The Latest Breaking News from the Middle East

On Oct. 30, 2023, reports began to circulate that Israel was missing from from the mapping services provided by Chinese tech companies Baidu and Alibaba, effectively signaling – or so some believed – that Beijing was siding with Hamas over Israel in the ongoing war.

The ground assault on Gaza is now well underway and, as they advance into the Strip’s urban areas, the Israel Defence Forces are coming up against an elusive enemy that has been preparing for this conflict for years. For Hamas’s military wing, a key part of those preparations has been…

The Middle East is the greatest area of vulnerability for the United States, and many countries want to cause trouble

The devastating attack on Israel by Hamas on 7 October has transformed the Middle East, thrusting the Israeli-Palestinian question – considered a diplomatic side-issue for at least a decade – to the centre stage of the region’s geopolitics.

Countries in the Middle East that have normalized or are considering normalizing relations with Israel are coming under growing public pressure to cut those ties because of Israel’s war with Hamas

Letters: Dr Raia Browning and Janet Dobson respond to Jonathan Freedland’s article on the Israel-Palestine conflict

The terrorist attack in Israel on October 7 and the subsequent war in Gaza have led to increased attacks on Jews around the world. This is not a new trend. When conflict happens in Israel and Palestine the result is often rising numbers of attacks and threats.

December WTI crude oil (CLZ23 ) this morning is up +1.13 (+1.39%), and Dec RBOB gasoline (RBZ23 ) is up +1.86 (+0.84%). Crude oil and gasoline prices this morning are moderately higher. Geopolitical risks are underpinning crude prices on concern an escalation of the Israeli-Hamas conflict could threaten crude supplies...

An estimated 1.4 million Palestinians have been displaced from their homes since the Israeli military began bombing the Gaza Strip on Oct. 8, 2023, in retaliation for a surprise attack by Hamas militants. Many of these Palestinians have sought refuge in United Nations emergency shelters in a situation the World…