US midterms could reshape financial markets, but Treasury yields, oil prices and the Iran war may prove more consequential for investors. Chart 1: Republicans are defending 22 of the 35 seats, and all ...

South Africa's failing infrastructure acts as an invisible tax, raising costs, constraining investment and deepening the country's fiscal crisis. South Africa is paying an infrastructure tax that does ...

Iran's disputed mine claims in the Strait of Hormuz and Vance's letter to Tehran heighten shipping risks and uncertainty over nuclear talks. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; سپاه ...

Behind the overwhelming vote in favor lies a budget whose financing has quietly changed character. Planned spending under the "National Defense" chapter rises to 17.15 trillion rubles (US$212.5 ...

G20 foreign ministers meet in Atlanta amid the Iran war, energy disruptions, maritime security concerns and disputes over Russia and South Africa Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 (G20) major ...

North Korea fired about 10 short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on October 29, marking its third round of ballistic launches in October 2026. The evidence so far points to a ...