North Korea says it will never give up nuclear program
North Korea will never give up its nuclear program, the country’s Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong told the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, describing it as “tantamount ...
Tax hikes
UK’s Reeves takes on critics with warning on ‘economic responsibility’
British Chancellor Rachel Reeves mounted a staunch defence on Monday of her commitment to “economic responsibility”, countering those in the Labour Party who want her to ease her fiscal rules ...
Drones from Turkey circle Gaza aid flotilla as boats sail east
Turkey has joined Spain, Italy and Greece in monitoring an international flotilla carrying aid for Gaza that was sailing east across the Mediterranean Sea on Monday despite warnings from Israel ...
Iran executes ‘one of most important spies’ for Israel
Iran executed a man named Bahman Choubi-asl on Monday, the judiciary’s news outlet Mizan said, saying the defendant was “one of the most important spies for Israel in Iran”.
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More soul-searching than celebration for Britain’s Labour after year in power
Power has not been kind to Britain’s Labour Party.
Little over a year since a landslide election win, few at its annual conference in the northern city of Liverpool ...
moldovan elections
Moldova chose Europe over Russia in key election, say EU leaders
The European Union hailed on Monday the result of Moldova’s parliamentary election, saying it showed that the small eastern European country was firmly on track to join the European ...
gaza war
Trump to push proposal for elusive Gaza peace in Netanyahu talks
Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, with the U.S. president pushing a Gaza peace proposal after a slew of Western ...
JPMorgan, Wall Street weigh response to Trump’s visa crackdown
The Trump administration’s overhaul of the H-1B system could have an outsized impact on the finance industry, which could face hiring challenges following the imposition of the new $100,000 ...
Shooter kills at least four, wounds eight at Michigan church
A man who crashed his vehicle through the front doors of a Michigan church opened fire with an assault rifle and set the church ablaze, killing at least four people ...
US CFO optimism rises as tariff uncertainty eases, Fed survey shows
US corporate finance chiefs say the confusion around trade policy that put a damper on the first half of the year has begun to lift, but that price increases are ...
Russia pounds Kyiv, other regions in mass drone and missile attack
Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine early on Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, in one of the most ...
Vietnam evacuates thousands, shuts airports as Typhoon Bualoi nears
Vietnam closed airports and evacuated thousands of people in areas under storm threat on Sunday, as intensifying Typhoon Bualoi barrelled towards the country, days after causing at least 10 deaths and ...
Hamas says it lost contact with two hostages as tanks thrust deeper into Gaza City
The military wing of Hamas said on Sunday it had lost contact with two Israeli hostages held in Gaza City, and called on Israel to pull troops back and suspend ...
Trump says ‘we will get it done’ in the Middle East
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday there is “a real chance for greatness in the Middle East” without providing specific details, days after saying he was close to ...
UN arms embargo, other sanctions reimposed on Iran over nuclear programme
The United Nations has reinstated an arms embargo and other sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme following a process triggered by European powers that Tehran has warned will be ...
Countdown to EU presidency
Fewer than 100 days remain for Cyprus to iron out the remaining logistical challenges as it prepares to assume the six-month rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union in ...
Trump’s $100k visa fee risks brain drain and tech talent shortages
The Trump administration’s proposed $100,000 fee for new H-1B visas widely used by tech firms to hire foreign talent could deal a blow to the sector that relies heavily ...
UN cuts for 2026 mostly spare its elite, draft budget shows
UN cost savings plans for next year envisage far smaller cuts to senior staff than to lower ranks – including the special adviser for Cyprus – a draft budget document shows, a ...
Sarkozy jailing reignites debate over French political justice ahead of Le Pen appeal
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s prison sentence has deepened divisions in France over judges’ handling of political wrongdoing, months before far-right chief Marine Le Pen attempts to overturn an embezzlement ...
Iraq resumes Kurdish oil exports to Turkey after 2.5-year halt
Crude oil flowed on Saturday through a pipeline from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq to Turkey for the first time in two-and-a-half years, after an interim deal broke ...
UAE foreign minister urges end to Gaza war in meeting with Netanyahu in New York
UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed stressed the urgent need for ending the Gaza war during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the ...
Trump told Zelenskiy he was open to providing new long-range weapons, WSJ says
U.S. President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that he was open to lifting restrictions on Ukraine’s use of American-made long-range weapons to strike inside Russia, but ...
Trump says Gaza deal near, hostages could soon be freed
President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is close to a deal to end the war in Gaza and bring hostages home.
“It’s looking like we have a ...
Netanyahu rebukes Western nations from UN stage for embracing Palestinian statehood
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply denounced Western countries on Friday for embracing Palestinian statehood and accused them of buckling under pressure from activists and others who have accused Israel ...