As US President Donald Trump loses patience over the Iran he again puts the entire Middle East on alert for another escalation with boots on the ground threat saying Iran will be 'hit hard'

The escalation of war in the Middle East is disrupting global supply chains, driving transportation and logistics costs skyward.

A ceasefire in name only: How war in the Middle East is only getting worse - Ceasefires have been announced, often to great fanfare, in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. But fighting is continuing on all three

Problems return for Europeans, with more expensive mortgages and loans. The central bank raises the official rate to 2.4% in the need to combat the soaring prices... it will close 2026 around 3%. Ten increases and eight decreases

The tenuous ceasefire in the Middle East has held up, sometimes barely, despite being shaken by repeated flare-ups over the past two months. But it is now coming the closest yet to blowing apart and sending the region back into full-scale war — and the detonator is Lebanon.

Amid the unpredictability of President Trump's Middle East policies, Turkey is calling for “regional ownership” and pursuing new security pacts.

The move is widely seen as symbolic as the war in the Middle East has choked off a critical waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil passes.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said US military bases in the Middle East will no longer be safe after the war, declaring victory and a new regional order even as talks to end the conflict continued.

TOKYO, June 11 (Reuters) - Japanese business sentiment soured in April-June for the first time in four quarters, a government survey showed on Thursday, a sign of growing economic pain from the Middle East conflict.

The ECB delivered its first rate hike since 2023 as rising energy prices and persistent inflation linked to the Middle East conflict reshape policy decisions.

Tensions in the Middle East have driven up oil prices and transport costs, raising concerns about inflationary pressure.