers ...

Rising tensions in the Middle East have created air travel chaos, with global airlines diverting or cancelling flights on Wednesday and regional airports, including Lebanon, Israel and Kuwait ...

The Way to Fix the Middle East Conflict Looks Obvious—Except to Israelis and Palestinians Violence and settlements have destroyed once-broad support for the two-state solution ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran launched missiles at a U.S. military base in Qatar on Monday, threatening to stoke a wider conflict in the Middle East, a region that supplies the world with about a third ...

Middle East conflict highlights how vastly the global energy supply has changed in recent years By MATT OTT , AP Business Writer June 25, 2025 FILE - Pumpjacks are seen before sunrise in Hobbs, N ...

Conflict in the Middle East often stokes fears of an energy crisis. The Arab-Israeli War of 1973 led to an oil embargo that caused calamitous shortages of gasoline in the United States.

Conflict in the Middle East often stokes fears of an energy crisis. The Arab-Israeli War of 1973 led to an oil embargo that caused calamitous shortages of gasoline in the United States.

Israel’s attack on Iran has catapulted their long-running conflict into what could become a wider, more dangerous regional war and potentially drive prices higher for both businesses and households.

What does the Middle East conflict mean for UK travellers? The war between Israel and Iran is having a major impact on flights. Neil Lancefield. Tuesday 24 June 2025 13:12 BST.