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On 28 February when the US and Israel began their attacks on Iran, the market cap of crypto dropped a worrying 2.5%. However, this has not halted the movement and [...]

In Kuwait, roughly 100,000 people exist in a legal grey zone – stateless Arab residents known as the Bidoon (Arabic for ‘those without documentation or nationality’), constituting around 4% of [...]

Gold has long captivated markets and investors alike. But beneath its shine lies a growing concern: it is one of the most attractive vehicles for money laundering globally. The Financial [...]

Kuwait sits at a geopolitical crossroads – sharing maritime borders with Iran and land borders with Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Right now, the country finds itself directly involved in the [...]

When the COVID-19 pandemic slowed many global supply chains, European vendors were exposed to a critical bottleneck in the provision of antibiotics, with more than 80% sourced from China and [...]

Iran’s attempts to seal the Strait of Hormuz have prompted intelligence professionals and hobbyists alike to flock to maritime monitoring tools such as MarineTraffic to make sense of the situation. [...]

The current Middle East conflict has resulted in the displacement of over 330,000 people who fled areas of hostilities to safer locations. One of the less frequently examined outcomes of [...]

The escalating US-Israeli-Iranian conflict is not a distant headline. It is actively unfolding and dismantling the foundations of regional stability, with consequences that extend far beyond the Middle East. These [...]

The US-Israeli-Iranian conflict is sending shockwaves through the global economy – and the financial risks for businesses operating in or near the region are mounting by the hour. The Strait [...]

When it comes to long term conflicts such as Ukraine, war risks becoming the backdrop rather than breaking news. This means a different kind of pressure can build for citizenship-by-investment [...]

Four years into its devastating conflict with Russia, Ukraine remains at the centre of geopolitical debate. But for citizenship-by-investment (CBI) programmes, the impact isn’t just geopolitical, it’s operational. Conflict changes [...]

Three arrests have been made in Merseyside as part of a coordinated nationwide crackdown on illegal streaming operations, led by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) in partnership with UK [...]