Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday urged his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa to boost defense co-operation, warning that both countries were vulnerable to foreign invasion. Both Lula and the visiting Ramaphosa have...
President Donald Trump indicated for the first time Monday that US military operations in Iran could be coming to an end, saying the war was “very complete” and progressing ahead of schedule. The war had sent stock markets slumping and...
France and its allies are preparing a “defensive” mission to reopen the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, President Emmanuel Macron said Monday as the Middle East war entered its second week. The French leader landed by helicopter on...
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday unveiled a raft of austerity measures designed to save fuel, as oil prices soar due to the US-Israeli war on Iran. Oil prices have jumped above $100 a barrel for the first time since...
Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Israel of “unlawfully” using white phosphorus over residential parts of a southern Lebanese town last week. “The Israeli military unlawfully used artillery-fired white phosphorus munitions over...
A woman alleged to have fired an assault rifle at the luxury Los Angeles home of Rihanna — while the pop superstar was inside — was being held by police on Monday. Officers in the city said shots were fired towards the mansion in the...
A south Lebanon parish lost its priest on Monday when Father Pierre Al-Rai of Al-Qlayaa died of wounds sustained from Israeli tank fire, according to state media and a medical source. The border village had not previously been caught up in the...
Ships anchored in the Gulf or transiting the Strait of Hormuz are changing their tracking data to boast links to China in an attempt to evade Iranian attacks, according to data from shipping tracker Marine Traffic analysed by AFP. Iran has...
President Donald Trump is reviewing “all credible options” for controlling oil prices amid the joint US-Israeli operation against Iran, the White House said Monday, insisting that the current spike was “short-term.”...
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called Monday on the United States to halt the flow of weapons to her country’s drug cartels, after President Donald Trump criticized her record on fighting the groups. Trump on Saturday singled out Mexico...
France’s Emmanuel Macron said Monday that “profound” changes to Iranian leadership could not occur “through American-Israeli bombings alone”, adding that war in the Middle East could continue for “several...
France’s Emmanuel Macron said Monday that “profound” changes to Iranian leadership could not occur “through American-Israeli bombings alone”, adding that war in the Middle East could continue for “several...
US President Donald Trump said he would hold a news conference Monday, his first formal question-and-answer session with reporters since launching military operations against Iran. Trump said on his Truth Social network that the news conference...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that 11 countries had tapped Kyiv for help in how to counter Iranian drones being fired by Tehran in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes. Ukraine has to fend off nightly barrages of Iranian-designed...
The United States said Monday it will label the Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan as a terrorist organization and accused the Islamist group of receiving support from Iran. The designation, which will be effective in a week, comes after the United States...
