Shipping disruptions in key Middle East chokepoints intensified as the US-Iran war grinds on, with vessels in the Red Sea making unusual maneuvers, while visible traffic through the Strait of Hormuz ...

Pepkor Holding Ltd.’s payment services firm will acquire a financial technology firm as the clothing retailer expands its business in South Africa’s informal sector.

Equinor ASA posted earnings that beat expectations as production climbed and the Iran war drove European natural gas prices higher, helping to boost its lucrative trading business. Adjusted net income ...

South Africa’s finance chief is preparing to oust his deputy from the position of chairman of the board of the Public ...

Japan’s 40-year government bond auction drew its strongest demand since March 2025 as investors were attracted to higher yields.

Russia is no longer willing to return some occupied territories to Ukraine as part of any deal to end the war and plans to retain them as buffer zones, according to people close to the Kremlin.

ウクライナのゼレンスキー大統領は、シルスキー軍総司令官を解任した。解任を求める抗議活動が全国に広がっていた。

中国の保険大手、中国平安保険が過去1年間、米国のプライベート市場への新規投資を凍結していることが、複数の関係者への取材で分かった。トランプ米大統領による関税攻勢を受けて広がった懸念が、なお収まっていないことを示している。

South Korea’s deep-pocketed retail investors are flocking to a leveraged instrument that has inflicted severe losses in the past, adding to concerns about abrupt unwinding of wagers as the stock ...

The yen weakened past 163 per dollar for the first time since 1986, raising the risk of intervention by authorities to prop up the currency.

South Korean stocks jumped, as the unwinding of leveraged bets that helped drive the benchmark nearly 30% below its peak appeared to be nearing its end.

Gold held a gain as traders monitored threats to energy supply routes that risk stoking inflation and putting pressure on the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates. Bullion was trading around $4,080 ...