The Israeli military said Tuesday it conducted strikes in south Lebanon after intercepting rockets fired by Hezbollah against its troops in the area, despite a US-Iran deal that includes the Israel-Hezbollah war. The military said its forces...
Global oil prices tumbled more than five percent on Tuesday as speculation mounted that sanctions on Iranian crude could be eased as part of the deal to end the Middle East war. Around 1650 GMT international benchmark Brent crude fell 5.0 percent to...
A US-Iran deal aimed at ending the Middle East war will be signed at Switzerland’s mountainside Burgenstock resort on Friday, the Swiss foreign ministry said. Tehran and Washington announced Sunday they had agreed a memorandum of understanding...
US law enforcement on Tuesday said it had foiled a plot to attack the White House during a crowded mixed martial arts event attended by President Donald Trump and other top officials. “Thanks to the rapid action of this FBI, our partners, and...
China’s top diplomat told his Pakistani counterpart on Tuesday that the next phase of negotiations between the United States and Iran – which Pakistan has helped mediate – will be “more difficult.” In a phone conversation ahead of the planned...
Microsoft is changing how it charges for its software for the first time in two decades, moving to bill customers with a pay-as-you-go model each time they use its new AI agent. The change, prompted by the soaring cost of artificial intelligence...
Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Tuesday he had stripped Palestinians of authority over the site of the Cave of Patriarchs, known to Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the occupied West Bank. The move to transfer management of...
A UK-registered yacht in the Channel just outside British waters has reported “warning shots” were fired near it by a Russian warship, a British defence source told AFP Tuesday. The incident was understood to have taken place about 20...
Japan’s Nikkei stock index soared past 70,000 points for the first time on Tuesday, extending a global rally fuelled by the US-Iran peace agreement and tracking tech-led gains on Wall Street. The Nikkei 225 climbed to as high as 70,020.68 in...
Japan said Tuesday it has not yet decided whether its military will join efforts to help the resumption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz after the US-Iran peace deal. US President Donald Trump said that the vital artery for oil and gas would...
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that “Russia should make a deal” to end its war against Ukraine, after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the G7 summit in France. Trump said he “had a meeting” with...
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that “Russia should make a deal” to end its war against Ukraine, after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the G7 summit in France. Trump said he “had a meeting” with...
Iran on Tuesday said talks with the United States on its nuclear programme and sanctions relief would likely begin later this week, as President Donald Trump’s announcement that the Strait of Hormuz would reopen sent oil prices tumbling...
The United States has “no obligation” to invest in Iran even after its deal with the Islamic republic to end the Middle East war, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday. “We are not investing any money” in Iran, Trump said at...
The US military is planning a permanent war-ready weapons stockpile for its Marine Corps on Australia’s southeast coast beyond the range of most Chinese missiles, tender documents show and officials confirmed to AFP. The development of the...
