A prolonged crisis in Hormuz could drive the US Navy out from its longstanding base in Bahrain. Trouble would inevitably follow. This week’s ceasefire aside, the portents are grim for the US Navy’s ...

Wood Mackenzie’s latest analysis explores how 13 of the world’s leading power markets are impacted by the current fuel crisis, with those most reliant on fuel imports facing the greatest risk exposure ...

Vietnam, the world’s No. 2 rice exporter, cut production as power prices surged. Even with a temporary cease-fire in Iran, worries linger over the world’s food supply. A boat transporting newly ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday emphasized that American forces would be “hanging around” in the Middle East for the duration of the armistice between the United States, Israel and Iran — ...

Conflict and extreme weather could threaten large desalination plants that supply water to the region. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology ...

Thursday, April 2, 2026 —Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) has published “Seeking Agency in Uncertainty: Asian Middle Powers and the Fragmenting Global Order,” written by Farwa Aamer, Director of ...

Shocks to natural gas supplies are spurring countries in Asia and elsewhere to rethink their rejection of nuclear energy after the 2011 disaster in Fukushima, Japan. By River Akira Davis and Meaghan ...

A bridge struck by U.S. airstrikes on Thursday is seen in the town of Karaj, west of Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 3, 2026. Editor President Donald Trump issued an expletive-laden threat to bomb Iran’s ...

The U.S. is sending thousands of additional U.S. service members to the Middle East aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, even as President Trump on Wednesday claimed Iran has asked the ...

The world faces yet another shock. The war in the Middle East is upending lives and livelihoods in the region and beyond. It is also dimming the outlook for many economies that had only just shown ...

Iran’s Ministry of Energy said that parts of Tehran province, including the city of Tehran, and the neighboring Alborz province lost power following attacks on electricity infrastructure, according to ...

Asia markets fell as renewed U.S.-Iran threats deepened worries over the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said that he would "obliterate" Iran's power plants if Tehran failed to fully reopen the Strait within ...