geopolitics

On Monday morning, President Donald Trump posted to social media that "both sides, Israel and Iran, are looking to do an immediate ceasefire."

In a call with the US president, the BBC’s Sarah Smith asked Trump about the war in Iran and his relationship with the Israeli leader.

Supertanker orders top record set in 2008 in boom driven by Middle East war

This weekend’s escalation between Iran and Israel showed just how hopes of a deal could be, and how traders may be too complacent about the ongoing oil supply disruption. Since Iran moved to close the Strait of Hormuz more than three months ago, global oil inventories and China’s more than 1.2 billi

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says he had a ’positive’ conversation with Witkoff and Kushner

The company seeking to build Chile’s first rare-earth mine is in talks with US International Development Finance Corporation as the Trump administration moves to loosen China’s grip on critical minerals.

Lebanese president appeals to Israeli government to pursue talks, not war Reuters

Trump warned Netanyahu against renewed Iran war, Axios reports Reuters

Oil steadied after Israel and Iran agreed to end attacks against each other following an escalation of violence that threatened to derail efforts to end the war in the Middle East.

WestJet Airlines Ltd. condemned the Canadian government’s offer of loans to help carriers hit by high jet fuel costs in the wake of the closing of the Strait of Hormuz.