Bank of England economist warns against inaction over inflation
Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said this week that uncertainty about the economic implications of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East should not be used as an ...
Israeli airstrike kills three Lebanese journalists, Israel says it targeted one
Israeli forces killed three Lebanese journalists in southern Lebanon on Saturday in an airstrike that Israel’s military said had targeted one of them.
Lebanese television news channel Al Manar ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy agrees defence cooperation with UAE, Qatar during Gulf visit
Ukraine on Saturday agreed to cooperate on defence with the United Arab Emirates and Qatar as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy travelled to both countries amid escalating tensions in the region.
Qatar’...
Thieves steal 12 tons of KitKat chocolate bars in Europe
Twelve tons of KitKat chocolate bars went missing in Europe last week after thieves made off with the truck transporting them, Swiss food giant Nestle said on Saturday.
KitKat, which ...
Rallies planned in thousands of US cities for ‘No Kings’ protest against Trump
Thousands of rallies are expected across the United States on Saturday in the latest “No Kings” protest against the policies of President Donald Trump and his administration.
Organizers say that ...
Tiger Woods out on bail after arrest on suspicion of DUI
Tiger Woods was released from jail late Friday after posting bail following his arrest on suspicion of DUI in relation to a rollover crash in Jupiter Island, Fla., that did ...
Twenty-two migrants die off Greek coast after six days at sea
Twenty-two migrants have died off the coast of Greece after spending six days at sea in a rubber boat, the Greek coast guard said in a statement late on Friday.
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Pope Leo urges Monaco, tax haven of billionaires, to help needy
Pope Leo on Saturday made a day trip to Monaco, a tax-free microstate on the French Riviera known as a haven for billionaires and their luxury yachts, and urged its ...
Houthi attacks on Israel signal broader regional escalation
The risk of an expanded Iran war grew as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday launched their first attacks on Israel since the start of the conflict, as additional U....
More than 400 Hezbollah fighters killed in new war with Israel so far
More than 400 fighters from Hezbollah have been killed since the Lebanese armed group launched the opening salvoes of a new war with Israel on March 2, two sources familiar with Hezbollah’...
US expects Iran’s response to peace proposal
Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal aimed at ending the war in the Middle East is expected on Friday, according to a source briefed on the matter.
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Rubio says war in Gulf to last ‘weeks not months’
The war in the Gulf is still expected to last weeks, not months, and Washington can meet all its objectives without using ground troops, U.S. Secretary of State Marco ...
Russia to introduce ban on gasoline exports from April 1
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak on Friday instructed the energy ministry to draft a resolution banning gasoline exports from April 1, the Russian government said.
The state-run TASS news agency ...
Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director’s personal email, publish photos and documents
Iran-linked hackers have broken into FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email inbox, publishing photographs of the director and other documents to the internet, the hackers and the bureau said ...
Rubio says US can achieve Iran objectives without ground troops
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday the United States could achieve its objectives in Iran without the use of any ground troops and expected its operation to conclude ...
Chinese ships halt attempt to exit Hormuz despite Iran safe passage assurances
Two Chinese container ships turned backed after trying to exit the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, ship-tracking data showed, despite assurances from Iran that Chinese vessels could ...
Italy’s top court bars separate hiring for abortion doctors in Sicily
Italy’s Constitutional Court has barred Sicily from advertising jobs reserved for health workers willing to perform abortions, but said on Friday the southern region could find alternative ways to ...
Mexico says 40,000 of country’s 130,000 disappeared people may be alive
Mexican authorities said on Friday they have potentially identified more than 40,000 people listed as disappeared who may be alive, by cross-referencing official databases such as tax records and marriage registries.
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Iranian players hold schoolbags in solidarity with slain girls
Iran’s men’s national soccer team wore black armbands and held schoolbags as their anthem played ahead of a match in Turkey on Friday in what a team official ...
US uses hundreds of Tomahawk missiles on Iran, alarming some at Pentagon, WaPo reports
The US military has fired over 850 Tomahawk cruise missiles in four weeks of war with Iran, burning through the precision weapons at a rate that has alarmed some Pentagon officials ...
Iran war could mean stagflation for EU, Dombrovskis says
The European Union economy is at risk of stagflation as a result of the surge in energy prices caused by the Iran war, European Economic Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said.
“The ...
UN rights chief urges US to conclude probe into deadly Iran school strike
The UN rights chief urged Washington to conclude its investigation into a fatal strike on a primary school in Iran at a UN Human Rights Council meeting on Friday, with ...
US can only confirm about a third of Iran’s missile arsenal destroyed, sources say
The United States can only determine with certainty that it has destroyed about a third of Iran’s vast missile arsenal as the US and Israeli war on the country ...
Ex-rapper Shah sworn in as Nepal prime minister after sweeping election win
Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah was sworn in as prime minister of Nepal on Friday, tasked with restoring political stability and creating jobs in the poor Himalayan nation long troubled by fragile ...