A major escalation is unfolding in the Middle East as Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels exchange fire, ending years of relative calm in the region. The latest developments come amid intensifying US-Iran tensions, with the Houthis claiming attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities in Jazan and Yanbu, triggering emergency alerts and raising concerns over regional security. In this detailed report, we analyse the growing Saudi-Houthi conflict, the maritime blockade announced by the Houthis, and Saudi Arabia's retaliatory air strikes on Houthi targets. The escalation has put key shipping routes, including the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, under renewed pressure.
The Red Sea corridor remains a critical global trade route, connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Suez Canal. Any disruption in this strategic passage could impact international shipping, energy supplies, and global markets.

Canada-US Trade War Escalates As Gordie Howe Bridge Opens Without US Officials

Trade policy uncertainty driven by the Trump administration's escalating dispute with China means hundreds of billions of dollars in lost US output and as much as $850 billion lost globally through early next year, research published this week by the Federal Reserve suggests.

Trade uncertainty to trim $850 billion global output

U.S. President Donald Trump has slammed his French President Emmanuel Macron by saying that no one is authorised to speak to Iran on behalf of U.S. Watch full video to know more.

WION Dispatch: Trump slams Macron for Iran diplomacy in a series of tweets

A wine producer in the state of California in the United States is facing set backs in light of the rising tariff costs from the trade dispute between China and the United States. An hour outside of San Francisco in the city of Livermore, Wente Vineyards exudes the Californian lifestyle.

Californian wine sales in China hit by rising tariff costs

The Trump Administration Has Removed Trade Benefits To India, Kicking Off Another Trade Dispute. What Does It Mean? Palki Sharma Upadhyay Explains.

Gravitas: US Withdraws Trade Incentives To India

What happens when the planet's two biggest economies play a high-stakes game of chicken? The world may be about to find out, with President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping both holding favourable enough economic hands to make it hard to predict who blinks first, analysts said.

Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and trade: A high-stakes game of chicken

President Donald Trump said on Monday he believed the United States would emerge from its trade dispute with China as a winner, no matter what happened. "We're going to win either way.

Trump on China trade spat: 'We're going to win either way'

China's trade surplus with the US narrowed in January even as its American imports continued to plunge, official data released on Thursday showed, as officials from the world's top two economies sat down for crucial trade talks in Beijing.

China's trade surplus with US narrows in January

Indian officials fear he may have been abducted by the traders, who aggressively pursue foreign businessmen who owe them money.

India national may have been abducted in China, govt seeks details from Shanghai

While it's tempting to see this new trade dispute as Trump's bellicosity extending even to Canada, it's actually Washington-Ottawa tradition

Trump's tough talk on Canadian lumber anything but unprecedented

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