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Djibouti Takes In Yemen's Refugees as a Migrant Boat Sinks the Other Way

DJIBOUTI, Oct. 15 -- Djibouti took in roughly 4,000 refugees from Yemen in a single week last month, more than half of them children, most in or near Obock, a fishing town of about 20,000 people. This... Read More


HSBC's Islamic Fund Holds $131m in Five Firms Linked to Israel's Military

LONDON, Oct. 15 -- HSBC's Islamic Global Equity Index Fund, described by Middle East Eye as the UK's largest "sharia-compliant" fund, holds roughly $130 million in five companies the outlet links to I... Read More


Social Security's 3.6% Raise for 2027 Barely Keeps Pace With Inflation

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The Social Security raise that arrives in January, the largest in four years, is built on the same inflation that is squeezing the people who will receive it, and much of that i... Read More


Trump Says Taiwan Agreed to Buy 30% of Alaska LNG for 20 Years

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- A deal that would put Taiwanese money behind an Alaska gas pipeline exists, so far, in the words of the president and his commerce secretary at a campaign rally, and not in any ... Read More


IMF Sees Hormuz Reopening Only in March 2027, and the Gulf Pays for It

BANGKOK, Oct. 14 -- The International Monetary Fund now assumes the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until March 2027, and the Gulf economies on either side of it are carrying the assumption: Saudi Ar... Read More


US Freezes Green-Card Filings for Microsoft, Adobe and Six IT Giants in Visa Crackdown

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Thousands of foreign engineers who expected Microsoft to carry them toward permanent residency woke up on Thursday to find that road closed. The Trump administration froze green-... Read More