Global oil prices jumped overnight after U.S. President Donald Trump said an Iranian counteroffer to a 14-point U.S. plan to end the war was “totally unacceptable.” Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose by more than 4% to $105.50 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate hit $99.80, up 4.4%, as the market reacted to the prospect […]
The Philippines’ House of Representatives impeached Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday—for the second time—over accusations of unexplained wealth, misuse of state funds, and threats to have her former ally President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. assassinated. The second impeachment came more than nine months after the country’s Supreme Court voided the first over a constitutional […]
The remains of one of two U.S. soldiers who disappeared during exercises in Morocco earlier this month have been recovered, the U.S. military said, as the search continues for the other soldier. A Moroccan military search team found the remains of 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr. at 8:55 a.m. Saturday, the U.S. Army Europe […]
Seventeen Americans evacuated from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship docked off Spain’s Canary Islands were being airlifted to the United States late Sunday, the Department of Health and Human Services said. One American experiencing mild symptoms and another who tested “mildly PCR positive” for the Andes strain of hantavirus were traveling in the plane’s biocontainment units, […]
Marriage registrations in China fell 6.2% year on year in the first quarter and are about half 2017 levels, official data show, underscoring the demographic strain in a country where childbearing remains closely tied to marriage. China recorded 1.697 million marriage registrations in the quarter, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Saturday. The figures […]
North Korea plans to deploy a new heavy artillery system along its border with South Korea this year, state media reported Friday, highlighting Pyongyang’s continued focus on conventional firepower capable of threatening the Seoul metropolitan area. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a munitions factory Wednesday to review production of a “new-type 155 mm […]
President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs to “much higher levels” on the European Union if it doesn’t agree to a trade deal by July 4. “I had a great call with The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. We discussed many topics, including that we are completely united that Iran can […]
U.S. Central Command said Thursday that American forces struck Iranian military sites responsible for “unprovoked” missile, drone and boat attacks on U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz. “U.S. forces intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and responded with self-defense strikes as U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman,” CENTCOM […]
At least five U.S. states are monitoring former passengers of a cruise ship experiencing a hantavirus outbreak, health officials said, as the vessel with 17 Americans still on board heads for Spain. The ship, MV Hondius, was sailing early Friday from Cape Verde to Spain’s Canary Islands with about 150 people, including 90 passengers and […]
Two former Chinese defense officials were given suspended death sentences Thursday after being found guilty of bribery, state-run media reported. The military court gave Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu a two-year reprieve, which means after that time period, their death sentences will be commuted to life in prison with no possibility of parole, the BBC […]
