The Business Times

US-Middle East relations

Opinion & Features

US-Saudi ties pivot to tech: AI chips and a US$1 trillion pledge

US President Donald Trump (right) absolved Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of involvement in a 2018 murder.
International

Saudi prince faces big task turning Trump pledges into real wins

Trump (right) welcomed Prince Mohammed with a formal arrival ceremony on the South Lawn that included a military flyover and mounted honour guards.
Opinion & Features

A reset in Riyadh’s favour: Trump welcomes Saudi crown prince back to Washington

The resolution has proved controversial in Israel because it references a future possibility of statehood for the Palestinians.
International

UN Security Council adopts US resolution on Trump’s Gaza plan

FILE PHOTO: People take part in a protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza on the second anniversary of the war that began after Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/File Photo
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

Indonesia’s support for the Gaza ceasefire: A strategic and moral imperative

The timing of Trump’s plan offers Qatar a pathway to diplomatic rehabilitation after a period of strained relations, says the writer.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

Qatar has much to gain from Trump’s Gaza peace plan

Excavators are used to clear the rubble outside the Evin prison complex in Tehran that was hit days ago by an Israeli strike, on June 25, 2025. The Israeli defence minister announced strikes on the prison and other domestic security agencies in Tehran on June 23. (Photo by Mostafa Roudaki / mizanonline / AFP)
Opinion & Features

A changed Middle East balance of power

In a photo released by the White House via X, US President Donald Trump (R) and Vice President JD Vance (L) are seen in the Situation Room of the White House on June 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump said June 21, 2025 the US military has carried out a "very successful attack" on three Iranian nuclear sites, including the underground uranium enrichment facility at Fordo. "We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. (Photo by WHITE HOUSE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / WHITE HOUSE " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Opinion & Features

A war president: Ensuring that the war with Iran doesn’t turn into Iraq War II

Some 84 per cent of the crude oil and condensate, and 83 per cent of the LNG that move through the Strait of Hormuz go to Asian markets in 2024, estimates the US Energy Information Administration.
International
COMMODITY INSIGHTS

Possible Hormuz blockade threatens Asia’s energy lifeline, unsettling oil market

Israel’s largest carriers, El Al Israel Airlines, Arkia and Israir, say on Sunday that they are suspending rescue flights that allow people to return to Israel until further notice.
International

Airlines keep avoiding Middle East airspace after US attack on Iran

Latest T-bills Treasury Bills Results & Interest NewsLatest SSB Singapore Savings Bonds NewsLatest COE Certificate of Entitlement News
Latest Johor-Singapore SEZ NewsLatest BTO Build To Order & Sales of Balance NewsLatest STI Straits Times Index NewsLatest SGX Dividends, Share Price NewsLatest Bonds Market NewsLatest Singapore Stocks To Buy NewsLatest Singapore Economy News
View More