One-quarter of the way into the 21st century, Israel is emerging not only as a staunch ally of the United States but also as ...

Weeks after his country was battered by waves of Israeli strikes and the US bombed three of its prized nuclear facilities, ...

For Iran, this is a worrying development as the distance between it and Israel has shrunk, and Israeli forces can operate in front of it or near its border freely.

Tensions eased after 1990, as the US focused on Iraq after Baghdad's invasion of Kuwait and as Iran in 1997 elected reformist President Mohammed Khatami, who sought better relations with the West.

“If the Middle East is unstable, the world will not be at peace,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said June 19. “If the conflict escalates further, not only will the conflicting parties suffer greater ...

According to Bloomberg, Baer added that Israel’s relations with China, its second-largest trading partner after the US, haven’t worsened much despite conflicts since 2023. “We’re still ...