Pentagon weighs dispersing U.S. military forces from Gulf bases after Iranian missile and drone attacks exposed vulnerabilities at Al Udeid and Bahrain.

India’s growth prospects have brightened following the recent de-esclation in the Middle East conflict, as lower oil prices reduced risks to inflation and the external balance, said the government’s monthly report.

The payments of around $300 million came from a region that sits at the center of the president’s foreign policy.

Before Islam reshaped the Middle East, vast kingdoms, merchant empires, and warrior tribes ruled the sands. From the Nabataeans to the Sassanids, these powers fought for dominance over trade routes and faith.

Iran just stalled talks with Washington in Doha, one of five clocks now running across the Middle East that businesses pricing risk need to track.

The San Diego-based warships USS Boxer and USS Portland and the Camp Pendleton Marines they’ve been carrying for months have arrived in the Middle East to support Operation Epic Fury as a fragile peace continues between the U.

China’s top priority is now keeping the Gulf states, and above all Saudi Arabia and the UAE, from drawing closer to Washington.

The French Navy’s flagship Charles de Gaulle only arrived in the region in early May, and it is already heading back to its home waters

Turkish policymakers consider Israel an impediment to “every single file in the Middle East they’re involved in”, says Asli Aydintasbas of the Brookings Institution, an American think-tank. For now, the risk of confrontation is remote.

NAPLES, Italy — For the first time in more than two decades there are three aircraft carriers, along with hundreds of Navy aircraft and thousands of sailors and Marines, deployed to the Middle East, U.S. officials said Friday. The arrival of USS George H ...

By Siyi Liu and Seher Dareen SINGAPORE/LONDON, June 24 (Reuters) - Physical crude oil cargoes are selling at steep discounts around the world, changing trade flows as markets come under pressure from fast-rising Middle Eastern supply with Iran set to boost sales following a temporary reprieve from U.