Saudi Arabia has temporarily shut its 1,200-kilometre East-West oil pipeline after a drone attack damaged the vital crude conduit, adding to mounting disruptions to energy flows across the Middle East as the
Former US Defense Secretary Mark Esper has warned that the United States will not achieve its objectives in the conflict with Iran through airstrikes alone, arguing that a sustained military campaign is
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Oracle has emerged as the leading contender to provide Japan with top-secret cloud computing services, according to a Financial Times report citing multiple people familiar with discussions, as the United States intensifies
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Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD believes it can overtake Toyota as the world’s largest carmaker by vehicle sales without entering the U.S. market, according to comments by the company’s top international executive
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Ukraine will be permitted to use part of a European Union defence loan to purchase Chinese drone components after securing a special exemption from procurement rules, according to a Financial Times report,
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China’s economy expanded by 4.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2026, its slowest annual growth rate since late 2022, according to official data released on July 15, falling short of
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India’s competition regulator has found HP India guilty of rigging bids in government procurement tenders, ordering the company and 21 of its resellers to cease the practice and pay penalties totalling $15
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India has attracted approximately $10 billion in inflows through the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) special foreign-currency deposit programme for overseas Indians, according to two people familiar with the matter, providing early
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The Trump administration’s rollback of federal support for clean energy has resulted in the cancellation or delay of approximately $83 billion in investment across hundreds of manufacturing and renewable energy projects, according
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India’s government has stepped up efforts to attract foreign currency deposits from overseas Indians as the rupee remains under pressure and the country’s foreign exchange reserves continue to decline. Finance Minister Nirmala
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Europe purchased more liquefied natural gas from Russia’s flagship Yamal LNG facility in the first half of 2026 than ever before, absorbing almost all of the Siberian project’s output ahead of an
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