Many small US banks not ready to borrow from Fed in an emergency
The lightning-fast collapse of Silicon Valley Bank this spring laid bare an inconvenient truth: Some US banks are not prepared to borrow from the Federal Reserve if they need to, ...
Black Catholics tell pope it takes more than words to tackle racist legacy
Some Black worshippers feel under-represented in the Catholic Church and that it needs to do more to overcome its legacy of racism, they said, after Pope Francis spent recent days ...
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan’s lawyers cannot reach him in jail – spokesperson
Pakistani former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s lawyers could not reach him on Sunday after he spent the night in a jail near the capital following his arrest the previous ...
Turkish drone strike hits PKK target in northern Iraq, kills one
A Turkish drone strike on Sunday killed a Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant and wounded another in Iraq’s northern province of Sulaimaniya, Iraqi Kurdish security sources said.
The strike ...
Ukraine gets rid of Soviet symbols on Motherland monument in Kyiv
Workers installed Ukraine’s national trident on an iconic monument depicting the Motherland in Kyiv on Sunday, replacing old Soviet symbols in one of the most visible examples of breaking ...
China raises emergency response level for floods in northeast
Authorities in northeastern China raised their emergency response level on Sunday as tributaries of the Songhua, a major river, rose to dangerous levels after days of heavy rain caused by ...
Twenty-one injured in east China magnitude 5.5 earthquake – state media
Twenty-one people were injured and 126 buildings collapsed after an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck the eastern Chinese province of Shandong on Sunday, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
The earthquake, 10 km (6 miles) deep, ...
Philippines says China blocked, water-cannoned boat in S. China Sea
The Philippines on Sunday accused China’s coast guard of blocking and water-cannoning a Philippine military supply boat in the South China Sea, condemning the “excessive and offensive actions” against ...
Russia strikes Ukraine with missiles, drones -Ukraine’s Air Force
Russia launched a multi-wave overnight attack on Ukraine with 70 air-assault weapons including cruise and hypersonic missiles as well as Iranian-made drones, Kyiv’s Air Force said on Sunday, and at ...
Kim Jong Un tells North Korea arms factories to boost capacity -KCNA
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has instructed factories making missile engines, artillery and other weapons to boost capacity as an important part of bolstering the country’s defence capabilities, ...
Polish pipeline operator PERN says leak detected in Druzhba oil pipeline
Polish pipeline operator PERN detected a leak on Saturday evening in one line of the Druzhba pipeline, which carries oil from Russia to Europe, and halted oil pumping through the ...
Ukraine seeks progress towards peace at Saudi Arabia talks
Senior officials from some 40 countries including the United States, China and India began talks in Saudi Arabia on Saturday that Kyiv and its allies hope will lead to agreement on ...
Lebanon seeks to reassure Gulf, Germany after travel warnings
Lebanon’s caretaker premier Najib Mikati said on Saturday there was no cause for “concern or panic” about his country’s security situation, after Germany and Gulf countries issued new ...
Trump’s threatening post flagged by US prosecutors to judge
U.S. prosecutors flagged a threatening social media post from Donald Trump in a late-night court filing on Friday, arguing that it suggests he might intimidate witnesses by improperly disclosing ...
Ukrainian orphans taste freedom after fleeing Russian occupation
There it was, on a terrace behind a Kyiv cafe. A ping pong table.
After nearly a year and a half locked away in hiding under Russian occupation, followed by ...
No public event to mark first anniversary of the Queen’s death
Britain’s King Charles will not mark the first anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth with an official public event or a private family gathering, a royal spokesperson said ...
Former Pakistan PM Khan given three-year jail sentence
Police arrested Pakistani former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday, his lawyer said, after a court sentenced him to three years in prison for ...
Russian tanker hit by sea drone near Crimea Bridge
A sea drone attack damaged a Russian tanker near the strategic bridge linking Russia to the annexed peninsula of Crimea, Russian authorities said on Saturday.
Russian media said the SIG ...
From unipolarity to multipolarity and back to great power competition
By Ioannis Tirkides
The war in Ukraine may be the most violent and eruptive event in world affairs for a long time. But it is not a singular or autonomous ...
Two Palestinians killed as West Bank violence simmers – sources
Two Palestinian youths were shot dead in the occupied West Bank on Friday in separate incidents, one by Jewish settlers who attacked a local village and one by Israeli soldiers ...
Trump pleads not guilty to additional charges in classified documents case
Former U.S. President Donald Trump entered a plea of not guilty on Friday to new charges related to the former president’s handling of classified documents after he left ...
Ethiopia declares six-month state of emergency in Amhara after clashes
Ethiopia’s government declared a six-month state of emergency on Friday in the country’s second-largest region, Amhara, following days of clashes between the military and local Fano militiamen, giving ...
Putin critic Alexei Navalny has 19 years added to his jail term (Update)
Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny had an extra 19 years in a maximum security penal colony added to his jail term on Friday in a criminal case which he said ...
China to attend talks on Ukraine in Saudi Arabia that exclude Russia
China said on Friday it would send a senior official to Saudi Arabia for weekend talks on finding a peaceful settlement to the war in Ukraine, a forum that excludes ...