As the Iran war expands, the roots of many West Asia conflicts lie in the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the European agreements that redrew the region's borders after World War I.

South Korea approved Google’s request to export detailed map data, reversing a longstanding restriction that made the tool largely nonfunctional.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Thursday urged citizens to report gas stations that violate the government's newly introduced fuel price cap.

It is rare that political pundits wax philosophical, and probably not advisable when they do. Yet in the first week of the ...

Building new pipelines could reduce dependence on the chokepoint, but such infrastructure projects require massive investment ...

By Kyu-seok Shim SEOUL, Feb 27 (Reuters) - South Korea will soon no longer be one of the few countries where Google Maps doesn't work properly, after its security-conscious government reversed a ...

Before he dismantled Nepal’s political elite, Balendra Shah was destroying his opponents in underground rap battles. More than a decade ago, armed with a microphone and his signature sunglasses, he ...

As tensions rise around Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, we look at the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints. From energy flows in the Persian Gulf to trade routes through the Strait of Malacca, ...

Several futures are possible. Iran’s leadership could survive the confrontation but emerge weakened, producing a period of ...

With few captains willing to brave the Strait of Hormuz as war rages around the Gulf, companies will have to do business ...

Frustrated by fragmented war news, Anghami’s Elie Habib built World Monitor, a platform that fuses global data, like aircraft signals and satellite detections, to track conflicts as they unfold.

Everyone calls it ‘Middle East’, whether it's in a book or on television. But no one noticed why this term ‘East or West’ middle. There is a history b.