Mojtaba Khamenei, reportedly close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), is seen by analysts as a continuation of Iran’s hardline policies rather than a turn toward…
Millions of Asian migrant workers in the Gulf are trapped amid escalating US, Israeli, and Iranian hostilities, resulting in casualties and widespread anxiety.
The writer laments: "When global focus concentrates on deterring one adversary and securing energy lifelines, it inevitably deprioritises other emergencies."
Nearly 18,000 South Koreans lived across the Middle East as of 2025, according to the Overseas Koreans Agency, including many in countries affected by the expanding conflict.
In a briefing with the country’s top political figures, President Prabowo called for ‘national elite solidarity’ against the impacts of the United States-Israel war on Iran.
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The joint statement on March 4 came four days after the Feb 28 attack that triggered the latest conflict, which has seen most South-east Asian governments issuing their own calls…
Commentators reach for the most dramatic analogy: World War III. The analogy, while not absurd, overstates the probability of escalation.
Japan imports nearly all its fossil fuels from overseas, relying on the Middle East for over 90% of its crude oil and over 10% of its liquefied natural gas.
At least 13 people from Asia have been reported killed since the conflict intensified Saturday: one each from China, Pakistan, the Philippines, Nepal and India and two from…