Brent crude surged above $108 a barrel on Sept. 14 as an attack on a merchant vessel in the Strait of Hormuz and the shutdown of Saudi Arabia’s key East-West Pipeline intensified concerns that critical Middle East energy routes are becoming increasingly vulnerable.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a trilateral defense agreement in Mecca on Aug. 7 that commits the three countries to regard an armed attack against any one of them as an attack against all three, establishing a new framework for collective deterrence.
Israel’s military launched a series of airstrikes in Yemen’s Hodeidah province on Monday, striking at Houthi-controlled targets just one day after the Iranian-backed rebels fired a missile that hit Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport.
The attacks mark the latest escalation in...
The leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have signed a joint memorandum calling for constitutional change, asserting their nations' right to determine their own futures.
