Inflation is at risk of remaining above target despite the U.S. and Iran agreeing to end their war in the Middle East, a top European central banker warned on Tuesday.
Israel Shipyards Ltd, the defense giant known primarily for producing vessels for the Israel Navy, has recently entered the drone interception market by unveiling a subsidiary, AREONOUS.
A security deal between Israel and Lebanon risks entrenching a stalemate rather than resolving Israel's underlying conflict with Hezbollah by tying Israel's pullout from southern Lebanon to the Iran-aligned group's disarmament, a condition regional analysts and politicians say is unattainable.
LONDON – Russian President Vladimir Putin has had a tough few months. While the Ukraine war never unfolded according to plan, Putin believed, until recently, that time was on his side. Russia managed to increase its share of occupied Ukrainian territory in 2025 — albeit only slightly, from 18.5% to 19.3%. More impor…
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Citing an estimate by Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi, CBS reported that the biggest driver of the increase has been gasoline prices, which climbed to a peak of $4.56 a gallon in May before dropping below $4 earlier this month.
SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met with his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha, in Seoul on Tuesday, South Korea's foreign ministry said, with bilateral cooperation and the issue of North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) expected to top the agenda.
An electronic board shows Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index, bottom, and exchange rate of the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar in Tokyo Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Kenichiro Kojima/Kyodo News via AP)
Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich called for the establishment of Jewish settlements within Gaza, claiming that the Israeli military controls nearly 70 per cent of the strip.
In this image provided by the Myanmar military on Oct. 19, 2025, soldiers stand next to Starlink satellite internet devices from the KK Park scam compound in Myawaddy township, Karen State, Myanmar. (The Myanmar Military True News Information Team via AP, File)
The UAE has said its nationals can travel to Lebanon, effective on Monday, lifting a weeks-long ban in place because of the Middle East war and concerns about Iran's influence.
Oil helped transform Kazakhstan into Central Asia's largest economy. But much of its oil wealth depends on an export pipeline that crosses Russia - and that pipeline has come under attack from Ukrainian forces. Can shipping, manufacturing and critical minerals offer the country a future beyond oil?
China imposed new export controls Monday on 40 Japanese entities it says are contributing to the country’s “remilitarization,” as tensions with Tokyo rise.
US Representative Greg Casar said he plans to vote in favour of an amendment that would halt military aid to Israel, arguing that Americans "should not be financing more weapons for Netanyahu".
SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- The veterans ministry on Tuesday named late Philippine Army Capt. Conrado Yap as the Korean War hero of July in recognition of his sacrifice and valor in the 1950-53 Korean War.
President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday that all but two South Korean-operated vessels have left the Strait of Hormuz after being stranded there amid the US-Iran war.
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Iran is in a stronger position relative to the US than it was before US President Donald Trump’s “reckless and costly war,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) claimed in a press conference prior to a security briefing on the US-Iran war on Monday.
SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday that all but two South Korean-operated vessels have left the Strait of Hormuz after being stranded there amid the U.S.-Iran war.
McDonald's Korea said Tuesday it marked the Month of Patriots and Veterans by delivering 600 Big Mac meals to soldiers of the Army's 23rd Guard Brigade.
LONDON, United Kingdom — Outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer will on Tuesday finally announce his long-delayed plan for funding Britain's future defense needs, with increased money for drones and autonomous systems.
SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Marine Corps has taken part in a multinational joint exercise in the Philippines, seeking to enhance its interoperability with foreign troops, the armed service said Tuesday.
The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has submitted a complaint to Lithuania’s Constitutional Court, challenging the country’s refusal to investigate alleged war crimes by an Israeli soldier, Sean Gor.
SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Tuesday revised a plan to upgrade its military radio system with next-generation software used by the United States and its allies in a move to meet U.S. compatibility standards, the arms procurement agency said.
NEW YORK (AP) — Isaac Flores, whose decades-long career included meeting Fidel Castro and covering Cuba for The Associated Press as a resident American correspondent on the island after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, has died. He was 93.
The commander of US Central Command (Centcom), Adm. Brad Cooper, has met senior civilian and military leaders in Israel and Lebanon during an ongoing trip to the Middle East, as Washington pushes ahead with implementing a new Israel-Lebanon framework agreement.
An ultra-Orthodox (haredi) rabbi cursed IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir during a Bnei Brak anti-military draft protest on Monday, claiming that the army “educates for the most severe offenses in the Torah.”
The situation in Gaza and the occupied West Bank remains "volatile" despite a US-brokered ceasefire agreed to in October, according to Ramiz Alakbarov, the UN's deputy special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and resident and humanitarian coordinator.
Israel will continue trying to escalate the conflict in Lebanon after failing to “break Iran’s deterrence,” Max Blumenthal, editor-in-chief of The Grayzone, has said.
Ramiz Alakbarov, deputy special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said the situation in Gaza and the occupied West Bank remains “volatile" and called on the US-brokered “ceasefire” in October to be respected.
Live Blog Update| War on Iran This is an entry from: Live: Iran says no talks with US in coming daysIn photos: Palestinians mourn their dead following Israeli attacks29 June 2026 22:32 BST Mourners attend the funeral of 13-year-old Palestinian girl Alin Al-Farra, who was reportedly killed in an Israeli strike, at Na…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has met a top official from the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), which backs the government in eastern Libya and is competing for power with the internationally recognised authorities in the capital, Tripoli.