The US Federal Reserve will likely need to keep interest rates higher for longer in order to firmly bring down inflation, a senior Fed official said Monday. The Fed has raised its key lending rate 11 times since March 2022, lifting rates to a 22...
The White House on Monday rejected claims by the Kremlin that Western fatigue on aid for Ukraine would grow after a deal to avoid a US government shutdown left out funds for Kyiv. “If Putin thinks he can outlast us he’s wrong,”...
Five conservative cardinals urged Pope Francis to reaffirm traditional Catholic doctrine in a document made public Monday, two days before a major gathering on the Church’s future. The cardinals, from four different continents, asked questions...
Moscow said Russian and Azerbaijani forces on Monday came under sniper fire in Nagorno-Karabakh, days after Azerbaijani forces secured the surrender of Armenian separatists in an offensive to regain control of the mountainous territory. “A...
Lebanese security forces said Monday they had arrested two Syrian nationals previously based in Libya who were involved in smuggling people from the North African country to Europe. The men were arrested in Lebanon’s east, an area near the...
Iran on Monday said it opposes any “geopolitical changes” in the Caucasus, where it has long been angered over Azerbaijan’s desire to set up a transport link along the Armenian-Iranian border. Foreign ministry spokesman Nasser...
Ukraine on Monday reacted angrily to a social media post by billionaire Elon Musk that made fun of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s repeated calls for Western military and financial aid to fight Russian forces. Musk has provided Ukraine with...
The UN’s health agency on Monday recommended a second malaria vaccine for children, which could save hundreds of thousands of lives by plugging a huge supply and demand gap. Nearly half a million children in the African region die every year...
Sri Lankan rights groups warned Monday that proposed jail terms for spreading misinformation on social media amounted to a wholesale effort to stifle criticism of the island nation’s beleaguered government. An “online safety bill”...
The United States and the Philippines launched annual joint naval war games on Monday, days after the latest diplomatic row between Manila and Beijing over the disputed South China Sea. More than a thousand sailors from the two allies are taking...
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Monday that the Kremlin was funnelling resources towards creating divisions among Kyiv’s allies and urged them to unite in the face of pressure from Russia. Kuleba spoke after a historic first...
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni railed on Monday against a Sicilian judge who ruled her hard-right government’s latest migrant decree was unconstitutional and contrary to European law. Faced with a surge of migrant arrivals on...
A third women’s weightlifting world record was broken on Monday as North Korea continued to dominate at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday on their return to international competition after four years away. Kim Il Gyong, who appears to have...
Slovakia on Monday accused Moscow of interfering in its parliamentary election and summoned a Russian embassy official, following remarks by Russia’s foreign intelligence service director about US “interference” in the country...
The Kremlin predicted Monday that Western fatigue over the Ukraine conflict “will grow” as the future of US aid for Kyiv hung in the balance after a deal to avoid a government shutdown. “Fatigue over this conflict — fatigue...
