Islamabad Talks Test Fragile U.S.-Iran Truce
The ceasefire that halted six weeks of fighting between the United States and Iran was meant to open a path to wider diplomacy. Instead, as negotiators prepared to gather in…
Hormuz Still Chokes Oil Markets
Oil markets remain on edge as Hormuz stays effectively shut The fragile ceasefire between Washington and Tehran has done little to calm the world’s oil markets, as tanker traffic through…
Islamabad’s Fraught Bid to Hold a Ceasefire Together
Islamabad Becomes the Center of a Fragile Peace Effort Pakistan was moving ahead on Friday with plans to host high-stakes talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad, pressing…
Markets Steady as Hormuz Fears Keep Oil on Edge
Markets Find Their Footing, but Only Just Global markets steadied on Friday after days of turbulence tied to the uncertain ceasefire involving Iran, the United States and Israel, with investors…
Ceasefire Fails to Reopen Hormuz
A ceasefire on paper, but not at sea The fragile two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran has done little to restore the oil artery that matters most to…
The New Battle for AI Supremacy
Meta and OpenAI, two of the companies most responsible for turning artificial intelligence into the defining corporate contest of the decade, are entering a new phase of rivalry — one…
As Ceasefire Holds With Iran, Israel Keeps Up Strikes in Lebanon
Even as diplomats worked to shore up a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran, Israel on Thursday pressed ahead with airstrikes in Lebanon, underscoring how one of the…
Cease-Fire Fails to Reopen Hormuz Oil Lifeline
The two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was supposed to calm the world’s most important oil chokepoint. Instead, it has revealed how little a paper truce can do…
When Rising Prices Reach the Home
Cost-of-living pressures are showing up in places both intimate and global: in the price of food staples vulnerable to the weather, in the cost of a cot or nappies for…
Ceasefire With Iran Opens New Battles in Washington and Beyond
A fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran is rippling far beyond the battlefield, stirring a new confrontation in Washington over presidential war powers, prompting warnings of lasting damage…