For most of its history, Pakistan’s geopolitical value has risen and fallen with other countries’ emergencies. The Mecca Pact may be its most serious attempt yet to break that cycle. On Aug. 31, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey established a secretariat in Saudi Arabia for the Mecca Defence Agreem

How a true “energy cease-Fire” can curb Putin.

Moscow ignores Donald Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ while Kyiv’s forces experience connectivity problems on Elon Musk’s satellite network

Mercuria Energy Group has placed another big bet on copper production in the Democratic Republic of Congo, sealing a deal to buy metal from units of Shanghai Jayson New Energy Materials Group.

Last week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, standing in front of the Parthenon, declared that the Trump administration sought to partner with Europe in defending the “distinct character” of Western civilization. It was meant, perhaps, as an exhortation.

Ethan Zindler, Head of Country & Policy Research, Bloomberg New Energy Finance examines the outlook for global energy demand and supply at the 2026 Bloomberg New Economy Forum in New Delhi. (Source: Bloomberg)

The two neighbors weather the same storms, heat waves and cold snaps and live so close that each could probably spot the other’s house if they knew where to look. Michelle Ma and Nadja Popovich report on why prices are rising much faster at investor-owned utilities than at municipal ones. (Source: B

Not all midterm-election wipeouts are created equal. The gathering storm poised to wallop Republicans Nov. 3 is fueled by white-hot voter frustration with Donald Trump the president, a stark contrast with contests in 2018 that culminated in a broad rejection of Donald Trump the man.

The United States and Canada have been locked in a trade war for over a month. And now, it’s becoming a political problem. Following US threats to impose 50 percent tariffs on about twenty billion dollars’ worth of imports, Ottawa and Washington began fierce negotiations. But the talks fell through,

Hours after US President Donald Trump’s surprise Sunday announcement of an energy ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow, Russia responded by bombing a series of Ukrainian power plants, write Maksym Beznosiuk and William Dixon. The post Putin snubs Trump’s ceasefire as Russia aims to make Ukraine unlivab