Gold Surpasses $5,000 Amid Middle East Turmoil

Global markets are in a state of high anxiety. On January 26, 2026, gold surpassed $5,000 per ounce for the

U.S. Senate Takes Up Contentious Voter ID Bill

In Washington, the Senate moved to take up the so-called "Save America" act, a voter ID bill fiercely opposed by

A World on Edge

What links these disparate stories — from the Strait of Hormuz to a Kenyan foreign minister confronting Moscow, from Sri

Beyond Oil: Other Crises Demand Attention

Forced Disappearances in El Salvador Human Rights Watch issued a damning report alleging that the government of Salvadoran President Nayib

Sri Lanka Goes to a Four-Day Work Week

Perhaps no country illustrates the human cost of the crisis more vividly than Sri Lanka, which announced a four-day work

IEA Sounds the Alarm on Reserves

The head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, issued a stark warning: global energy trade will take time to

A Chokepoint That Holds the World Hostage

The consequences of the U.S. and Israeli decision to attack Iran are now cascading across the global economy at a