The conflict in the Middle East will damage the UK’s economy more than any other industrialised nation, according to analysis by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which warned over rising inflation.
In the first…

The conflict in the Middle East will damage the UK’s economy more than any other industrialised nation, according to analysis by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which warned over rising inflation.
In the first…

New York, NY and Abu Dhabi, UAE – March 26, 2026 – Blackstone (NYSE: BX), the world’s largest alternative asset manager, today announced that funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) have invested US$250 million in…

The United States-Israel war on Iran, and Tehran’s response, have disrupted about one-third of global supplies of helium, which is critical for medical uses such as MRI scans, as well as in high-tech industries such as the semiconductor…

(Bloomberg) — Stocks and bonds fell across the world as Iran’s persistent rejection of the Trump administration’s push…
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A week into the United States-Israeli war on Iran, and Iran’s attacks on its Gulf neighbours, Jaya Khuntia spoke – as he often did – to his Doha-based son Kuna on the phone.
It was March 6, about 10pm, and Khuntia and the family were…


A screen displays a portrait of Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei during the funerals of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commanders, army commanders and others killed in the early days of the United States and Israeli strikes on…

Consumer confidence in the UK has “collapsed” since the start of the Iran war, according to new research from the British Retail Consortium.
The sharp rise in energy prices caused by the effective closure of the strait of Hormuz and attacks on…