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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tours a market in Jerusalem on Friday, days before Israel's general election on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 27, 2026
Netanyahu touts Trump endorsement on eve of vote
The Israeli prime minister suggested Israel and the U.S. may restart their war on Iran if he wins.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Port Huron, Michigan, on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 26, 2026
Trump says decision nearing on Iran as he weighs diplomacy or renewed strikes
Trump has suggested that U.S. strikes on Iran could resume after the Nov. 3 midterm elections and he has sent additional forces to the region.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth salute during a dignified transfer for soldiers killed amid the conflict with Iran at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, in July.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 25, 2026
Trump prepares for Iran escalation after U.S. and Israeli elections
A Middle East war that U.S. President Donald Trump said would be over in a matter of weeks now looks set to escalate as it enters its eighth month.
A person dressed up as U.S. President Donald Trump looks down from inside a mock prison cell during a performance in Tehran on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 25, 2026
Iran has ramped up efforts to target U.S. personnel, intelligence memo warns
The alert from Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton came after Washington scaled back staffing at its mission in Saudi Arabia last week.
U.S. President Donald Trump points a finger onstage during a rally at Florida Gulf Coast University's Alico Arena ahead of the midterm elections, in Fort Myers, Florida, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 24, 2026
Trump foreign policy hits voters in the pocketbook, imperiling Republicans in midterms
Voters are increasingly drawing a direct connection between the president’s approach to world affairs and higher costs of living.
An internally displaced family sits at a makeshift shelter during a visit by World Food Program officials to assess the knock-on effects from the escalation of hostilities in the Middle East in Kahda district of Mogadishu on May 7.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2026
The U.S.-Iran war is making world hunger much worse
The combined scourges of undernourishment, child stunting and wasting have become worse, halting a two-decade trend of improvement.
Demonstrators protest against the high cost of living in Nantes, France, on Oct. 17. Similar demonstrations have spread across other parts of Europe as households grapple with rising prices and economic uncertainty.
EDITORIALS
Oct 23, 2026
France burns as the political center fiddles
The political center in Europe is struggling to offer convincing answers to voters’ economic concerns.
An electoral campaign billboard for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party in Jerusalem on Oct. 20
WORLD
Oct 22, 2026
Israel’s election may change its leader, but not Iran war policy
Israel’s security doctrine now rests on three pillars: breaking Iran, holding buffer zones beyond its borders and using force to deter enemies.
A mural depicting Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran in August
WORLD / Politics
Oct 20, 2026
Iran prolongs talks in stalemate to influence U.S. midterms, officials say
Fears of renewed military action and deep distrust of Washington have reinforced Tehran’s reluctance to strike a quick deal to end the war.
Growing security threats from Iran and its Houthi proxies, as well as economic pressures, are testing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ability to deliver the stability, prosperity and reform on which his rule depends.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2026
Saudi Arabia’s MBS is facing his greatest challenge
MBS must somehow shore up faith in his promise to build a modern, secure and respected nation.
Protesters demand better protection for Ukrainian cities and civilians against Russian drone attacks in Berlin on Aug. 24. Ukraine is paying the price for Donald Trump’s war against Iran and the spike in oil prices.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2026
America’s oldest bad idea about oil
From Iran in 1953 to Ukraine today, Washington’s pursuit of oil has repeatedly undermined its own strategic interests.
A man with a flag wrapped around his shoulders emblazoned with an image of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks through Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem on Friday ahead of upcoming elections.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 18, 2026
In shadow of war, Israelis to decide if hard-right turn is permanent
The trauma of Oct. 7, 2023, remains raw across Israel.
This screenshot taken from CCTV footage played on a screen during a news conference by the Saudi-led coalition in Riyadh on Thursday shows what the coalition says was a Houthi attack on Abha International Airport in Abha, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 7.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2026
Saudi Arabia reports incoming fire as Egypt weighs sending help
Saudi Arabia has faced sustained Houthi missile and drone attacks targeting its oil installations, tankers and transit hubs.
Flames are seen at a facility belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco south of Riyadh on Oct. 3.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Oct 16, 2026
How are Yemen’s Houthis attacking Saudi Arabia so effectively?
Attacks are shattering the illusion of Saudi Arabia as a safe investment hub as it tries to attract foreign money and diversify away from oil.
Smoke billows from the presidential palace complex following an attack by Houthis forces, according to government officials, in Aden, Yemen, on Thursday, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2026
Houthis launch deadly attack on presidential palace in Yemen’s Aden
Yemen’s health minister has said the attack left five people dead and 16 injured “among those working to guard the site and civilian employees.”
AI-enhanced humanoid robots are serviced at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai in July 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 15, 2026
When AI acts without orders, national security is at risk
These AI systems are doing what they were designed to do: pursuing goals and finding ways around obstacles.
Armed Houthi fighters march on the streets of the Jabal Habshi district of Yemen in this frame from a video released on Monday.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 15, 2026
Japan raises alert for parts of Saudi Arabia, discouraging nonessential travel
Following the change, the entire country of Saudi Arabia is under Level 2 or higher in the Foreign Ministry’s four-tier travel alert scale.
Japan's Daizen Maeda (left) and Iran's Ramin Rezaeian vie for the ball during the Asian Cup quarterfinals in Al Rayyan, Qatar, in February 2024.
SOCCER
Oct 15, 2026
AFC open to postponing Asian Cup as attacks in Saudi Arabia disrupt sports calendar
A strike on Riyadh’s international airport on Saturday killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 300.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at Memphis Air National Guard Base in Tennessee on March 23.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 14, 2026
CFTC staff were told to retract analysis of suspicious oil trades
As the Iran conflict deepened, examples multiplied of large, markedly well-timed trading in futures and prediction markets.
Vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 14, 2026
Iran shifting tactics to step up attacks on shipping before U.S. vote, officials say
The strategy is designed to keep oil prices high, according to two senior Iranian officials.

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