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By Uriel Araujo

Jonathan Yerushalmy, the Guardian's Australia's UK/US site editor recently wrote on how the trade in oil from nations currently under Western sanctions, such as Russia and Iran has boomed - China plays a huge role in that and the US-led political West is “turning a blind eye” to it...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Arab monarchies have traditionally been seen as allies of the US in the Middle East, but relations are now rapidly cooling. The reason for this systemic discord is the foreign policy of the United States and the aggressive hegemonic style of the fading superpower. Even during...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia has submitted a draft statement to the UN Security Council regarding the terrorist attack on Nord Stream. Dmitry Polyansky, the First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, made this announcement. The statement stresses that the acts of terrorism...

By Rhod Mackenzie

According to Liu Lin, the deputy head of the investment department of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), major issuers are trying to take advantage of the interest rate differential between China and the United States, and are therefore issuing and selling as many yuan bonds as p...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Just a week ago, it was reported that oil inventories at the main US oil storage facility in Cushing, Oklahoma, had fallen to the level of 22.9 million barrels, very close to the critical operating minimum of 22 million barrels.It is now said that critical minimum level has been...

The India-Middle East-Europe transportation corridor may be the talk of the town, but it will likely go the way of the last three Asia-to-Europe connectivity projects touted by the west - to the dustbin. Here's why.

The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) is a massive public diplomac...