Trade

Iran to become member of BRICS Bank, increasing economic cooperation, trade - report

Hemmati announced that Iran was set to join the BRICS Bank in the near future, Iran's semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported.

|ByESTHER DAVIS
BRICS foreign ministers, including Iran's Abbas Araghchi, meet in New Delhi, India, May 14, 2026.
“Anticipating where, how, and with what mechanisms governments will intervene is no longer optional - it has become a core leadership capability.”

How governments are becoming major market players

Strategic intervention and rising tariffs force global businesses to rethink their playbooks in a rapidly changing economy.

|ByIN COOPERATION WITH ALEXA COLEMAN
The sun sets behind the Doha skyline on August 4, 2026.

Gulf states pay the price as shipping crisis exposes costly dependence on the Strait of Hormuz

"A lot of the necessities, and I'm talking food, that these Gulf nations require - Kuwait, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia - comes in by boat," and flying in goods is causing prices to rise.

|ByJACOB WIRTSCHAFTER/THE MEDIA LINE
Shia Muslims gather along the Bayn al-Haramayn or "between the two sanctuaries", a 378-meter open marble-paved avenue linking the Imam Hussein Shrine and Imam al-Abbas Shrine, in the city of Karbala on August 4, 2026.

Iraq delays July public salaries as Strait of Hormuz blockade guts oil revenue

Iraq’s oil exports plunged from 100 million barrels in February to around 32 million in May and June, according to figures shown to The National by the country’s Oil Ministry.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Morocco to open production facility for tactical attack drones in partnership with IAI

Morocco breaks new ground with Israeli defense contracts, opening a factory to produce Israeli technology but defense exports to Abraham Accords countries have been rising steadily for years.

NOVEMBER 23, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An Israeli Air Force plane utilized in the October 2024 strike against Iranian military infrastructure.

Trump pardons Jewish-British billionaire Joe Lewis, who pleaded guilty to insider trading

Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns English Soccer club Tottenham Hotspur, has been pardoned by Trump after pleading guilty to insider trading in 2024.

NOVEMBER 23, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis (L) and chairman Daniel Levy in the stands

Israeli-Indian renewed free trade agreement talks a 'match made in heaven'

Israel's Minister of Economy and Industry and India's Minister of Commerce and Industry met to sign a Memorandum of Understanding, strengthening the strategic partnership between the two nations.

NOVEMBER 21, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Indian Minister of Economy, Piyush Goyal, and Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry, Nir Barkat, sign a Memorandum of Understanding to renew Free Trade Agreement negotiations.

Total value of deals between Saudi Arabia, US reaches $557 billion, state TV says

The value of deals between Saudi Arabia and the US has reached $557 billion.

NOVEMBER 19, 2025ByREUTERS
SAUDI CROWN Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman at the Al Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2025.

ZKP leads $100M build as PEPE drops 18.5% and ZCash jumps 40%

Explore PEPE price performance as it nears support, ZCash (ZEC) price momentum rises, while Zero Knowledge Proof appears as a potential top performing crypto with $100M self-funding pre-launch.

NOVEMBER 19, 2025ByDAVID RABINOWICZ
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India-Israel pact could herald new era of tech development and strategic power - opinion

With India’s scale and Israel’s innovation, the two nations are forming an alliance that could drive advancements in AI, quantum tech, and cyber defense, shaping global geopolitics by 2035.

NOVEMBER 16, 2025ByLOUIS LIBIN, MICHAEL J. SALAMON
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG meets with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the World Climate Action Summit in Dubai, 2023. India and Israel are together scripting a playbook for a new era, the writers maintain.

Food self-sufficiency unfeasible for Israel, new research shows

While Israel could produce enough plant-based foods for survival, full self-sufficiency would come at a staggering cost and be reliant on vegetative food production.

NOVEMBER 16, 2025ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
FARMERS AT Moshav Sde Nitzan, in the northern Negev.

Afghanistan shifts trade to Iran route to avoid Pakistan closures

Afghanistan's reliance on Pakistan's ports has long given Islamabad leverage to press Kabul over Pakistani militants sheltering across the border.

NOVEMBER 14, 2025ByREUTERS
Men sort tomatoes at a wholesale vegetable market, as prices of various vegetables and fruits rose after Pakistan closed border crossings with Afghanistan following exchanges of fire, and a ceasefire deal was later agreed upon by the two nations, in Peshawar, Pakistan, October 23, 2025.

Taliban deputy PM orders traders to cut ties with Pakistan amid exploitation claims

Due to deteriorating relations, the Taliban instructed traders to find new trade routes outside of Pakistan. The move primarily affects pharmaceutical imports and transit dealings.

NOVEMBER 13, 2025ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE
Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023

Saudi Arabia to host investment summit during bin Salman's Washington visit, source says

The summit will be held on November 19th and will not be a part of the Saudi crown prince's official US visit itinerary.

NOVEMBER 12, 2025ByREUTERS
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman seen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 17, 2025