Emerging Risks

A senior Israeli lawmaker said on Monday the country risked "religious war" after a court ruled in favour of Jews who had tried to pray at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and as nationalists planned a march near the flashpoint site. Palestinian factions have denounced Israeli moves in Jerusalem's Old City, the heart of their decades-old conflict, and reiterated threats that echoed their warnings in the run-up to the May 2021 war in Gaza. Jerusalem Magistrates' Court on Sunday rescinded a restraining order against three Jews who had prayed while visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Chaos continues to spread throughout the world, and America’s weakened economy seems less and less equipped everyday to handle it. And situations may worsen ...

When the United States, Japan, Australia and India first resuscitated their informal dialogue from a decade-long hiatus in late 2017, China was confident it would soon fail.

Parts of the intelligence and defense establishment view no deal as much worse than even a bad deal.

Two motorcycle riders shoot Col. Hassan Sayad Khodayari in his car, state media reports, suggesting that deceased was a member of Iran's Quds Force

China is passing a series of inflection points. The most fundamental one is demographic: The Chinese population is on track for a decline.

President Joe Biden said on Monday that the United States would respond militarily if China invaded Taiwan.

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For those who struggle to follow the yearslong and complex Russia collusion hoax scandal, here is your big-picture primer.

The ties that bind the global economy together, and delivered goods in abundance across the world, are unravelling at a frightening pace.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sees parallels between Russia's actions in Europe and China's expansion in the Indo-Pacific, a region stretching from America's Pacific coastline to the Indian Ocean.

In a Saturday op-ed, Mitt Romney cited warnings made by Russian ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov that NATO is not taking Russia's nuclear threat seriously.

Beginning at the end of May, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will conduct a monthlong military drill simulating a wide scale strike on Iran.

Scientists are trying to understand why the virus, a less lethal relative of smallpox, has cropped up in so many populations around the world.

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China expert and 'The Great U.S.-China Tech War' author Gordon Chang warns the real estate market is the 'heart of the Chinese economy.' #FOXBusinessSubscrib...

The world doesn’t move in cycles or with a grand design. Echoes of the 1970s remind us that one disaster often begets others.

Shortages of grain and fertiliser could cause ‘mass hunger and famine, says chief, as World Bank pledges $12bn to ease shortfall

Targeted cash and expertise are needed in the worst-hit areas, rather than sending food stocks

Two companies make up 75% of the US baby food market. The recent shortage is yet another example of how corporate consolidation in many US sectors has led to shortages and high prices.

Massive food producers hold too much power – and the regulators scarcely understand what is happening. Sound familiar, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Israeli military officials told Breaking Defense the US Air Force would provide refueling services for Israeli fighters during the exercise.

Unfortunately, the possibility of reaching a peaceful, diplomatic solution to the threats posed by Iran’s nuclear program looks remote.

Since Russia’s President Vladimir Putin launched his expanded invasion of Ukraine on February 24, fires at military bases and train accidents inside the Russian Federation have increased, military draft offices have been set aflame there, and draft resistance has spiked, as have cases in which soldiers in uniform are refusing to obey orders to deploy to Ukraine. Telephone bomb threats …

Amid concern Iran is close to a nuclear weapon, “Chariots of Fire Drill,” will simulate war on six different fronts.

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Defense Minister Benny Gantz warned on Tuesday that Iran is installing 1,000 advanced centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plants, and

Is it possible that Hezbollah may begin a new wave of assassinations if it fears critics against it are rising in Lebanon?

Number to have fallen ill reportedly at almost 1.5 million as country grapples with what it calls ‘fever’

Many in Europe say that they are just waking up to the threat posed by China. But if Europe is just waking up, it is still half-asleep.