Political Tensions in the Middle East

Tensions could explode into a new war between any two of the countries that are at loggerheads there, and that could in turn draw in both of those powerful states.

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh declined Friday to predict central bank officials’ future course on interest rates, less than two weeks before they meet to discuss monetary policy. “I don’t prejudge meetings. I don’t believe in saying now what I might do at the meetings that we have in the balanc

Hezbollah fires projectiles at northern Israel while Israeli troops push deeper into southern Lebanon.

The incident comes a week before the polls, and follow warnings of a potential operations staged to influence voters.

Qatar reports "extensive damage" at an energy industry site as Iran retaliates for gas field attack.

Met chief Sir Mark Rowley says police are looking at whether the email was a criminal offence.

The Trump administration has rolled out a slew of policies aimed at bringing down rising gasoline prices amid the war with Iran, but experts say they’re unlikely to have much of an effect. Analysts who spoke with The Hill said that the only way to meaningfully bring down prices is to open up the Str

Gulf states are between a rock and a hard place as the Iran war stretches into its third week, quietly encouraging the U.S. and Israel to complete the war convincingly, while trying to maintain some relations with whatever government remains in Iran when the dust settles. It’s a delicate diplomatic