At first glance, the coral-trimmed Bikini Atoll looks like an advert for an idyllic beach holiday. Lost in the Pacific somewhere between Hawaii and The Philippines – it’s five hours by plane from ...

This is going to be a big year for the Financial Action Task Force, the world’s standard-setter on money laundering ...

One mariner has died on a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker after it was struck by a bomb-carrying drone boat in the Gulf ...

Oil prices are up sharply as the widening Iran war disrupted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting how ...

Because of its immense economic weight, the strait has transitioned from an ancient trade route for silk and ceramics into a modern-day flashpoint for international warfare and geopolitical brinkmansh ...

The city of Dubai, with a global reputation as the safest place in the Middle East and a hub for global investment, has ...

Gas prices in Washington are on the rise, alongside the rest of the nation, as tensions are escalating in the Middle East ...

U.S. oil traded 7.6% higher at $72.12 per barrel, while international standard Brent was up 8.6% at $79.11 per barrel. Natural gas futures in Europe jumped more than 40% after Qatar, a major ...

Oil prices jumped as the widening conflict in Iran disrupted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Here's a closer ...

On February 28, 1953, scientists James Watson and Francis Crick announced they had worked out the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule that carries ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), established in 1957 and based in Vienna, serves as the central organisation for global nuclear cooperation. Known as the "Atoms for Peace and Development ...

"It has taken older persons, with support from the not-so-old ones, over two decades of advocacy and efforts to reach this point where governments are convening to draft a legally binding possible ...