The US military said Tuesday that it successfully stopped six ships from sailing out of Iranian ports during the first 24 hours of a naval blockade against the Islamic republic. Central Command (CENTCOM) — which is responsible for American...
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni received a sharp rebuke from US President Donald Trump and suspended a defence agreement with Israel on Tuesday, signalling a shift in her foreign relations. The far-right prime minister was the only European...
An explosion at a power plant in central India on Tuesday killed at least nine people and injured 15 others, officials said. The blast occurred at a plant operated by Vedanta Limited, a subsidiary of London-listed Vedanta Resources, in Chhattisgarh...
The father of tech billionaire Elon Musk is working on a project to provide refugee status in Russia for South African farmers, he told AFP on Tuesday, in a project similar to one by the US government. The initiative would resettle 50 families from...
China’s President Xi Jinping warned against a return to the “law of the jungle” in international relations and called for closer economic ties with Spain as he met Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday, according to Chinese state...
British finance minister Rachel Reeves on Tuesday hit out at the “folly” of US President Donald Trump launching a war with Iran “without a clear exit plan”. The comments to the Daily Mirror newspaper came as Reeves prepared...
Spanish inflation jumped to a 21-month high of 3.4 percent in March as the Middle East war caused fuel prices to spike, revised data showed on Tuesday. Transport costs increased 5.3 percent year-on-year due to higher prices for fuel and lubricants...
The Trump administration wants Kevin Warsh in place as the new US central bank chair “as soon as possible,” with the existing Fed chief’s term coming soon to an end, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday. Warsh, a former...
US President Donald Trump told the New York Post on Tuesday that a second round of Iran talks could happen in Pakistan “over the next two days,” after a first round ended at the weekend without a deal. “You should stay there...
Israel on Tuesday dismissed Italy’s decision to suspend a defence agreement between the two countries, saying Rome’s move would not have any impact on its security. “We have no security agreement with Italy. We have a memorandum of...
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched a stinging criticism of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of his main European allies, over her unwillingness to join the Iran war. “I’m shocked at her. I thought she had courage...
Lebanon’s president expressed hope that direct talks on Tuesday in Washington with Israel would lead to an end of his country’s suffering after war erupted again between Israel and Hezbollah last month. “I hope that the meeting in...
Pakistan was working to bring Iran and the United States together for a second round of talks, senior Pakistani sources told AFP on Tuesday, with one noting efforts to secure an extended ceasefire to allow for diplomacy. Washington and Tehran held...
France’s interior minister is seeking to block US rapper Kanye West from performing in the southern city of Marseille in June due to his antisemitic remarks, a source close to the minister told AFP on Tuesday. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez...
Demand for crude oil will likely see the biggest slump in the second quarter since the Covid pandemic slammed the global economy in 2020, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. Surging prices caused by the war in the Middle East will force...
