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Nature, it is said, abhors a vacuum. So, too, do the markets. When the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz proved to be one of the most destabilising events to hit the worldwide economy in recent decades. It also accelerated an evolution in globalisation as work…
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that Israeli settler groups could be added to a global blacklist for violations against children as he voiced alarm at a “staggering” rise in violations against Palestinian children.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a media conference at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
US President Donald Trump told his advisors that no one can handle Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to The Wall Street Journal citing a source familiar with the comments.
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NEW YORK— US federal prosecutors announced terrorism charges Wednesday against a California man for allegedly raising hundreds of thousands of dollars through a fake charity to fund Hamas.
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Residents who have built lives and businesses in the UAE over the past decades are confident the nation will continue to prosper in spite of the challenges posed by the Iran war.
Oussama Baher often drank his coffee while contemplating Tyre’s ancient Roman ruins. This was the only place where he felt safe during the war in Lebanon, he said.
BRUSSELS — The laundry list for EU leaders when they head to Brussels for talks on Thursday and Friday is long and daunting: Ukraine, the Middle East, the bloc's massive multi-year budget, how to take on the economic might of China, plus the challenges posed by migration, defense and narcotics.
Spruiking his Iran deal at the G7 in France, Donald Trump said he did not want to be regarded like Herbert Hoover, the US president he blamed for causing the Great Depression.
Oil prices declined Thursday after President Donald Trump reportedly signed a deal with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian to end the war in the Middle East, while the International Energy Agency flagged a supply glut next year.
US President Donald Trump defenced his decision to reach an agreement to end the war on Iran, indicating he wants to avoid an "economic catastrophe".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hopes of clinging to power in an election this autumn have long been shaky, but the interim US deal with Iran has added yet another complication.
CAIRO (AP) — The interim deal reached by the US and Iran to end their war will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and bring the two adversaries back to the negotiating table over Tehran’s nuclear program. It will also give Iran an immediate benefit, allowing it to sell its oil freely again, according to a text of the accor…
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US forces employed Elon Musk’s Grok AI to strike over 2,000 targets in 96 hours during the joint US-Israel war on Iran, according to a written declaration from the US Department of Defense’s digital and artificial intelligence chief, Cameron Stanley.
The US president also said Tokyo was not willing to get involved during the Iran war
The US president also said Tokyo was not willing to get involved during the Iran war
It was fight night on the White House lawn. Beneath a great steel canopy nicknamed “the Claw,” Justin Gaethje did a backflip off the caged ring in the center of the South Lawn after winning the Ultimate Fighting Championship title card. In the audience, the president, newly 80, had just announced that the Iran war w…
French President Emmanuel Macron posted on X a video of US President Donald Trump signing the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran at Versailles.
President Trump’s agreement with Iran opened new fissures in his party on Wednesday, with Republicans on Capitol Hill and beyond questioning whether his administration had secured adequate concessions from Iranian leaders after months of a costly and unpopular war.
Seoul stocks opened at a fresh record high Thursday, despite overnight losses on Wall Street caused by the US Federal Reserve's signal of a rate hike this year and uncertainty over a US-Iran peace deal.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and his team had several red lines that they used to justify the U.S. war against Iran. At a press conference on Wednesday, Trump largely brushed them aside.
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Flights from Ben-Gurion Airport Terminal One are expected to reopen on June 28 ahead of the school holidays.
Israel Police, working in coordination with the Southern District Unit and the National Headquarters for Economic Counter Terrorism under the Defense Ministry, confiscated property on Wednesday linked to drone smuggling into the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the year.
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SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks opened at a fresh record high Thursday, despite overnight losses on Wall Street caused by the U.S. Federal Reserve's signal of a rate hike this year and uncertainty over a U.S.-Iran peace deal.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding will "enter into force with immediate effect".
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that Israeli settler groups could be added to a global blacklist for violations against children as he voiced alarm at a "staggering" rise in violations against Palestinian children.
Defense chief to propose target year for wartime OPCON transfer to S. Korean, U.S. presidents at year-end
Pt. 2 of conversation with the Nigerian British photographer and activist Misan Harriman, an outspoken advocate of Palestinian rights. His photographs of the Black Lives Matter movement went viral and he became the first Black photographer to shoot the cover of British Vogue. There’s a new documentary about Harriman…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump and Iran's president signed a deal Wednesday meant to end the Middle East war, with Tehran agreeing to dilute its enriched uranium in return for large-scale economic relief.
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US President Donald Trump and Iran's president signed a deal Wednesday meant to end the Middle East war, with Tehran agreeing to dilute its enriched uranium in return for large-scale economic relief.
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Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has announced that a memorandum of understanding with the United States has been finalised and signed electronically by both sides.
Interest rates are expected to be held by policymakers at the Bank of England (BoE) who are keeping a close eye on events in the Middle East.
More than a decade after ISIS militants unleashed a campaign of mass killings, sexual slavery and forced displacement against Iraq's Yazidi minority, survivor groups and international legal experts are launching a landmark truth commission aimed at confronting what they describe as the world's failure to deliver jus…
Industry insiders and vessel-tracking data point to continued caution among operators despite geopolitical breakthrough
Industry insiders and vessel-tracking data point to continued caution among operators despite geopolitical breakthrough
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said early on Thursday that talks between Iran and the United States on Friday in Switzerland are not confirmed for now.
The US-Iran memorandum of understanding announced on Wednesday amounts to a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and a deal to try to reach a final agreement on almost everything else.
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The 14-point document was released following days of outcry over Trump administration’s lack of transparency regarding its details