By Mark Buckton in Taipei The ongoing war in Iran, ignited by a combination of US and Israeli strikes on a globally ...

History suggests the energy crunch is just the beginning of a chain reaction that ends with a food and social stability ...

Donald Trump has threatened widespread destruction of Iran's energy resources and other vital infrastructure, including ...

Over the past decade, analysts have increasingly viewed Iranian transit routes as Central Asia’s most promising path to the sea. For much of the past three decades, Central Asia’s economic strategy ...

People play football at Higashi-Ogishima Higashi Park, as energy storage tanks are seen near an oil refinery in the Keihin Industrial Zone, a major industrial belt of Tokyo Bay, in Kawasaki, Japan, on ...

Nepali consumers wait in line to collect a half-filled gas cylinder at the Nepal Oil Corporation depot in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 13, 2026. Reporter As the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran continues ...

Asian economies heavily dependent on imported oil and gas face higher fuel costs, widening trade deficits and slower growth if disruption to Middle East energy flows persists. Asian economies reliant ...

As Iran’s energy problems grow, the Islamic Republic can no longer rely on its geography alone to attract investment from Central Asia. US and Israeli military strikes on Iran have placed the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Trump on Monday told reporters that the United States has held talks with Iran and that the two sides had “major points of ...

In the wake of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, supply disruptions caused by Tehran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz are straining energy stores across Asia to their breaking point. Police detain a ...