Britain has pledged drones, fighter jets and a warship to the multinational mission to protect shipping vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Britain’s Defense Secretary John Healey announced the package Tuesday during a virtual summit of more than 40 nations involved in the defensive mission to protect freedom of navigation through the important energy maritime […]
Russia’s war in Ukraine is reaching a turning point as the initiative is likely shifting in Kyiv’s favour, experts monitoring the conflict say. Moscow’s spring offensive failed to yield gains as its forces recorded a net territorial loss – of about 113 sq km – last month for the first time since August 2024, The […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres noted that African countries face borrowing costs that are twice as high on average as advanced industrialised economies. “That is not a market verdict on Africa. It is a verdict on the injustices of the system,” he told the summit. Decrying what they say are biases against them that overstate the […]
President Donald Trump will be accompanied by 16 senior executives of U.S. companies for his trip to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The White House on Monday shared a list of the executives, which include Tesla’s Elon Musk, Apple’s Tim Cook, BlackRock’s Larry Fink and Boeing’s Kelly Ortberg, among others. Cisco CEO […]
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer told members of his Cabinet on Tuesday that he has no intention to resign as calls within his Labour Party for him to step down grew louder. Starmer is trying to shore up support within his Cabinet following a febrile few days in the wake of hefty losses for the […]
US President Donald Trump warned the ceasefire in the Middle East war was on “life support” Monday after rejecting the latest counteroffer from Iran, which said its military stood ready to respond to any act of aggression. The president’s angry reaction to Iran’s position – delivered in response to a US proposal – sent oil […]
A Southern California mayor has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government and has resigned from her city position, officials confirmed Monday. Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, was charged in April with one count of acting in the United States as an illegal agent of a foreign […]
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 […]
