International

GLOBAL oil supply has been squeezed for months as the impasse over reopening the Strait of Hormuz continues. Now, the market is grappling with another setback: the closure of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline.

It is uncertain whether the final tariff rate will change from the previously expected level

The ‘jumbo transaction’ could make billionaire Haji Isam one of the world’s top coal producers

The airline can withstand fuel cost spikes as its current crisis is less severe than Covid, he adds

The Japanese currency falls as much as 0.9% to 157.33 per US dollar

The aim is to streamline operations for businesses expanding into the country and Asean

Suahasil Nazara is the third finance minister in less than two years

Markets watching for signs of an extension of a tariff truce announced after the October 2025 Trump-Xi summit

BOJ has raised interest rates to a 31-year high and signalled its readiness to keep pushing up borrowing costs